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#18896 3/24/2015 3:21 PM

So I am picking up a keeper team in a league with some friends. You get to keep any 5 players from your roster, no penalties. 10 team, 5x5 w/ OBP replacing AVG and QS replacing Wins. 4 RP, 4 SP 1 P. Next year everything will refresh from the start, but this year I am at a big disadv. Most other teams have 5 top-30 guys, I don't. I have the number 1 pick though.

Top choices in draft are: Holliday, Bumgarner, Zimmerman, Kulber, Dozier and then basically Cueto and down. By ADP, it's possible Holliday could get to me on the way back. Bum is clearly ranked highest by ADP. Dozier easily has most positional worth. Who would you take? You think there's a best strategy other than "wait for next year."

10 Teams | 13 Hitters Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R OBP] | 9 Pitchers Per Team [5 Active = SV ERA WHIP SO QS]

Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OBP	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	OBPV
3	29	21	0.55	David Ortiz		BOS	DH	138	3/24/2015 10:30 AM David Ortiz (flu) took batting practice on Tuesday.	545	92	144	102	76	99	0.264	29	0	0.352	1.03	1.40	-0.98	0.91	0.37
6	51	32	0.28	Albert Pujols		LAA	1B/DH	146		594	91	161	100	47	71	0.270	25	4	0.327	0.65	1.32	-0.63	0.77	-0.69
6	52	33	0.28	Jason Heyward		STL	RF	151		601	94	162	71	70	103	0.270	20	18	0.351	0.02	-0.51	0.47	1.04	0.36
Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OBP	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	OBPV
			1.11	Avg Stats/Total Values				434		1,739	277	467	273	193	272	0.268	74	22	0.343	1.70	2.22	-1.14	2.72	0.07
			0.28	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				146		594	91	161	100	47	71	0.270	25	4	0.327	0.65	1.32	-0.63	0.77	-0.69

Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	SV	WHIP	QS	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
2	19	6	0.68	Adam Wainwright	Day to Day - Probable - strained abdomen - is probable for his first scheduled start	STL	SP	32		229.3	197	75	69	46	190	13	2.71	0	1.06	24	-0.63	1.12	1.10	0.82	0.98
8	80	30	0.07	Julio Teheran		ATL	SP	34		221.0	195	89	82	52	195	23	3.32	0	1.11	22	-0.63	-1.09	0.28	0.92	0.85
Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	SV	WHIP	QS	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
			0.74	Avg Stats/Total Values				66		450.3	392	164	151	98	385	36	3.01	0	1.09	46	-1.27	0.03	1.39	1.74	1.83
			0.68	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				32		229.3	197	75	69	46	190	13	2.71	0	1.06	24	-0.63	1.12	1.10	0.82	0.98

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holty85 3/24/2015 3:35 PM

I play in an OBP league too....I HIGHLY recommend punting power(HR, RBI) & focus solely on speed categories(SB,OBP,R) & load up on pitching...Reason I recommend that is speed guys are easy to find on waivers or later in the draft...so it's easy to build a dominant team by focusing on pitching early & middle of the draft and get non power punt players later. Look at my team as example. PUNT value of 5.16 against a NON PUNT value of what would have been 0.26...I will reiterate the only way you can make this work is if you have a dominant pitching staff because giving up two offensive categories means you have to win 4 or 5 pitching cats each week. It's totally doable if you load up on pitching early.

10 Teams | 14 Hitters Per Team $130 Per Team [4 Active = H SB R OBP, 2 Punted = HR RBI] | 16 Pitchers Per Team $70 Per Team [6 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO QS]

Round	Rank	TRank	PuntV	LeagV	Punt+	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OBP	HV	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	OBPV
2	17	8	1.00	0.95	+0.05	Robinson Cano		SEA	2B	154		615	87	193	103	60	72	0.314	21	9	0.379	2.16	0.17	1.54	-0.26	0.46	1.64
2	18	9	0.98	0.29	+0.69	Matt Carpenter		STL	3B	154		619	102	175	60	90	113	0.283	10	5	0.377	1.12	-1.07	-1.11	-0.59	1.80	1.61
3	23	13	0.86	0.28	+0.58	Mookie Betts		BOS	2B/OF	143		569	94	157	65	71	97	0.277	11	31	0.358	0.08	-0.97	-0.76	1.57	1.09	0.69
3	25	14	0.83	0.59	+0.25	Joey Votto		CIN	1B	146		521	86	159	78	117	120	0.304	20	5	0.433	0.14	0.16	0.03	-0.61	0.45	3.34
3	29	16	0.78	-0.18	+0.96	Ben Revere		PHI	OF	140		591	74	181	43	20	58	0.305	1	45	0.330	1.42	-2.10	-2.10	2.75	-0.65	-0.40
4	33	20	0.70	0.09	+0.61	Elvis Andrus		TEX	SS	154		654	87	180	70	51	100	0.276	4	29	0.329	1.41	-1.79	-0.47	1.39	0.52	-0.52
4	36	22	0.65	0.67	-0.02	Matt Holliday		STL	OF	149		577	96	164	95	76	98	0.285	22	4	0.379	0.47	0.32	1.07	-0.70	1.26	1.57
7	70	38	0.36	-0.14	+0.51	Dexter Fowler		CHC	OF	143		559	92	145	52	87	147	0.259	13	17	0.361	-0.66	-0.71	-1.60	0.41	0.89	0.81
9	83	49	0.27	-0.30	+0.57	Adam Eaton		CHW	OF	136		551	83	155	58	51	94	0.281	5	18	0.353	-0.08	-1.63	-1.23	0.47	0.16	0.52
14	138	69	-0.02	-0.62	+0.60	Denard Span	Injured - abdominal surgery - is out indefinitely Projected Return 5/5/2015	WAS	OF	117		502	75	149	48	38	54	0.296	4	20	0.346	-0.43	-1.78	-1.84	0.64	-0.51	0.21
15	141	71	-0.03	-0.21	+0.18	Desmond Jennings		TB	OF	146		585	85	146	67	64	126	0.249	15	19	0.329	-0.58	-0.47	-0.69	0.62	0.29	-0.46
15	145	73	-0.04	-0.16	+0.12	Alex Gordon	Day to Day - Probable - Right wrist surgery	KC	OF	146		584	87	150	66	59	130	0.257	18	12	0.332	-0.34	-0.09	-0.70	-0.01	0.51	-0.33
61	602	167	-1.32	-1.09	-0.23	Yan Gomes		CLE	C	139		507	59	133	60	30	135	0.261	18	2	0.308	-1.36	-0.14	-1.11	-0.87	-1.94	-1.11
Round	Rank	TRank	PuntV	LeagV	Punt+	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OBP	HV	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	OBPV
			5.16	0.26	+4.90	Avg Stats/Total Values				1866		7,435	1,106	2,086	864	814	1,344	0.281	160	213	0.356	3.36	-10.09	-8.99	4.81	4.33	8.13

