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Use the Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players option in Yahoo Fantasy

Start Active Players, or Start Optimal Players if you have Yahoo Fantasy Plus, allows you to quickly fill your starting lineup on individual days or for the entire week. You can also choose to use either tool to automatically set your lineup in a single league, or all eligible leagues for that sport. After using either function, we recommend reviewing your lineups to be sure your players are in their desired positions. Please note that Start Active Players and Start Optimal Players are not available in leagues that use a Weekly roster transaction deadline.

Start Active Players

Enabling Start Active Players, or Start Optimal Players with Yahoo Fantasy Plus, will move players from your bench to your starting lineup. But, it will only replace players under certain conditions:

  • Bench player has a scheduled game and starting player doesn’t.
  • Bench player is eligible to play at the position of a starting player.
  • Bench player is healthy and starting player is injured (and both have scheduled games).

Start Players for the week

Start Active Players and Start Optimal Players covers all days in a given game week (typically Monday - Sunday), not a rolling next seven days. But, there are exceptions:

  • Long game weeks (start of season, All-Star break) - Start Active Players for Week will run through the entire game week, not just Monday - Sunday.

Start Players across multiple leagues

You can now use Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players to set your lineup across all eligible leagues for a specific sport. This feature is not yet available to all users. 

Overview (Web)

  1. From Yahoo Fantasy, hover over Fantasy Home at the top left and select a sport.
  2. Above your list of leagues to the right of My Teams & Leagues, click Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players with Yahoo Fantasy Plus.
  3. Next to the sport's name, click Start to automatically set your lineup for each listed league.
    • If you see a red x next to a league, your lineup wasn't automatically set and you may need to review your starting roster.

    My Team (Web)

    1. From the My Team page in any league, click Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players above your roster.
    2. To the right of My Other Teams, tap Start.
      • If you see a red x next to a league, your lineup wasn't automatically set and you may need to review your starting roster.

      Home screen (Mobile)

      1. From the top of the home screen Image of the Home icon in the Fantasy app., tap Start next to Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players.
      2. Next to the sport's name, click Start to automatically set your lineup for each listed league.
        • If you see a red x next to a league, your lineup wasn't automatically set and you may need to review your starting roster.

        What happens if I make any transactions?

        Once you enable Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players, it will reset if you add, drop, or trade any players.

        What happens if a player in my lineup gets injured?

        Injury status is taken into account on the day Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players is set. If a player gets hurt after either setting is is enabled, his injury won't be accounted for.

        What happens if a player in my lineup has a game postponed?

        Postponements are taken into account on the day Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players is set. If a player's game is postponed after either setting is enabled, the postponement won't be accounted for.

        How does the tool handle Starting Pitchers in Fantasy Baseball?

        • Start Active Players or Start Optimal Players prioritizes Starting Pitchers (SPs) with projected starts over those that do not.
        • These tools also look for Starting Pitchers (SPs), including (SP, RP) that have higher projected innings pitched (IP).
        • To maintain accuracy, we only look at the next seven days for projected innings pitched.