rikkidee wrote:
This probably won't get much love on razzball since I ended up drafting pitcher heavy, but I thought I'd try something different.
Hitting cats are standard: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG
Pitching cats are: W, K, ERA, WHIP, SV, QS
The addition of QS and the fact that this is a H2H league made me want to try a crazy cat punting strategy that ended up in me winning 8 of the 11 cats per week, punting SB, AVG, and SV. I tried targeting guys that have great power/rbi/runs and nothing else, and since these guys tend to last later in the draft, I figured I could load up on pitching early.
1. (7) Tim Lincecum
2. (18) Roy Halladay (f-her gone already)
3. (31) Johan Santana
4. (42) Ryan Zimmerman
5. (55) Jason Bay
6. (66) Adam Wainwright
7. (79) Carlos Peña
8. (90) Ricky Nolasco
9. (103) Raúl Ibañez
10. (114) Ian Stewart
11. (127) Carlos Quentin
12. (138) Gordon Beckham
13. (151) Stephen Drew
14. (162) Jay Bruce
15. (175) Alfonso Soriano
16. (186) Ryan Doumit
17. (199) Francisco Liriano
18. (210) Phil Hughes
19. (223) Chris Davis
20. (234) Clint Barmes
21. (247) Nick Swisher
Any chance I can pull out a bunch of 6-5, 7-4 type victories every week throughout the season until the playoffs? or is this strat doomed?
I don't think it's doomed, but here's the thing. When you have someone like Lincecum, you don't need another big starter. Someone like Halladay doesn't mean as much. It's like you're turning your Ks to 11 or 13 or however many teams are in this league plus one. It's like if you have Bourn, Andrus, Reyes and Nyjer. Each guy is much less valuable when you stack them on. So your team might be okay, but you should trade some SPs.
