General Strategy Question

"E-Sizzle" wrote in message

> Last year was my first roto-baseball year after 10 years of head-to-head
> football. I used a strategy of loading up on pitching, then attacking 3
of the
> 5 offensive stats - runs, SBs, and average. I ended up doing well (came
in 2nd
> place, fell out of first on literally the last at bat of the last at game
of
> the year...ugh). My basis for this strategy is that my competition seemed
to
> be drawn to the glamour stats of HRs and RBI, so I figured I could load up
> early on pitching, then get quality top of the order guys later in the
draft.
>
> My question to those of you with loads more experience than me is if you
think
> that strategy is sound.
>

Your strategy is sound BUT it is very high risk.

SB and AVG are much more volatile from year-to-year than HR and RBI. That's
why people overpay for the certainty of HR and RBI.

Maybe you did well last year by drafting Alex Sanchez and Scott Podsednik.
But if instead you had drafted Roger Cedeno and Tony Womack, you would have
been totally hosed.
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>Last year was my first roto-baseball year after 10 years of head-to-head
football. I used a strategy of loading up on pitching, then attacking 3 of the
5 offensive stats - runs, SBs, and average. I ended up doing well (came in 2nd
place, fell out of first on literally the last at bat of the last at game of
the year...ugh). My basis for this strategy is that my competition seemed to
be drawn to the glamour stats of HRs and RBI, so I figured I could load up
early on pitching, then get quality top of the order guys later in the draft.

My question to those of you with loads more experience than me is if you think
>that strategy is sound.

Pitching is more susceptible to being hampered by injury than hitting. If a
pitcher gets a blister, like Beckett, then he might be out for awhile. Hitters
are susceptible to injury, but it usually takes a little more than a sore arm
to knock them out.
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"E-Sizzle" wrote in message

> Last year was my first roto-baseball year after 10 years of head-to-head
> football. I used a strategy of loading up on pitching, then attacking 3
of the
> 5 offensive stats - runs, SBs, and average. I ended up doing well (came
in 2nd
> place, fell out of first on literally the last at bat of the last at game
of
> the year...ugh). My basis for this strategy is that my competition seemed
to
> be drawn to the glamour stats of HRs and RBI, so I figured I could load up
> early on pitching, then get quality top of the order guys later in the
draft.
>
> My question to those of you with loads more experience than me is if you
think
> that strategy is sound.
>
> Thanks.

It depends on how the other owners' value players in your league...I do
something similar--try to get 4 stud starters...but the problem is that most
of the owners in our league spend 75% of their dollars on hitters...if you
don't do that, too, you miss out and end up with dollars leftover.

I usually look at RBI's--batters that excel in RBI's either do well in BA or
HR's; I also key in on positions where the talent is thinner--usually SS and
C.

D
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