Things you'll need to do - The fun doesn't stop after Draft Day. It is only beginning. You are your own personnel director and general manager. You will activate and deactivate players based upon their performance and how that performance meets your planned strategy always making sure your roster stays compliant with your league's rules.
- Adherence to your league's rules- Your league commissioner (ESPN, CBS, Sporting News) has defined a set of guidelines to abide by, namely roster limits and requirements. Your league rules will not allow you to stockpile players on your bench, particularly if you load up on too many players at one specific position. Check your Fantasy Sports hosted website for your specific league rules.
- Set lineups - Your league site has a page where you can activate and deactivate (reserve) players. You can also assign them to other positions. Don't like the production you are getting at first base? Bench (deactivate) him and plug-in (activate) one of your red-hot reserves. Has your star shortstop gone down with an injury? Assign him to your injured reserve, plug your versatile utility man in as the shortstop and activate someone off your bench. The following are the general time constraints imposed by the top Fantasy Sports hosted sites (ESPN, CBS, and Sporting News).
Weekly basis - Most leagues, particularly beginner leagues, allow lineups to be set and changed only on a weekly basis. This means you will want to get the latest player news and analysis from RotoAmerica’s site before the deadline in order to make the key roster decisions.
Daily basis - Some more advanced leagues have daily lineups and transactions. This is a much more labor-intensive option and will require you to search out up-to-the minute scoring and stats.
Expect your roster to change - Unless you are a clairvoyant (can see things before the happen) or just a plain Fantasy Baseball guru, the team you draft is not the team you go through the season with. You will want to bench players who are struggling, pick up players who are emerging and trade players who others want more and are willing to pay dearly to get.
Track your team's progress - In order to get a sense of how you want to move players around on your roster, you will have to keep up with their successes or failures on a weekly (or nightly) basis.
Live Scoring - The top Fantasy Baseball hosted websites provide play-by-play scoring. When a player gets a hit or scores a Fantasy point, you will see the result instantaneously in their LIVE scoring feature. But watch out, you may find this feature very addicting as you victoriously watch your team bury your opponent.
Standings and Rankings - The top Fantasy Baseball hosted websites also provide automatic postings of updated results. After spending hours and hours of tracking all your team’s LIVE scoring, your Fantasy Baseball hosted website will automatically post updated results and standings.
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