I did not like steals this year. Too many questions to make the category reasonably predictable this year (Crisp vs Ellsbury, Tavares vs a few dozen Rockies, Furcal vs the injury bug). I also planned to get one "solid" (is there any such thing anymore) closer and pick up one of the 10 or 12 new ones that show up every year if one of my drafted set-ups did not close.
Oops again. While I did get lucky with FRod who has more saves than many two-closer combinations, I have never been able to get one of the "new" closers (oh, Manny Acosta, how you let me down). So here I am stuck in the middle. To prove that if I had only drafted a second closer, or took the chance on a SB "stud" or two (if no RBI, no HR, poor BA can be considered a stud), I could be challenging at this time, I compared my Overall Points in SB and SV with the current Top 12. Guess what? I have more points out of those two categories than three of the top twelve including my friend who is kicking my can in Orlando #1!
I draw two potential conclusions. First, I suck. I must really be screwing up much more than just those two categories. But that only helps as a personal observation (good thing I am a snappy dresser). Second and more importantly, not only can you win your league and challenge in the Main by ditching a category, you can do it by ditching TWO! It is harder of course, but those one dimensional categories like SV and SB (yes, they both have residual values in other categories, but we target these players for their "specialty") just are not that important.
Thoughts?
Can You Challenge on the Strength of 8 Categories?
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Can You Challenge on the Strength of 8 Categories?
Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying.
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer