So in my league I noticed most teams are like this:
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C A.J. Pierzynski (CWS - C)
1B Paul Konerko (CWS - 1B)
2B Kelly Johnson (Atl - 2B,OF)
3B Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
SS José Reyes (NYM - SS)
CI Jeff Kent (LAD - 1B,2B)
MI Rickie Weeks (Mil - 2B)
OF Carlos Lee (Hou - OF)
OF Bobby Abreu (NYY - OF)
OF Vernon Wells (Tor - OF)
Util Travis Hafner (Cle - Util)
BN Julio Lugo (Bos - 2B,3B,SS)
BN Moisés Alou (NYM - OF)
BN Melvin Mora (Bal - 3B)
Pitching
SP John Lackey (LAA - SP)
SP Javier Vázquez (CWS - SP)
RP Chad Cordero (Was - RP)
RP Akinori Otsuka (Tex - RP)
P Kelvim Escobar (LAA - SP)
P Rich Hill (ChC - SP)
P Derrick Turnbow (Mil - RP)
BN Derek Lowe (LAD - SP)
BN Erik Bedard (Bal - SP)
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a large hitting bench vrs pitching depth
but my bneches tend to be almost the opposite
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C Joe Mauer (Min - C)
1B Albert Pujols (StL - 1B)
2B Plácido Polanco (Det - 2B)
3B Scott Rolen (StL - 3B)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
CI Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B)
MI Kazuo Matsui (Col - 2B)
OF Álex Ríos (Tor - OF)
OF J.D. Drew (Bos - OF)
OF Pat Burrell (Phi - OF)
Util Frank Thomas (Tor - Util)
BN Brad Hawpe (Col - OF)
DL Rafael Furcal (LAD - SS) DL
Pitching
SP Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)
SP Scott Kazmir (TB - SP)
RP Takashi Saito (LAD - RP)
RP Salomón Torres (Pit - RP)
P Dontrelle Willis (Fla - SP)
P Anibal Sánchez (Fla - SP)
P José Contreras (CWS - SP)
BN Chris Capuano (Mil - SP)
BN Anthony Reyes (StL - SP)
BN Roger Clemens (Hou - SP) NA
BN Kip Wells (StL - SP)
DL Pedro Martínez (NYM - SP) DL
DL Chien-Ming Wang (NYY - SP) DL "
I usually feel I can get more out of WW pitchers than hitters I suppose.
I suppose I start out with bench hitters but end up moving or dropping them for pitchers.
Without getting into deep strategic preference, as the search function will cover that, I generally carry 1 or 0 bench bats* and stockpile arms on my bench.
Bench pitchers is clearly the way to go in most leagues. 9 out of 10 days bench hitters sit there and do nothing. Bench pitchers on the other hand can be rotate into the starting lineup when they make their starts. So, in a daily lineup league carrying more then one or two bench hitters puts you at a huge disadvantage.
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bigh0rt wrote:Without getting into deep strategic preference, as the search function will cover that, I generally carry 1 or 0 bench bats* and stockpile arms on my bench.
bigh0rt wrote:Without getting into deep strategic preference, as the search function will cover that, I generally carry 1 or 0 bench bats* and stockpile arms on my bench.
*This of course depends on bench depth.
Is this a subtle clue?
Nah. I just know I've already gone through it in the time between Spring Training and today, it's nearly 12:30 am here, and I don't want to type it all out again right now. But by all means, look into other threads on this matter that have previously happened. You'll find that a lot of people agree with you, and get further reasoning on why.
I tend to have a 1 or 2 bench players and the rest SP. Ideally you hav at least one multi-position player. Not necessarily on the bench. But available to move around on other players off days. The rest would be my starting rotation. 7 to 9 SP total.
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by jealousblues » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:12 am 
But by all means, look into other threads on this matter that have previously happened. You'll find that a lot of people agree with you, and get further reasoning on why. 
