FANTASY DRAFT TIPS.
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DOESN'T EVERYONE WANT TO CONTEND?
Often referred to as The People's Champ, Mr Resentment is a member of the Top 1 percenters when it comes to the Fantasy Baseball Elite. For results like Resentment (good results) follow these draft rules set forth below. Okay, smartass so you already had your draft, so use the rules to check your work and see how you did. Remember to have a strategy going into the draft and stick to it. In baseball 9 is the magic number so with that I give you the 9 rules to a good draft.
THE NINE COMMANDMENTS
1. Power is superior. know that going in to the draft. make all your moves based on these 3 words. Hitting as well as Pitching. Hitting you want HR/RBI. Pitching you want K's/WHIP. Being good at those stats makes it more likely they will be decent enough in the rest of the categories to make it worthwhile.
2. Draft a corner infielder in the first 3 rounds. No way you can win a deep league without either a star 3B or 1B. Power production positions you should try to get 60 Bombs out of those 2 positions for optimum chance at contending in HR/RUNS/RBI/OPS categories. A possible 40 points.
3. Never go more then 4 rounds without taking an outfielder. You notice Power hitting outfielders fall off the draft board rather quickly. Do not get stuck with Melky Cabrera as your best OF that would not smart. You need 5 productive OF guys throughout the season, to rely on the waiver for more than 2 of those spots spells doom.
4. Don't take more than 3 starting pitchers before the 12th round. This is simple. You refer to my previous posts for what I think of this. If you are going off on SP's then there is no way you will be near the top of the offensive categories. Pitching is much deeper. When drafting pitchers you of course want to take the 200 plus strikeout arms first. Plenty of good e.r.a. and wins category guys late. Plus with pitchers injuries are one pitch away from happening. You want to have taken a Tommy John cause by June or a 30 plus home run guy?
5. Never worry about what other teams are doing. This is what separates the men from the boys. You get flusterred and make a bad pick. You get rattled. You have to sit and wait for for what seems to be hours until your next pick. Guys falling off the board that you wanted. You start to panic. You check the other players in the league rosters, likely the one's you know are legit. You notice they have a closer already. Oh no, this one has a 3 SP's already. Forget all that. What you should be thinking about is your next pick. Your next pick should follow your strategy you had going into the draft. If you stick to your pre draft philosophy and get the players you want then who cares what anyone elses team looks like. If you had a good draft then you will have filled in the majority of the categories nicely.
6. Catchers shouldn't be valued. Catchers are a waste of time, other than a very select few. Mauer, not on that list anymore, Posey not this year bud. Don't waste a perfectly good pick on a catcher that is going to get 450 AB's and kill your OPS. anyway. Hold off until you absolutely must take one. I won leagues I didn't draft a catcher. Always take an all star caliber anything over a third tier catcher.
7. Never draft a closer before the 9th round. The earliest I have ever gone with a closer is this season. Papsmear with the 107th pick. I was handcuffed with no powerbats around that were not a reach. I also believe Papelbon in the National League facing guys that aren't use to him equals nasty. Ryan Madson and J Soria already having you cursing. Countless others are one pitch away from snapping the elbow. I'll take another legit Outfielder that will help me instead of gambling on a one category filler player. If you think about it, not to many closers are guaranteed they will remain closers if they have a rough couple weeks. All of a sudden that 58 inning 55 K/3.86 ERA without the saves doesn't look so good fantasy wise.
8. While power will be gone, Speed will be available. speed is available late. Sure a guy will give you 65 SB but he will hit 2 HR has a different value to him depending on what team drafts him. Don't over pay for a guy that strictly gives you stolen bases. Plenty of rats left late to fill that awful stolen base category that amateurs love to overpay for. Coco Crisp, Juan Pierre are a couple of established names but with players like Alcides Escobar, Alejandro De Aza, Eduardo Nunez and Ben Revere left to draft in the last few rounds make plenty of speed available.
9. Do not reach for that Prospect you have your eye on before the 14th round. Obviously in this case Keeper Leagues would be a different story. However in a standard league there is no reason to go draft guys like Mike Trout early because he isn't guaranteed anything. You take Mike Trout, I will take a Carlos Lee type player. A proven MLB All-Star that you know is going to be hitting in the middle of the order for a team.
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