When people join a fantasy baseball league, my recommendation is do your HOMEWORK! I am obsessed with sports, so I have a pretty good idea of who to draft and who not to draft. This blog is in response to a BAD draft.
The person will remain nameless. The person’s draft strategy was obvious to me: draft players HE KNOW’s. He has Derek Lee as his number one pick, which is a reach at number one. He drafted: Mauer (Solid), Cano (good), Erick Aybar (yikes), Kevin Kouzmanoff (okay), and Tori Hunter (Solid). He did an average job with his position players. He, however, missed out on better players by reaching for Lee (1st), Mauer, (5th) and Hunter (6th).
He did a SO-SO job with his pitching staff. He took Zambrano (solid), Buehrle (average),R. Hill (BAD), Penny (solid), Capps(good), and Marmol (great)
His picks then took a turn for the WORSE. He was taking players he knew. SO He took Juan Pierre (no a longer a starter…SUCKS), Curt Schilling, (Out for the first half of the year), Jack Cust (Bench player), Matt Stairs (Bench player), Noah Lowry (HURT) and Jim Edmonds (injury-prone and getting worse every year).
When drafting in fantasy baseball, people want players who can contribute to all categories. Draft players who play almost every day, and do not draft role players!
He still managed to get some good players, but he could have done SO MUCH better. My advice to first time fantasy baseball players, please do your homework!
I am a graduate student at Western ILL in Communication .
I have a BA in Communication from Monmouth College.
I ran CC and Track in College.
I interned with WGN Radio in Chicago
I love to share my feelings and thoughts on Sports.
