Currently if a team has no innings pitched, they move to the top of the standings in the ratio categories: ERA, WHIP, HR/9 (I’m in a 4x4 league, but it would apply to 5x5 too). My feeling is that they should be at the bottom, with the teams who have any IP and defined ratios above them in these categories, i.e. a ratio of “undefined/NaN” is treated as infinity, not as zero.
Teams that have 0 PA are placed behind those with a .000 hitting stat (OBP, SLG). Putting those with no IP behind those with poor pitching ratios would be consistent.
As it is, there are weird things like this in my league:
- Team A: 0 R, 0 HR, .000 OBP, .000 SLG, no pitching, 61.5 roto points (4th place)
- Team B: 1 R, 0 HR, .400 OBP, .250 SLG, 5 IP, 4 K, 0.00 HR/9, 1.80 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 56.0 roto points (5th place)
I think most would agree Team B should be ahead (in first place, really), but they are behind other teams who have no pitching and thus 7.5s across the three ratio categories.
Why does this matter? It won’t - once we hit opening weekend and everyone has pitching stats. But right now with the layoff after the Tokyo series, it sets the standings for 9 days that determine waiver order and auction tiebreakers.
Is that something that can be easily changed? Do folks think it should be?