Splash Pick
a San Francisco Giants fantasy baseball league
How to Play
Each week, you choose two Giants players - one hitter and one pitcher. Over the course of the week, you accumulate their stats, which add to your season totals in 10 different categories (5 for hitters, 5 for pitchers). Where you rank in each category earns you points. At the end of the season, the team with the most points wins (scoring details below).
Picking Your Players
- You pick one hitter and one pitcher each week
- You can pick the same player at most twice during the season - but no more
- You can only pick a player who appeared in a Giants game the previous week
- Weeks run Monday through Sunday; picks must be submitted before the first pitch of the week's first Giants game
- If you miss the deadline, you accumulate no stats for that week
Scoring & Standings
Points are awarded by ranking all teams in each statistical category. The best team in a category earns 8 points (in an 8-team league), second place earns 7, and so on. Ties split the points evenly. Your total across all categories is your score.
Hitter categories: Batting Average, Home Runs, Runs, RBIs, Doubles + Triples
Pitcher categories: ERA, Wins, Strikeouts, Saves + Holds, Scoreless Outings*
* A scoreless outing is any appearance where the pitcher records at least one out and allows zero earned runs. This is primarily to provide value for picking relievers.
Scoring Example
Here's how the Home Run category standings might look after Week 10:
| Team | Season HRs | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Team A | 12 | 8 |
| Team B | 10 | 7 |
| Team C | 8 | 6 |
| remaining teams... |
Team B's hitter hits 3 home runs in Week 11 and the hitters for Teams A and C don't hit any. After Week 11:
| Team | Season HRs | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Team B | 13 | 8 |
| Team A | 12 | 7 |
| Team C | 8 | 6 |
| remaining teams... |
Team B has gained a point, Team A has lost a point.
Remember: these are cumulative season totals, not weekly totals - every home run your players hit (and every other stat) count all season long. The total points available in the league never change. For example: in an 8-team league, there are always exactly 36 points distributed across the HR category (8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1). A great week can shift points your way, but a quiet week while others are hitting means points can shift away from you just as easily.
How to Pick
Near the end of each week, you'll receive an email listing all eligible players - those who played that week and haven't yet been picked twice. Click the link next to a player's name to select them for the upcoming week.