just for fun....

[Bloody Nipples]

This question is about the league a guy in my most important league started for 6 of our friends, including us. Its a six team h2h league, with the normal positions, plus 2 IF, 2 extra OF, 3 extra Util, 2 extra SP, no RP, 5 P, and 5 bench spots. We count R, H, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, SLG, IP, W, CG, SHO, SV, K, total bases, ERA, WHIP, K/BB.

My question is about the pitching part of the league. I have the following pitchers:

Wood
Oswalt
Mulder
Wolf
Livan
Glavine

Rivera
Graves
Cordero
Nathan
Julio

K-Rod

My idea is, since this league is for pure fun, to go with only 3 workhorse pitchers, who get lots of CG and lost of IP, and have the rest be relievers. I figure this way I can all but always win SV, total bases, ERA, WHIP, K/BB, and have a decent shot at CG, SHO, K, maybe IP, but probably not W. If I trade most of my starters, I could get some better offense, too.

Who are the top 3 pitchers in terms of IP, CG, SHO, and K?

I think I have a couple good ones in Oswalt and Wood, and Livan and Mulder always seem to pitch a lot of innings, but are there better guys out there?

[Madison]

When I think of total innings pitched, Halladay springs to mind.

[Tavish]

Who are the top 3 pitchers in terms of IP, CG, SHO, and K?
I think I have a couple good ones in Oswalt and Wood, and Livan and Mulder always seem to pitch a lot of innings, but are there better guys out there?

Complete games and shutouts are just such crapshoot it would be tough to build a strategy involving them. I would with go more of the strikeout pitchers that are horses.

I would say Halladay, Schilling, R. Johnson, Oswalt, and Beckett would be my top five with just those categories. Oliver Perez, Livan and Hudson would all be right there though.

[thetongueofire]

top three pitchers in terms of IP, CG, SHO, and K i think are-

Mulder
Wood
Oswlat

maybe you can keep the four of em and trade Wolf and Glavine to improve at offense. good strategy tho... i think by doing this it would allow you to be at the top in SV, TB, ERA, WHIP, K/BB and still rack up atleast a few points in the SP cats. i think keeping four SP would make sure that you dont drop to the bottom in all the SP cats.

anyways as far as rating the top 3 in those cats goes id go with Halladay, Mulder and Schilling but yeah it is a crapshoot. anyways in ranking pitchers i hope that you also keep an eye on the other 6 cats too....

[Bloody Nipples]

I think I'll keep Wood, Oswalt and Mulder and go for Halladay or Schilling for the fourth guy. Now I need to figure out my relievers. Maybe I could trade for Gagne? I will pick up Otsuka, Reidling, etc. Any other relievers who have incredible numbers?

[Bloody Nipples]

any other opinions?