Advice - draft strategy and league settings

RyanH  3/27/2015 2:22 PM

I'm in a keeper league and would appreciate some advice on draft strategy and league settings in bball monster.

I joined a 12 team league last year- H2H, category-based, 5X5 standard (R, HR, RBI, SB, BA)  and (W, SV, WHIP, K, ERA)

12 Active hitting spots: C, 1b, 2b, SS, 3b, IF, OF X4 , Util X2. There are  8 Active Pitching spots: 2 SP, 2 RP, 4 P

There are 4 Bench Spots, 2 DL spots and 1 NA spot.   We got to keep 14 keepers.   I've inserted my team analysis.  the only player missing is Addison Russell who is inactive

I set my league settings to 12 active hitters and 10 Pitchers (8 active + 2 bench spots).

So my questions are

1) would you make any changes to my league settings?

2) my minimum innings pitched per week is 15. In a standard 5x5 H2H scoring system, is there a general strategy towards drafting pitchers when the minimum innings/week is quite low? I was wondering about targeting more relief pitchers  as there seem to be quite a few who can maximize SV, WHIP and ERA which will help me win 3 out of 5 categories.

Thanks!

12 Teams | 15 Hitters Per Team [5 Active = BA R HR RBI SB] | 10 Pitchers Per Team [5 Active = ERA WHIP W SV SO]

Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	W	SV	ERAV	WHIPV	WV	SVV	SOV
2	18	5	1.00	Chris Sale	Injured - broken right foot - is out indefinitely Projected Return 4/12/2015	CHW	SP	31	3/27/2015 11:37 AM Chris Sale (foot) will throw a simulated game on Friday.	216.0	179	72	66	50	240	20	2.75	1.06	14	0	1.37	1.47	0.90	-0.64	1.87
6	67	19	0.34	Dellin Betances		NYY	RP	67		67.4	46	16	15	22	98	4	1.95	1.01	4	32	1.33	0.71	-1.23	1.54	-0.65
12	143	53	-0.03	Garrett Richards	Injured - left knee surgery - is questionable for his first scheduled start Projected Return 4/25/2015	LAA	SP	29	3/27/2015 7:35 AM The competition for the fifth spot in the Angels' rotation could have very little to do with how the candidates perform and everything to do with how Garrett Richards' rehab progresses. 3/26/2015 3:01 PM Garrett Richards will throw in a minor league game on Saturday. It means he probably won't face any big league hitters before being activated.	182.1	164	69	64	55	158	13	3.14	1.20	13	0	-0.04	-0.60	0.72	-0.64	0.41
17	194	80	-0.25	Tyson Ross		SD	SP	34		197.2	177	78	72	76	181	14	3.29	1.28	14	0	-0.51	-1.84	0.92	-0.64	0.83
Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	W	SV	ERAV	WHIPV	WV	SVV	SOV
			1.06	Avg Stats/Total Values				162		662.7	565	235	216	204	677	51	2.94	1.16	45	32	2.16	-0.25	1.31	-0.36	2.47

ken_admin  3/27/2015 3:02 PM

The settings look good.  Even though your innings limit is low, I would likely not punt since you already have an elite SP. Is the strength of your keepers similar to others, or do you feel the need to try something desperate to win this year?

RyanH  3/27/2015 4:08 PM

Thanks for the quick reply, Ken. My team is one of 2 expansion teams that joined last year so my team is made up of younger upside players as a whole.  My keepers are probably average /middle of the pack right now. No rush to win it all this year but just remain competitive.  That's a good point with having an elite SP - will build towards a balanced pitching staff (SP/RP).