Draft Strategies

[wurthit]

I personaly like going a pitcher or a position player then the opposite.
I recently listened to "experts" say they like going all postion players first 9 rounds or so. What does everyone else think??

[Pogotheostrich]

First 5 round I take the best player regardless of position. After that you can start looking to fill holes.

[chadlincoln]

First 5 round I take the best player regardless of position. After that you can start looking to fill holes.

Agreed. I won't take 3 1B though in the first 3 rounds, but I'll definately not skip a great OF to get a decent SS.

[wurthit]

How do you do that? Do you go by your own rankings or do you go by say yahoos rankings or what not?? I have had decent teams the way i draft but kinda wondering if i change it will put me over the top??

[wurthit]

And i hardly ever get good OF.

[chris8]

Never go by Yahoo's rankings!

Most people will put together their own rankings and draft accordingly.

I tend to put my rankings together based on my own projections, a look at mock drafts & other projections to see how others value particular players, and add a bit of gut instinct into the mix!

[yankee_cafe]

Call me crazy, but I always try to have a top SP and RP after round 6. I won't reach for a player, but I've found that if I have a reliable ace to form a decent SP core around I get a better team.

Same for a closer. If I can snag a top one fairly early, then I can avoid any runs later.

After 10 rounds I usually have 8 bats and a top SP and RP.

[Ender]

I like to get a closer in the first 5 rounds, I won't usually take a SP until at least round 7 unless someone really falls far. I go with the best hitter available other than that, even if that fills up my utility slot early.

[Third Day]

Would you all agree that pitchers, especially starters, are more of a value in roto as opposed to H2H?

[Ender]

Its not really about pitcher value, its about pitcher risk. Way too many pitchers get hurt each year to be spending your early picks on them. Quite a number of pitchers break out and have good years each year.

I think pitchers gain value in leagues that have a maximum inning limits since you need to make the best out of every inning rather than just throwing tons of starters out there.