One of the leagues I've got with a bunch of buddies is now down to a 10-team league. Typically, I like to draft heavy on starting pitchers, and piece together a decent group of hitters. It's been fairly successful in the past. . That said, with the number of teams decreasing in my league, I'm thinking that switching my strategy may be useful (i.e., strong hitting, piece together pitching). The rest of the league is already expecting me to go Verlander/Halladay/Price anyways...so why not switch it up!? I also just realized that the categories are not balanced right now 6 v. 5...wtf? . . So what say you TMB? If I'm down to a 10-team league, which draft strategy do you think will net me the best results? Strong pitching, or strong hitting? . . . Hitting Categories: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS Pitching Categories: W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP
get a 5-tool OF draft SS/2B/3B early get a cheap 1B/C late 1 Ace SP 1 Upper-Tier SP 3 Cheap SPs real late 2 RP late as hell
Well, finished the draft last night. Catcher: Santana 1B: Youkilis 2B: Cano 3B: Lawrie SS: A. Ramirez OF: Ellsbury OF: Stanton OF: Upton Util: D. Ortiz BN: Lind SP: Haren SP: Gallardo SP: Shields SP: Josh Johnson SP: D. Hudson SP: U. Jimenez SP: C. Luebke SP: C. Sale SP: Mike Minor RP: Soria RP: Nathan All in all, I'm pretty happy with my squad. I think that, despite the fact that I didn't draft a pitcher until like the 5th or 6th round, my pitching staff is pretty damn solid.