Round	Rank	TRank	PuntV	LeagV	Punt+	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
1	7	3	1.35	1.35	0.00	Max Scherzer		WAS	SP	34		227.8	183	75	69	62	249	19	2.71	17	0	1.07	25	1.69	-0.50	1.84	1.62	2.27	1.17
2	16	9	1.00	1.00	0.00	Jordan Zimmermann		WAS	SP	34		221.0	200	77	70	38	187	17	2.87	17	0	1.08	24	1.59	-0.50	1.33	1.52	0.98	1.09
4	40	15	0.60	0.60	0.00	Gerrit Cole		PIT	SP	32		200.3	186	70	65	54	186	14	2.91	15	0	1.20	23	1.05	-0.50	1.09	0.05	0.96	0.95
6	57	23	0.47	0.47	0.00	Sonny Gray		OAK	SP	32		213.2	180	82	75	70	189	15	3.18	13	0	1.17	22	0.72	-0.50	0.41	0.36	1.02	0.82
7	67	31	0.38	0.38	0.00	Collin McHugh		HOU	SP	32		193.8	173	77	70	53	174	17	3.27	13	0	1.17	22	0.72	-0.50	0.16	0.39	0.71	0.78
10	93	40	0.21	0.21	0.00	Kyle Hendricks		CHC	SP	39		168.6	152	62	57	32	98	8	3.06	13	0	1.09	19	0.52	-0.50	0.60	1.01	-0.88	0.50
10	97	42	0.19	0.19	0.00	Chris Archer		TB	SP	32		190.6	164	79	73	65	167	16	3.44	13	0	1.20	21	0.57	-0.50	-0.27	0.05	0.55	0.71
11	101	45	0.16	0.16	0.00	Doug Fister		WAS	SP	31		198.9	203	80	74	37	134	17	3.34	14	0	1.20	20	0.93	-0.50	-0.01	0.05	-0.13	0.64
11	105	49	0.14	0.14	0.00	Andrew Cashner		SD	SP	31		189.7	166	78	72	60	153	15	3.41	13	0	1.19	20	0.52	-0.50	-0.19	0.12	0.27	0.60
11	107	51	0.11	0.11	0.00	Ervin Santana		MIN	SP	32		210.0	199	89	82	58	173	20	3.51	12	0	1.23	21	0.47	-0.50	-0.48	-0.21	0.68	0.68
12	112	56	0.09	0.09	0.00	Brandon McCarthy		LAD	SP	31		189.7	202	78	72	29	144	21	3.41	13	0	1.22	20	0.65	-0.50	-0.19	-0.12	0.08	0.60
12	118	58	0.07	0.07	0.00	Dellin Betances		NYY	RP	67		67.2	39	14	13	22	101	3	1.71	4	32	0.90	0	-1.59	1.91	1.40	1.08	-0.82	-1.58
16	154	78	-0.08	-0.08	0.00	Henderson Alvarez		MIA	SP	31		189.7	195	81	75	32	110	17	3.55	13	0	1.19	19	0.52	-0.50	-0.52	0.12	-0.63	0.54
16	155	79	-0.09	-0.09	0.00	Dallas Keuchel		HOU	SP	32		206.7	212	88	81	57	151	17	3.51	13	0	1.30	21	0.62	-0.50	-0.48	-1.06	0.22	0.68
27	262	154	-0.53	-0.53	0.00	Tyler Clippard		OAK	RP	66		59.5	36	23	21	18	67	7	3.19	5	13	0.91	0	-1.53	0.46	0.11	0.93	-1.53	-1.58
29	286	169	-0.60	-0.60	0.00	Kevin Quackenbush		SD	RP	72		72.3	57	26	24	29	73	4	2.93	6	10	1.19	0	-1.28	0.25	0.38	0.07	-1.41	-1.58
Round	Rank	TRank	PuntV	LeagV	Punt+	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
			3.46	3.46	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				628		2,799.0	2,548	1,078	992	717	2,356	228	3.19	193	55	1.17	276	6.16	-3.88	5.17	5.98	2.33	4.99

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#18896 3/24/2015 3:49 PM

Good advice, but I probably should have specified it's a ROTO league, which means punting two categories is more or less not an option. I'm not even sure it's possible to finish first, but I'd like to fight for a top 3 finish. That said, you get 180 starts, which allows for plenty of streaming if need be, so maybe a stack on pitching and hope on some hitting breakouts is my best way.

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holty85 3/24/2015 4:02 PM

ahhh yeah no go in roto...

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ken_admin 3/25/2015 8:18 AM

Bumgarner will give you two elite SP, and your hitters have some upside so I would think you could compete. I would simply attempt to complete in all 10 cats, but if you felt you needed a twist, you could punt SB (probably want to limit punting to 1). Is your league typically on top of the good OBP guys, or do they draft as if it's a normal 5x5?

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#18896 3/25/2015 10:49 PM

This is my first time in this league, though I play in basketball with half of them and they tend to miss some stuff.

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