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So, it's finally happened - I've been sucked into a fantasy baseball league. However, I know NOTHING about how to play. What positions are important? What should I look at drafting first? It's a keeper league, so I'm not getting Utley or Pujols. We also do a minor league draft, so I'm going to be looking at some future stars for my roster. Any websites you'd recommend I take a look at? Thanks for the help!

Good luck with that, you probably should start out a little lighter but it sounds fun as I've never done a keeper league in baseball before. Wish I had some good advice.

As far as what positions are important you're going to have to list what stat categories the league tracks.

I probably wouldn't be doing it if it weren't with my buddies, so it was this crazy league or nothing. The same guys runs our FF league and does a great job, so I'm giving it a shot. Here's the scoring:

Scoring for Batting Categories
1B - Singles 1 point
2B - Doubles 2 points
3B - Triples 3 points
BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point
CYC - Hitting for the Cycle 20 points
HP - Hit by Pitch 1 point
HR - Home Runs 4 points
KO - Strikeouts (Batter) -1 point
R - Runs 1 point
RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point
SB - Stolen Bases 2 points
SH - Sacrifice Hits .5 points


Scoring for Pitching Categories
APP - Appearances 1 point
BS - Blown Saves -3 points
CG - Complete Games 15 points
HD - Holds 5 points
INN - Innings 0.5 points
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
L - Losses -5 points
NH - No-Hitters 20 points
PG - Perfect Games 25 points
PKO - Pick Offs 2 points
QS - Quality Starts 5 points
RW - Relief Wins 5 points
S - Saves 5 points
SO - Shutouts 15 points
W - Wins 10 points
Special Scoring for Relief Pitchers
W - Wins 5 points