get_standings

Get the league standings table — each team's rank, win/loss record, games back, playoff seed, and season category totals. This is the light way to see how teams stack up; use get_teams when you also need every team's full matchup history.

Server Yahoo Fantasy Baseball yahoo-fantasy-baseball-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 20 required

What get_standings does on Yahoo Fantasy Baseball

AI agents call get_standings to retrieve information from Yahoo Fantasy Baseball without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
teamKeys array Specific team keys; defaults to all teams in the league
leagueKey string League key, e.g. 431.l.12345

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

Why get_standings needs a policy

This tool retrieves and displays league standings information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a pure data query with no side effects, fitting the 'Read' category. The severity is low because accessing standings data poses minimal risk—it is typically public information in fantasy sports contexts and contains no sensitive personal or financial information that could be misused.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_standings' and description 'Get the league standings table' indicate a retrieval operation. Key verbs: 'Get' and 'see' (display) with no modification language.

Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

Questions about get_standings

What does the get_standings tool do? +

Get the league standings table — each team's rank, win/loss record, games back, playoff seed, and season category totals. This is the light way to see how teams stack up; use get_teams when you also need every team's full matchup history. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does get_standings accept? +

get_standings accepts 2 parameters: teamKeys, leagueKey. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on get_standings? +

Register the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_standings: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Yahoo Fantasy Baseball. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_standings? +

get_standings is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_standings? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_standings rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block get_standings completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_standings. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides get_standings? +

get_standings is provided by the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball MCP server (yahoo-fantasy-baseball-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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get_standings is one line of Yahoo Fantasy Baseball's registry record.

The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.

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