Good number of keepers?

[Texan]

I'm the commish of a 14 team Yahoo league and we were considering starting a keeper this year but I have no idea how many to do. Here's the Rosters we use:

C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL

So the max number of players on a team is 25 if they use the DL.

The number I was thinking of was 3 (not that many but then again we have 14 teams).. 1 pitcher, 1 hitter and 1 any position. How many do you think we should have?

[zz]

in our league we have complicated rule system to help teh losing teams. in our 25man 12 team league each team has 7 keepers. i think thats a TAD high but it is ok. also as i said last place has compensations. maybe you can have like 5ish keeepers with laast place has some sort of extra benefits so they can compete

[Texan]

Not sure I understand what the extra benefits would be.. can you explain that a little more? I think I could see us doing 4 or 5.. I was just wanting some feedback cause I wasnt sure if that was too many. I want the drafts to still have good players in them so I dont want to do too many keepers. Keep the advice coming guys. THANKS