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Hi all - I'm playing in a fantasy baseball league this year for the first time, and our draft is tonight. Can anyone give me a primer on the strategy/approach when drafting? Go pitching early or hitting? I don't really know how to build the team. Its an 8-team league, scoring is Head-to-head points, with a roster of 22 players - 16 starters and 6 bench players. Thanks in advance for any replies.
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Always start out with Hitters. Starting pitchers usually only pitch every 4 or 5 days so they don't effect your numbers as much as your everyday players plus even the mediocre pitcher usually has a pretty good game now and then which may be all you need to win that week. I usually go Hitters with my first 4 picks at least.
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Thanks Dawg66 and CFRS15 for the help. I picked 2nd and I tried a strategy I read about online after I didn't get Mike Trout. I immediately took Clay Kershaw to anchor my staff, and then just took hitters for the next 7 or 8 picks. I missed out on some big boppers like Miggy, Bautista, McCutcheon, Goldschmidt, Stanton, but still put together a pretty decent (I *think*) team ...
C Evan Gattis 1B Adrian Gonzalez 2B Brian Dozier SS Troy Tulowitski 3B Pablo Sandoval OF Adam Jones OF Ryan Braun OF Yoenis Cespedes DH/Util Joey Votto / Jay Bruce / Brandon Belt / Oswaldo Arcia / David Wright
SP Clay Kershaw SP Adam Wainwright SP Doug Fister SP Rick Porcello SP Anibel Sanchez
RP Aroldis Chapman
I goofed up and forgot a backup Catcher, so I'm eyeballing the Waiver list for that. Thanks again.
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That was dumb, but in a eight team league you should be fine.
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That was dumb, but in a eight team league you should be fine. Ha! The article I read called it "The Anchor Strategy". Part of it is that, supposedly, you'll start an early mini-run on SP's, and 6 pitchers were then taken in the next two rounds, which gave me a shot at a lot of second tier power. Not sure I caused the run, but two guys told me later that they were planning to take Kershaw too. Five other guys probably thought I was an idiot, but maybe they'll be singing a different tune after Kershaw has two complete game victories with double-digit K's in the first week of the season. That's the theory, anyway.
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C - Carlos Santana 1B - Miguel Cabrera 2B - Ian Kinsler SS - Ian Desmond 3B - Adrian Beltre OF - Andrew McCutchen OF - Jacoby Ellsbury OF - Ryan Braun UT - David Ortiz
SP - Chris Sale SP - Madison Bumgarner SP - Corey Kluber SP - Johnny Cueto
RP - Aroldis Chapman RP - David Robertson
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Nice lineup, really nice pitching staff. In our ESPN league, Santana was classified as 1B/3B/DH, but not as a Catcher.
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For the record.... Carrying a backup catcher is a waste of a roster spot.
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For the record.... Carrying a backup catcher is a waste of a roster spot. Especially in an eight team league.
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