Auction Strategy for 10-Hitter/10-Pitcher AL-only League?
Posted: February 24th, 2010, 11:39 am
Hi all! Hoping for some good advice from the more experienced players.
I'm joining a 12-team AL-only league that has active rosters of 10 hitters (1 each of C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, UT + 4 OF of which 1 can be a DH) and 10 Pitchers (any combo of Starters and Relievers) + 7 man bench (any position).
Hitting categories are: OBP, HR, 2B+3B, RBI+R-HR, and Net SB
Pitching Categories are: Net W, Net SV, K, ERA and WHIP - there is no minimum IP requirement
First, I know that the general MB recommendation is to bully hitting and manage pitching by spending 70%-75%+ on hitting. But does that advice still hold for a league like this one where the active rosters are 50% hitters and 50% pitchers as opposed to the more standard active roster split of 14 hitters/9 pitchers or 63%/37% split? Should I change my planned budget allocation splits and if so how - more to pitching, less to pitching, keep it the same?
Second, this league is using Net Wins with no minimum IP requirement. It seems to me in this type of league the value of reliable MR's would be greatly enhanced (especially when compared to SP's with ERA's and WHIP's projected to be above the league average). What do you think of a strategy of going after one reliable SP, one reliable CL, and fill in the rest with decent MR's who may also be in line for SV's. I'd obviously be punting K's but I think it would make me competetive in ERA, WHIP, Net Sv's and possibly even Net Wins. Do you think that this strategy is viable? What else might you do?
Look forward to others thoughts and advice.
GM
I'm joining a 12-team AL-only league that has active rosters of 10 hitters (1 each of C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, UT + 4 OF of which 1 can be a DH) and 10 Pitchers (any combo of Starters and Relievers) + 7 man bench (any position).
Hitting categories are: OBP, HR, 2B+3B, RBI+R-HR, and Net SB
Pitching Categories are: Net W, Net SV, K, ERA and WHIP - there is no minimum IP requirement
First, I know that the general MB recommendation is to bully hitting and manage pitching by spending 70%-75%+ on hitting. But does that advice still hold for a league like this one where the active rosters are 50% hitters and 50% pitchers as opposed to the more standard active roster split of 14 hitters/9 pitchers or 63%/37% split? Should I change my planned budget allocation splits and if so how - more to pitching, less to pitching, keep it the same?
Second, this league is using Net Wins with no minimum IP requirement. It seems to me in this type of league the value of reliable MR's would be greatly enhanced (especially when compared to SP's with ERA's and WHIP's projected to be above the league average). What do you think of a strategy of going after one reliable SP, one reliable CL, and fill in the rest with decent MR's who may also be in line for SV's. I'd obviously be punting K's but I think it would make me competetive in ERA, WHIP, Net Sv's and possibly even Net Wins. Do you think that this strategy is viable? What else might you do?
Look forward to others thoughts and advice.
GM