Fantasy Baseball Advice

Brett Greenfield of the phonetically alliterative Fantasy Phenoms hosts the Fantasy Roundtable this week.  He asked…

Name one pitcher and one hitter that is on the waiver wire in most leagues, that is worth picking up and could become the next Cliff Lee or Ryan Ludwick.  Why them?

This one was so easy….to be wrong.  Click on the above link to see my best guesses.  I wasn’t the only one to choose my hitter or pitcher so either I may be onto something or groupthink has reared its ugly head once again…

Adam Ronis of Strong Island’s Newsday.com hosts the Fantasy Roundtable this week.  He asked…

Do you have players that you will absolutely not draft even if they fall far in snake drafts or go cheaply in an auction and if so why? Include examples.

Can’t say I was super enlightening on this one but feel free to judge it yourself…

Jon Williams of Advanced Fantasy Baseball was the host this past week of Fantasy Roundtable. We like him here because his Blogger profile image has this kind of ‘Aw yeah’ quality that jives with both Grey’s and my avatars.

Anyway, here’s the question:

What is your favorite source or method of uncovering sleepers?

Enjoy…

Derek Carty of The Hardball Times was the host this past week of Fantasy Roundtable. Besides serving a lovely crumb cake and spicing up the coffee with a little Bailey’s, he posed the following question:

What do you think has a greater impact on one’s ability to win a fantasy baseball league: player evaluation or strategy?

Some interesting responses both in the post and in the comments.

While I’ve got this post open, here’s another link where I kibbitzed with another blogger – this one being on the awesome Disabled List Informer.  Check out the comments where DLI was kind enough to answer some of my questions regarding what pitches create the most injury risk.  Looks like my assumptions about breaking pitches in the risky pitcher post do have some medical credence (sliders are the worst…I’m still not sold that 12-to-6 curveballs aren’t arm killers).  Anyone who likes pitchers who throw a lot of cutters (see Roy Halladay and Jon Lester) may not be happy about the physical therapist opinion on that pitch.

Our blogpal Roto Authority is hosting this week’s Fantasy Roundtable.  Sir Rudy Gamblelot voiced his opinions as well as several of the other knights on this topic…

Name the player who is the worst value for his average draft position, within the first three rounds.

Can’t say I agree with every suggestion (I’m too chivalrous to say which ones) but it’s an interesting read….