is this a good idea or bad ethics?

[ownthecourt47]

in my h2h league im winning 15-0 and im trying to build on my 1st place lead. I'm killing in the hitting catagories and the only stats that are close are:
wins 4 to 3
whip 1.20 to 1.26
era 4.06 to 4.65

the team im playing against has schilling going today and can tie wins, the only starter i have this weekend is bonser but im benching him and my 6 closers all weekend to make sure i dont lose whip and era and in the worst case i would win this week 14-0-1 if schilling gets the win tonight

is this a good idea or kind of cheesy

[MMoNeY24]

I don't get how benching all your pitchers will guarantee you ERA and WHIP.

[Madison]

I don't get how benching all your pitchers will guarantee you ERA and WHIP.

Odds are that the other guy has so many innings already that even if Schilling tosses a gem (say 9 innings, 3 hits/walks, 0 runs) he still won't be able to drop his team era/whip by enough to catch the OP.

[Mugrila]

I don't really think its bad ethics. Why start a player when he can only hurt your stats?

[The Big Train]

Bad ethics?? This is fantasy baseball here, not Enron or MCI/Worldcom.

I do that sort of thing all the time. E.g. : If the pitching categories are close heading into Sunday, I will check to see if my opponents pitchers are playing in the morning and then pick up a pitcher off the waiver who is playing later in the day and then decide whether to start him or not based on how my opponents pitcher did earlier. It's not like I'm wrecking someone's retirement fund.

[j24jags]

Why is that bad ethics?

[Matthias]

You're fine.

Think of it this way: if the MN Vikings are up 10-7 with a minute thirty left, is it bad gamesmanship of them to kneel down three times in a row rather than to continue to try to play the game and score some more? Nope. Same thing.

[johnsamo]

You're quandary is why I hate H2H.

[NikkiSixx]

You're quandary is why I hate H2H.

I'll 2nd that.

[Snakes Gould]

its not bad ethics whatsoever. im a commish in a league and if anything i feel proud when i see people do this. they are thinking of strategy week 5 or 6 into the season on top of the general everyday strategy. i do it, and alot of others do it and its not bad ethics whatsoever...benched all my hitters on sunday 2 weeks ago because i was killing in every category other than hitter K's and ended up winning.

as for the h2h haters, this is why i love it. strategy during the week. in roto i feel like you just sit back with your team and watch the standings move 1 pt in either direction every once in awhile. Also i could never be in a roto because what happens when the season is half over and im already killing people and theres no hope for a comeback??? theyd stop checking their teams as much... with h2h, there are 6 playoff spots available for people to compete for, leaving most of the teams in the hunt the whole season.