Day-to-day player rotation

[An Jiaoshi]

I'm pretty new to this whole fantasy baseball thing, so I could use some advice from the seasoned veterans.

I'm playing in a head-to-head league on Yahoo—four hitting/fielding categories, three pitching categories, so every week is like playing a seven-game series against my fantasy opponent.

I have the power to set a different lineup every single day if I want. My question is, should I trust the law of averages and allow certain positions to sit open when my starters aren't playing (generally only one day a week, but occasionally two), or should I rotate bench players in to cover those slots whenever possible? Does it depend on the quality of the bench player? On the stat categories?

To clarify: In week 3, all my starters are playing every day, so I obviously don't need to mess with my lineup. But in week 4, nobody is playing more than six days out of seven. If I can slip in a bench player on one of those off days, should I do so? What about in week 2, when I've got a couple of key players (Pujols and Rolen) playing only five days?

[mrider]

yes u should theres no point leaving some1 on the bench whose playing thats a no brainer.

[wrveres]

First off welcome to the cafe.

Its osunds like you are loking at MR's, and yes they would make an excellent sub for those days when your SP's don't throw. Its actually a very common strategy for Yahoo, and very much recommended.

As for player subs on the days when your regulars don't start, try and get a guy with multi position elig. Ideally a guy with a good BA and batting near the top of the batting order. since he is a sub, you cannot rely on the power bieng there whe you sub him in. A good BA and a few extra runs a week is always beneficial.

again welcome aboard.