Since my last post (gripe session) my SP have rallied and in 36 combined starts, I have 16 Wins for a very acceptable 44% win ratio (Street has kicked in two more wins). See? All it takes is to go with eight starters every week and look what you can get! But what has it cost me? Obviously, unless my comrades in Tampa #1 slip up and let a closer come to me, I am going to be very weak in Saves (of course, I could get smarter and pick up the right person in the FAAB, but that is not likely to happen).
As far as the other stats that I will need to excel in in order to make up for the lost saves (plus points for Wins will not be enough), I am sitting OK with K's. I had set the team up to garner approximately 75 K's for every 100 IP and right now I am sitting about 20 K's (155 in about 233 IP) off that pace. WHIP and ERA are not bad, but not good. I am at 3.907 ERA and a 1.315 WHIP. I would be well ahead of my targets but (and this is an example of how one bad move can impact your stats, especially early) I decided to start Jeff Francais for two starts (SF and SD at home) last week. Without his (pixx poor) stats last week, my cumulative ERA and WHIP would be 3.573 and 1.259 respectively.
So anyway, my nearly all starter strategy is working OK. If I can avoid a few more of the blow-ups (which will be hard as I have too many TEX and PHL pitchers), I should be able to meet my targets of garnering at least 80% of the potential WHIP and ERA points, more of the K points and challenge on Wins. I will keep looking for more Saves, though.
Anyway, right now I am leading in Wins. Knock on wood. I have never been up here before. Nice view.
