March 22, 2014
Fantasy Baseball: I'm Doing It Wrong
Right, let's get this part out of the way: no matter how much I am about to moan and whine, I'm still probably the frontrunner in the league. I know a few of the players expect me to run away with the thing, and I really should. But I'll be damned if I didn't pee the draft right now the leg of my uniform.
As a reminder, this is an American League-only league. Y'know, lots of big hulking power hitters, teeny-tiny ballparks, chicks dig the long ball, pitchers chuckin' and duckin', get out the rye bread and mustard, grandma, 'cause it's GRAND SALAMI TIME! Station-to-station and wait for the two-run jack, Earl Weaver-style of baseball.
So why do I have a team full of players that make speed the focus of their offense? Dear merciful heavens, it's like I've got... a National League team! Which makes sense, of course, being a National League fan. My entire roster has a permanent steal sign posted and notarized at all times. Which is great, except it's really hard to steal home plate.
Well, if you don't have offense, I hear you saying, you must have a pitching staff, right?
I have the only knuckleballer in the major leagues, a Mazda dealer, a guy who's never pitched in America before... and a guy who had his leg fall off. I just might be doomed.
On the other hand, it's baseball, and how cool is that?
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Right, let's get this part out of the way: no matter how much I am about to moan and whine, I'm still probably the frontrunner in the league. I know a few of the players expect me to run away with the thing, and I really should. But I'll be damned if I didn't pee the draft right now the leg of my uniform.
As a reminder, this is an American League-only league. Y'know, lots of big hulking power hitters, teeny-tiny ballparks, chicks dig the long ball, pitchers chuckin' and duckin', get out the rye bread and mustard, grandma, 'cause it's GRAND SALAMI TIME! Station-to-station and wait for the two-run jack, Earl Weaver-style of baseball.
So why do I have a team full of players that make speed the focus of their offense? Dear merciful heavens, it's like I've got... a National League team! Which makes sense, of course, being a National League fan. My entire roster has a permanent steal sign posted and notarized at all times. Which is great, except it's really hard to steal home plate.
Well, if you don't have offense, I hear you saying, you must have a pitching staff, right?
I have the only knuckleballer in the major leagues, a Mazda dealer, a guy who's never pitched in America before... and a guy who had his leg fall off. I just might be doomed.
On the other hand, it's baseball, and how cool is that?
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As much as I would like to make fun of you, I honestly think the teams ended up fairly balanced. I would have taken two of the same starting pitchers...or I would have if Holland wasn't, you know, OUT for half the season.
Posted by: Ben at March 23, 2014 10:01 AM (OL3h/)
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I think my big issue is that I drafted based on old head-to-head instincts, where the driving force is week to week dominance of a majority of categories while generally tanking the rest. For pitching in particular, I went with the "load up on middle relief and try to eke out an ERA/WHIP/SV win" out of habit. I'm not so sure how that translates to roto. On the bright side, I did end up mostly with a power team.
Posted by: ReallyBored at March 23, 2014 11:00 AM (n3V1X)
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