All-Purpose Fantasy Baseball 2018 thread

[jr/shotglass]

Agree totally on the outfield. I think I get too hung up on grabbing the best from the "weak" positions rather than just taking the best numbers potential at the start of the draft, regardless of position.

 

[outofplace]

I have a similar habit, so I end up with loaded infields and shaky outfields. At that point, a lot depends on your ability to find viable options on the wire.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Some of the traditionally shallow positions are deep this year.

 

[Songbird]

Starting pitchers can wait. Stock up on offense, steals, and saves.

 

[outofplace]

Starting pitchers can wait. Stock up on offense, steals, and saves.

In a traditional 5X5, I agree with this approach. I used to be in a keeper league with weekly lineups. You had to have seven starting pitchers active each week and innings pitched was one of the categories. Teams that didn't put enough value into starting pitching would get buried. We had a guy join the league with a philosophy like yours and his teams were terrible until he adjusted.

 

[QYFW]

Starting pitchers can wait. Stock up on offense, steals, and saves.

Guy comes in second once and he’s a ****ing expert.

 

[QYFW]

Speaking of SPs, I’d like to know what guys like pern, Guy and oop think about this roster:

Kershaw
Nola
Berrios
Taillon
Walker
Bundy

 

[outofplace]

Speaking of SPs, I’d like to know what guys like pern, Guy and oop think about this roster:

Kershaw
Nola
Berrios
Taillon
Walker
Bundy

That depends on the number of teams, the number of pitcher spots, the categories and whether it is a redraft or keeper league. Could be a hell of a staff if Berrios and Taillon take a step forward. You've certainly got a lot of front-line ability there.

 

[bigpern23]

Speaking of SPs, I’d like to know what guys like pern, Guy and oop think about this roster:

Kershaw
Nola
Berrios
Taillon
Walker
Bundy

There's only one guy there without a question mark, but Nola, Berrios and Taillon all have great upside. I'm not much on Walker and I worry about Bundy's health, but I assume he didn't cost you much, so he's solid for a sixth guy.

 

[QYFW]

Yeah, once I had Kershaw I took a few chances on upside over guys like Quintana who have higher floors but lower ceilings. I feel more confident I can mix/match pitching better than offense if need be.

 

[QYFW]

That depends on the number of teams, the number of pitcher spots, the categories and whether it is a redraft or keeper league. Could be a hell of a staff if Berrios and Taillon take a step forward. You've certainly got a lot of front-line ability there.

10-teamer that will have limited keepers starting next year. Full redraft this year.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

10-teamer that will have limited keepers starting next year. Full redraft this year.

Looks good- like others said, lots of upside. Would really depend on what the rest of the team looked like / which draft resources you spent on these SPs.

 

[outofplace]

That's another good point. If you have great starting pitching, but you built it by neglecting other positions, that's not going to get you very far.

That group of six starters is fine for a 10-team league. You have risky pitchers in there, but you should be able to find viable fill-ins on the wire if any of those guys fail.

 

[bigpern23]

Yeah, once I had Kershaw I took a few chances on upside over guys like Quintana who have higher floors but lower ceilings. I feel more confident I can mix/match pitching better than offense if need be.

That's the nice thing about pitching. If your staff sucks, you can piece it together by playing matchups week-to-week pretty effectively.

 

[outofplace]

That's the nice thing about pitching. If your staff sucks, you can piece it together by playing matchups week-to-week pretty effectively.

Depends on the size of your league. In a 10-team league, you can do that fairly easily. In a 15-team league, it's probably not going to work.

 

[Songbird]

Guy comes in second once and he’s a ****ing expert.

A walk ****ing away from the title.

 

[QYFW]

That's another good point. If you have great starting pitching, but you built it by neglecting other positions, that's not going to get you very far.

That group of six starters is fine for a 10-team league. You have risky pitchers in there, but you should be able to find viable fill-ins on the wire if any of those guys fail.

My offense:
Hedges/Grandal
Freeman
Albies
Lindor
Sano
Shaw
Villar
Upton
Benintendi
Inciarte
Mazara

Bench
Eaton
Bour
Hicks
Grandal/Hedges

 

[bigpern23]

Depends on the size of your league. In a 10-team league, you can do that fairly easily. In a 15-team league, it's probably not going to work.

Fair. I've never done bigger than a 12-teamer, so it generally works OK.

 

[outofplace]

A walk ****ing away from the title.

Meh. If the league ducks the real competition, such accomplishments don't mean much.

 

[outofplace]

Fair. I've never done bigger than a 12-teamer, so it generally works OK.

I've never done one with 15 teams before, either, but I've got one this year. My pitching is fine, but my offense is a disaster. (Mostly because I took over a team that was a disaster, then lost Turner until at least early May.)