#ShotsFriday
Time
for me to define my terms for everyone since we use a little bit of custom
vocabulary around the blog. The first terms we are going to define is the first
player I always advice in our positional break downs. The “power hitter” or
“power player” are terms we throw about the most but what is the real meaning
of it? What about the other vocab we use when describing hitters.
Of all
the terms and player types we use I feel this is the easiest to understand.
That may be because this is my favorite play style. The manager who plays a
power team has 1 primary goal. That is to lead the league in home runs. Every
other goal is a sub goal. Winning is not enough for this player. A 2-2 series
tie with 8 homers is a won series. A 1-3 series loss with 10 homers is a tied
series (12 homers may be considered a win). These players believe style points
matter. A solo homer by an 8, 17-20 HR player is worth more than a BB, steal,
bunt, out (fb) sequence. As far as pitching goes… survival. The question is
“how are we getting 9 innings”?
Elite Power: When determining how Power
Managers select Power Players here is our official terminology (which we will
attempt to remain consistent on) We have “Elite Power” which currently in the
Showdown world there are only 5 players in this club Mark McGwire 00/01(10/10),
Sammy Sosa 00(8), Barry Bonds 01(10) and Jose Bautista 10(9). This is defined
as a 10, 16-20 HR or trading 1 on base for 1 extra homer. Bautista is a 9,
15-20 HR and Sosa is an 8, 14-20 HR. In theory an 11, 17-20 HR or 7, 13-20 HR
would both qualify but no such player exists currently. Oddly enough these guys
actually play well together. Sosa at 480 points and the McGwires as 570 and 580
are not much more than the average middle of an order.
Great Power: The next tier we have is
the “Great Power” players. These guys are the 10, 17-20 HR players. My favorite
type of players and the ones I am drawn to the most are the 9, 16-20 HR
players. Some of the notable members of this tier are Sammy Sosa 01 (9), Larry
Walker 00 (10), Brian Giles (10), Jason Giambi 01 (11), Carlos Delgado (11),
Barry Bonds 00 (9), Alex Rodriguez 00,01P (8,10) Jose Bautista 11 (11) and the
famous Jeffery Hammonds 00 (9…ish). The question with these guys is what else
do you want but power? Bond 00, Rodriguez 00 and Braun 12 (10) are all speed A.
Positions are still limited as 2B and C don’t even have these players available
(but Bautista 10 plays 3B as an Elite Power). These guys tend to be nearly as
expensive as the Elite Players but are also a hair more well-rounded. I am not
saying the Elite Power guys are better players but these guys cost roughly the
same and hit less home runs.
Good Power: The “Good Power” players
are found in most line-ups and are even more diverse than the previous two. 10,
18-20 players and equivalent are in even the thinnest sets, last year’s 2011
set had only 1 great power player so teams had to supplement with a slew of
Good Power players. That is a long fall from the original 00/01 sets that have
plenty of players in the above slots. 09 and 10 had fewer options in the
previous 2 tiers but had a good mix. Last year this tier was as good as it got
for all but 1 team. 2012 offers a few more Great Power than 2011 but this tier
is a bit thinner. In multi-year drafts however expect to see a lot of these
players in the 6-7 spots in lines and potentially the 2 hole.
Power: Regular old “Power” players are
nothing really to write home about but they have value. A 10, 19-20 is pretty
darn average but some of the lower levels actually have chance for cheap
homers. 8, 17-20 players usually are in the 300 and change point range. The
higher on-base guys are tweeners to me. They will hit homers but you pay for
them to do other things as well… like get on base. That is no small thing but I
am a Power Player. That isn’t what I want. I want round trippers. I spent under
700 points for Ryan Howard and Giancarlo Stanton last year both 8, 17-20
players. Both had multi-homer games for me. That is what this strategy is
about…ringing out every homer through a line-up as possible.
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