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Fantasy Baseball, the year round fantasy sport.
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Draft Rankings
Since every league has different scoring systems, rankings are pretty useless in organizing who to draft when your turn comes up. You cannot simply use a ranking list based on the typical 5x5 league format if your scoring is different at all. For example, quite a few leagues are now using On Base Percentage or OPS as a 6th hitting category. This creates an entirely new evaluation basis for ranking players. Players like Alfonso Soriano, who are great in 5x5 leagues, now has a huge weak spot in OBP. Would you then rank someone like Grady Sizemore ahead of him with the 395 OBP he put up in 2007 even though Soriano is clearly superior in power and speed? |
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In-Season Moves
The #1 way to a victory in your league is to be on top of free agents. Do not assume your struggling guys will turn it around all the time, when someone starts out hot, take a chance on him keeping it going. I have been in hard core leagues where I drafted 28 guys and through trades and free agent moves, only 1 guy was on my roster that I originally drafted. Stay active all the time and you can be very competetive. Pick out a few indicators for pitchers and hitters that you feel are a good predictor for future performance and look for guys excelling in those areas. If you want some examples, email me. |
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Trades
Always be on the lookout for ways to improve your team. Analyze where your team has weaknesses and then look for a team with a surplus in that area. For example, if you don't have steals covered very well, look for a team with Eric Byrnes on the bench or someone like him. Then look at what that team lacks and make an offer that can cover their weakness as well. Always make fair trade offers or close. Nobody likes a guy who always throws out ridiculous offers to everyone. Make fair offers and you will receive fair offers. |
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