Relief Pitcher Strategy
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 5:40 am
As I look through my leagues and others I keep seeing these teams that are employing 4 -7 relief pitchers each week. I've heard the strategy mentioned in certain threads but didn't really understand it.
As I see it you can win ERA WHIP and SAVES while forgoing Wins and Strikeouts. I would imagine at the draft this would put you in a nice position to draft your offense seeing as you can get relievers later. Seems very risky to me in that you'll have to do awfully well offensively to win. This strategy must have a degree of success to it as it's out there many times, even in the super league I entered. I believe that team has very little chance at this point.
Can you guys shed some light on this strategy. I must be missing something.
As I see it you can win ERA WHIP and SAVES while forgoing Wins and Strikeouts. I would imagine at the draft this would put you in a nice position to draft your offense seeing as you can get relievers later. Seems very risky to me in that you'll have to do awfully well offensively to win. This strategy must have a degree of success to it as it's out there many times, even in the super league I entered. I believe that team has very little chance at this point.
Can you guys shed some light on this strategy. I must be missing something.