Before the season started I talked about a draft I did where I had decided to punt HR and RBI, while trying to win R, AVG, SB, W, SV, K, ERA, and WHIP outright. You can read about the strategy and see the team here, but long story short it is a 16 team 5x5 league with a high 1500 innings cap and a 1000 inning minimum. A few readers took issue with my team; this guy even called it "the worst fantasy baseball team ever" on his blog. Well, so far so good for the worst team ever. As of today I'm in first place with the following point breakdown:
R: 10
HR: 1
RBI: 4
SB: 16
AVG: 8.5
W: 16
SV: 16
K: 16
ERA: 16
WHIP: 16
Now, the RBI will come down to a 1 soon, but I have to think that Ichiro will pick up his .250 AVG, and that I'll easily make up those 3 points there, hopefully more. Pitching-wise my team has been flat-out dominant with a 2.30 ERA and 1.10 WHIP through 205 innings. I traded Francisco Liriano for George Sherill, which has worked out pretty well, and I'm now carrying 5 closers in a 16 team league. Not bad.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
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hows it working out on May 20th?
and how's it working out on June 25th?
Right now I'm in second place with this point breakdown:
R: 15
HR: 1
RBI: 1
SB: 16
AVG: 6.5
W: 14
SV: 16
K: 16
ERA: 16
WHIP: 16
I got killed pretty bad by Freddy Sanchez and Jose Vidro, but just traded for Joe Mauer and I like my chances to climb another 8 points or so in AVG, especially if Ichiro picks it up and Figgins stays healthy. I will admit it is hard to predict AVG and Wins, but everywhere else I have been able to dominate as I expected.
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