Terrible strategy to punt positional hitting. You potentially help just one category and hurt 4 by doing this. You have to maximise your full roster to be as competitive as possble to win any league, epecially roto leagues.
In standard leagues there are catchers like Napoli (HR's and SB's), Ross (HR's), Kendall (runs and SB's) and Bard (HR's) that can make the difference between winning and losing a league.
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NZF wrote:Terrible strategy to punt positional hitting. You potentially help just one category and hurt 4 by doing this. You have to maximise your full roster to be as competitive as possble to win any league, epecially roto leagues.
In standard leagues there are catchers like Napoli (HR's and SB's), Ross (HR's), Kendall (runs and SB's) and Bard (HR's) that can make the difference between winning and losing a league.
You can get away with not starting a catcher in H2H leagues more times than not.
Rubidium wrote:I'm doing it in my 12 team NL only where we start two catchers, but that's because I traded away Ross and the best free agent option is Ramon Castro. But yeah, if those are your best options and you have a good use of the roster space elsewhere, I would consider it.
why in the world would your 12 team nl only league require you to start 2 catchers?
Good point. Wow that's nuts!
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Rubidium wrote:I'm doing it in my 12 team NL only where we start two catchers, but that's because I traded away Ross and the best free agent option is Ramon Castro. But yeah, if those are your best options and you have a good use of the roster space elsewhere, I would consider it.
why in the world would your 12 team nl only league require you to start 2 catchers?
Good point. Wow that's nuts!
I was thinking that as well. The only thing I could think of is if it's a very deep league and that backups are starting for you at most positions.
On top of avoiding a drop in avg from punting a catcher, you can also get another 1-2 games a week in from an OF who would otherwise not have been on your roster. Or, you can tag on another middle reliever or spot starter.
Essentially, you have to weigh the following factors:
Increase in avg from avoiding a bad catcher + increase in numbers from additional player added
NZF wrote:Terrible strategy to punt positional hitting. You potentially help just one category and hurt 4 by doing this. You have to maximise your full roster to be as competitive as possble to win any league, epecially roto leagues.
In standard leagues there are catchers like Napoli (HR's and SB's), Ross (HR's), Kendall (runs and SB's) and Bard (HR's) that can make the difference between winning and losing a league.
You can get away with not starting a catcher in H2H leagues more times than not.
It is still a big disadvantage. Why not have someone that can potentially contribute in 4 from 5 cats? Makes no sense not to even if they bat .200
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NZF wrote:Terrible strategy to punt positional hitting. You potentially help just one category and hurt 4 by doing this. You have to maximise your full roster to be as competitive as possble to win any league, epecially roto leagues.
In standard leagues there are catchers like Napoli (HR's and SB's), Ross (HR's), Kendall (runs and SB's) and Bard (HR's) that can make the difference between winning and losing a league.
You can get away with not starting a catcher in H2H leagues more times than not.
It is still a big disadvantage. Why not have someone that can potentially contribute in 4 from 5 cats? Makes no sense not to even if they bat .200
I guess it depends on your situation.
My outfield is a little iffy right now with Damon slumping/injured and Sheffield out for a few days. I had Doumit as my primary catcher after Piazza went down and eventually dropped Doumit after his injury for an outfielder I could plug in whenever I saw Damon wasn't playing.
angelo285 wrote:On top of avoiding a drop in avg from punting a catcher, you can also get another 1-2 games a week in from an OF who would otherwise not have been on your roster. Or, you can tag on another middle reliever or spot starter.
Essentially, you have to weigh the following factors:
Increase in avg from avoiding a bad catcher + increase in numbers from additional player added
Versus:
Loss of production from bad catcher
That's what I was thinking, and I thought for him it wouldn't be a bad idea, but honestly I only play roto (I would never do it in a standard roto league), so I'm not sure how much it would hurt.
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Snakes Gould wrote: why in the world would your 12 team nl only league require you to start 2 catchers?
Good point. Wow that's nuts!
We've played NL only with the standard Yahoo roster positions for the past two years, so we decided to mix it up a little this year. It's not as fun as we thought it would be though. Bennett, Ianetta, Montero, Saltalamacchia, and Lieberthal are all owned and starting, and a bunch of teams have at least one empty slot there.
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