Fantasy Baseball: All Questions Answered Thread

I’ve got a question about whether or not engaging in a specific strategy could work.

So for forever we’ve been told “wait on pitching” and “hitting is more important” and “only spend $60 at most in your auction on pitching”.

I think we’ve gone way too far about this. While I won’t disagree that pitching is more volatile, at the top, I think an all ace staff would be a good idea.

Furthermore, while a good amount of closers do fail, I think by looking at the skills, health, and who else is in the bullpen you can identify a few closers who are very likely to keep their jobs. (Plus, in a league like mine using a weekly FAAB for add/drops you can’t just say you’ll pick up saves on the waiver wire).

All that is to set the stage for a different strategy. Punting power (HR and RBI) and trying to win R, SB, and AVG as well as all the pitching categories.

How I think this would work is by taking a whole bunch of high average, runs, and SB guys in the OF and SS for around $10 each (Borbon, Rajai Davis, Denard Span, Dexter Fowler, Alcides Escobar, Theriot, etc) and then a bunch of high BB% and high average infielders (Polanco, Helton, Kendrick, Prado, Asdrubal Cabrera, etc).

What do you think? Obviously, you’ve got to hope that there isn’t too much inflation for the top starters. And the targeted player pool is very limited so if you don’t get who you want you might be in trouble.

Here’s what I was able to do in my first mock auction on ESPN today:

Team Kellemen
C Miguel Montero 11
1B Todd Helton 7
2B Placido Polanco 5
3B Martin Prado 5
SS Alcides Escobar 6
2B/SS Howie Kendrick 9
1B/3B Chone Figgins 14
OF Juan Pierre 10
OF Denard Span 10
OF Julio Borbon 11
OF Dexter Fowler 10
OF Rajai Davis 9
UTIL Ryan Theriot 4
P Jose Valverde 8
P Chad Qualls 8
P CC Sabathia 19
P Tim Lincecum 29
P Brian Wilson 11
P Huston Street 11
P Zack Greinke 19
P Adam Wainwright 16
P Brett Anderson 10
BE Octavio Dotel 1
BE Everth Cabrera 3
BE Frank Francisco 10
Total: 256
Remaining: 4

What group of outfielders would you put Jason Heyward with if you are drafting for a dynasty league.

Also, if not too much to ask, I haven’t seen any ADP’s for dynasty drafts around. What would your top 15 be? Thanks!

Limited to under 600 AB and younger, who would you select/change/add to for the 2015 All-Star Game?

C: Wieters / Posey
1B: Alvarez / Smoak
2B: G. Beckham / Lawrie
3B: Chisenhal / Wood
SS: Escobar / Andrus
COF: Stanton / Taylor
CF: Jennings / Ackley
COF: Heyward / Morrison
DH: Monterro

Due to some trades to try to get first (failure, ended up 2nd), my last keeper is up in the air.
Save players:
Pujols
Fielder
Kemp
J. Upton
Broxton

It’s my last spot that I’m not sure about. Candidates are:
Coghlan
Milledge
C. Zambrano
I have some others, but I think these guys are the top 3.
Who do you like and why? Thanks.

AL only 4×4 keeper league. I have a roster that can win this year. I currently own Shin Soo Choo at $10. Do I extend him for another season to $15 or ride him out at $10?

I am 50/50 at this point. The extra $5 may come in handy at the auction but at the same time he is still a good value at $15.