I noticed that the general strategy amongst winners or those near the top, was to generally avoid pitching for the first several rounds, and starting pitching even further then that.
a) Is that the general wisdom?
b) Does that strategy derive out of inevitable availability of sp on FA market (eg Lee, Danks etc) or more because of the higher rate of injury amongst pitching?
With 9 pitching spots to fill every week, that is twice the need at any other position...so I would think pitching would be premium at draft. In my sat. league, for that reason, I took Santana (2nd), Kaz(5th), Liriano(7th), Gallardo(9), McGowan(11)
2008 NFBC Overall Champion Profile - Bobby Jurney
2008 NFBC Overall Champion Profile - Bobby Jurney
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2008 NFBC Overall Champion Profile - Bobby Jurney
Originally posted by Schwks:
I noticed that the general strategy amongst winners or those near the top, was to generally avoid pitching for the first several rounds, and starting pitching even further then that.
a) Is that the general wisdom?
b) Does that strategy derive out of inevitable availability of sp on FA market (eg Lee, Danks etc) or more because of the higher rate of injury amongst pitching?
With 9 pitching spots to fill every week, that is twice the need at any other position...so I would think pitching would be premium at draft. In my sat. league, for that reason, I took Santana (2nd), Kaz(5th), Liriano(7th), Gallardo(9), McGowan(11) Doug- What league and team were you in the Sat?
Fantasy SP pitching stats are far more volatile than hitting. Injury, defense, bullpen and matchup are significantly different from year-to-year, even if the skill-set of the SP has not changed. If you drafted those pitchers in the main event and they perform as expected, you crush the competition in 4 pitching categories, but likely significantly lag in all the hitting categories in a 405 team competition. I assume you punted saves? You either had 6 hitters out of the top 11 picks and little opp for points in saves, or got a closer and had 5 hitters in the first 11, and simply could not compete with teams in a 405 team competition that picked 5 of their first 7 picks as hitters unless you nailed all of your hitter picks.
I noticed that the general strategy amongst winners or those near the top, was to generally avoid pitching for the first several rounds, and starting pitching even further then that.
a) Is that the general wisdom?
b) Does that strategy derive out of inevitable availability of sp on FA market (eg Lee, Danks etc) or more because of the higher rate of injury amongst pitching?
With 9 pitching spots to fill every week, that is twice the need at any other position...so I would think pitching would be premium at draft. In my sat. league, for that reason, I took Santana (2nd), Kaz(5th), Liriano(7th), Gallardo(9), McGowan(11) Doug- What league and team were you in the Sat?
Fantasy SP pitching stats are far more volatile than hitting. Injury, defense, bullpen and matchup are significantly different from year-to-year, even if the skill-set of the SP has not changed. If you drafted those pitchers in the main event and they perform as expected, you crush the competition in 4 pitching categories, but likely significantly lag in all the hitting categories in a 405 team competition. I assume you punted saves? You either had 6 hitters out of the top 11 picks and little opp for points in saves, or got a closer and had 5 hitters in the first 11, and simply could not compete with teams in a 405 team competition that picked 5 of their first 7 picks as hitters unless you nailed all of your hitter picks.
Neal Moses