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rotorank	Keeper league draft strategy Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:01 PM (CST) Keeper leagues are always interesting. The goal in your league setup would be to maximize the value in your 7 keepers, then draft the best available talent to fill your needs. Your 7 keepers are definitely high quality. You are pitching heavy at this point, but that isn't bad if your league allows trading. Take the best available player even if its a pitcher. You could always deal Peavy if you need a stud hitter after the draft runs its course. In a perfect scenario, I'd focus on 1 speedster, 2 power hitters and a closer for your first 4 rounds... Good Luck! Gerry
trevortreece@hotmail.com	Keeper league draft strategy Posted: Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:20 PM (CST) I'm in a keeper league and we only get to keep 3 players. This is a new league for me and I inherited this team. The keepers I chose were: Alex Rodriguez Josh Beckett Daisuke Matsuzaka I'm concerned about Beckett's back, should I be? In looking at the scoring sytem for my league it seems that pitchers have the oppurtunity to receive negative points in many categories (see below). That along with the strikeouts counting against my hitters is a concern in my draft strategy. Any suggestions for this type of scoring system? Is there an easy way to factor the strikeouts when ranking my hitters? Anything in the pitching categories that should guide my pitching choices? Hitting: 1B - Singles 1 point 2B - Doubles 2 points 3B - Triples 3 points BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point CYC - Hitting for the Cycle 20 points GSHR - Grand Slam Home Runs 15 points HP - Hit by Pitch .5 points HR - Home Runs 4 points KO - Strikeouts (Batter) -1 point R - Runs 1 point RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point SB - Stolen Bases 1 point SF - Sacrifice Flies .5 points Pitching: B - Balks -1 point BBI - Walks Issued (Pitchers) -.5 points BS - Blown Saves -5 points CG - Complete Games 10 points ER - Earned Runs -.5 points HRA - Home Runs Allowed -3 points INN - Innings 1 point K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point L - Losses -8 points NH - No-Hitters 25 points QS - Quality Starts 5 points S - Saves 10 points SO - Shutouts 8 points W - Wins 15 points WP - Wild Pitches -.5 points
rotorank	Keeper league draft strategy Posted: Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:11 PM (CST) Hi Trevor. RotoRank has estimated strikeouts for each hitter, so if you plug -1 into the Struckout field when using the fantasy points scoring system, you'll see where all of your players rank for your league's scoring system. Keeping pitchers in a fantasy point league isn't always the best move, but if you didn't have much to choose from, Beckett and Matsuzaka are good choices. Most teams like to rotate in two start pitchers in fantasy point leagues, but at least your league penalizes that strategy to some degree. As for Beckett's bad back, it doesn't sound too bad yet. Anyone can get a stiff back. But if you have another stud hitter to keep, why take any chances! If you use the scarcity report for your league, I think you can come up with a good strategy for your draft. Good Luck!