The Connoisseur brings up a great point about the starting pitching: you don't have to get it all early. Just like there was power across the board in the 2000, 2001 game, so there is pitching across the board in the 2011 game. Just make sure you don't make a mistake I recently made and leave yourself with not enough points at the end of the draft to take advantage of the starting pitching depth. Also, in a year of the pitcher with little power, building your team around power is not as friendly of a strategy as it once was. Speed on the base paths and guys with good gloves become even more important as a result. Consider wisely!
I forgot to mention though: if you are gonna build a team around power, Kyle's strategy is a great one to model after. He loaded up with power at 1st base and centerfield and wisely picked guys with decent on-base but great fielding at secondbase and shortstop. If you are gonna pick power at second or short (ex: Cano, Tulowitzki), make sure you compensate at other positions. Only so many points to go around...
definitely made a mistake here... i totally under estimated the importance of hitting in this draft and also the depth of starting pitching.. totally have a new draft strategy now
The Connoisseur brings up a great point about the starting pitching: you don't have to get it all early. Just like there was power across the board in the 2000, 2001 game, so there is pitching across the board in the 2011 game. Just make sure you don't make a mistake I recently made and leave yourself with not enough points at the end of the draft to take advantage of the starting pitching depth. Also, in a year of the pitcher with little power, building your team around power is not as friendly of a strategy as it once was. Speed on the base paths and guys with good gloves become even more important as a result. Consider wisely!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention though: if you are gonna build a team around power, Kyle's strategy is a great one to model after. He loaded up with power at 1st base and centerfield and wisely picked guys with decent on-base but great fielding at secondbase and shortstop. If you are gonna pick power at second or short (ex: Cano, Tulowitzki), make sure you compensate at other positions. Only so many points to go around...
ReplyDeletedefinitely made a mistake here... i totally under estimated the importance of hitting in this draft and also the depth of starting pitching.. totally have a new draft strategy now
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