Fantasy Baseball n00b

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

Thanks for the feedback.

The league is head-to-head with the following scoring categories:
Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG)
Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

Max. acquisitions per week are 6.

I chose to devalue starting pitching. Your SP that you draft early may only pitch once per week and if he has a bad outing you're ****ed with so much invested in that guy.

Instead I chose to draft better relief guys later in the draft who will get me strikeouts and saves. I focused on grabbing better batters. I figure if I can win each week in strikeouts and saves then my batters will make up the difference in sacrificing ERA/wins/WHIP from quality starters on other teams.

Fair enough. Your league's scoring is more traditional than mine. Last year my league had 18 scoring categories(9B/9P). This year it's 20, though having players that hit for cycle as a category is STUPID! My leagues have always had a slot for complete-games and one for shut-outs. The chance to steal an entire category or 2 with a shut-out raises the bar for having quality pitchers. I'm hoping Cliff Lee has another season pitching deep into games. BTW I dodged a huge bullet yesterday when Matt Garza got yanked after 8 2/3 .

Triples are also scored in my league. Dexter Fowler just hit waivers in my league and he's hit 29 triples the last 2 seasons. IMO that's one of those knee-jerk reactions, that I hope to swoop up, and drop Ryan Roberts. Although, by the numbers, I should drop Jose Bautista or Miguel Montero ****ERS!

One thing's for certain, having those Texas Ranger bats is not..too...shabby. I'm facing Kinsler/Young/Hamilton this week and HATING IT!