Fantasy Baseball question, inning limits for pitchers?

[JP Hochbaum]

I am commish of a league and in a debate with others on the reason for an innings limit for pitchers per week. I know Yahoo is at 1400 per year, and ESPN does it weekly, which I have set at 72. I have it set at a max so that people can't continually drop and add players to just rack up pitching points.

Does this seem fair or am I off?

After thinking about this it is obvious that increasing pitchers innings increases their overall impact on scoring and decreasses the impact hitters have on scoring.

 

[zack54attack]

I do a league with 4 other friends for our season tickets. Winner gets 1st pick, 2nd gets 2nd pick, etc. We began the fantasy league last season and had no limits on IP and it was terrible. You really need a limit. I think 72 is fair, if not. Just turn it off

 

[JP Hochbaum]

Yeah it doesn't make sense to not have a limit. IT would be like adding four starting third base slots and letting people play 4 third basemen everyday, its not reflective of reality....

 

[DanTown]

Why does IP matter and not starts? You're punishing a player for having better starters? The answer to me has always been appearance rules at all positions (I.e you can only start a guy at SS 162 times). I play in a league where you get only 162 starts from starters then they stop accruing stats.

 

[JP Hochbaum]

A starts limit is the same as an innings limit.

162 games * 9 innings = 1458 innings.
72 innings per week * 24 weeks = 1728 innings.

An innings limit actually increases the amount of games.

 

[dabears253313]

Can you have an acquisition limit per week?

 

[JP Hochbaum]

7 per week