Streaming Pitchers?

[TribeNation]

I stayed with rostering quality starters( hopefully) and am asking if streaming pitchers during my pitchers 1 week starts pans out over the course of a season. My RTS points has negative points for poor performance so I can see where SP 4, 5 6 hurlers could hurt me there as well as in my ratios league. Do you have any strategy you follow when choosing streamers. RTS leagues only have a 5 player bench as you prolly know.

[Todd Zola]

Not sure if it's a strategy, I put my best 9 pitchers out every week, looking to the free agent pool to upgrade one of my spots.

i don't know if this is what you're looking for, but it's something I recently wrote for ESPN.

http://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/st ... m-pitchers

[TribeNation]

How many pitchers do you carry on the reserve? Out of the 5 spots...how many pitchers..

[Todd Zola]

There isn't a one-size-fits-all answer, it's contextual. Depends on league format, scoring, size of reserves, # IL spots, frequency of moves, needs, etc.

[TribeNation]

My starters are Bauer Chacin, Freeland, Happ, Taillon, Trev Williams, 3 Rps Hader, Iglesias, Wil Smith. For April 1 week, im bringing 2 start Price in for Chacin, and which RP would you sub out for Gausman start @Miami?
Thanks..used your Roto rankings

[Todd Zola]

Probably Smith, but your team, your call.

[TribeNation]

Todd, I enjoyed the ESPN article on streaming pitchers. May I ask if you apply those parameters when you create the weekly Pitcher rankings on Rotowire? I do use those rankings help my pitching decisions each week. thanks

[TribeNation]

Would you start Chacin@ Cin or Guasman vs Mia? 5x5 season long. Gausman 1st start of season. Thanks

[Todd Zola]

The Rotowire rankings are formulaic. Most often I'll go by the rankings, but sometimes it's needs driven.

As for Gausman/Chacin, I'd go with the Rotowire rankings, your team, your call.