Pitcher Strategy - SP vs RP in H2H league

e123  3/29/2013 10:11 AM

I have a trade offer of my Scherzer for his R. Soriano and Axford.  Guy I'm trading with only has 3 closers and the rest of his pitchers are starters (I think I can get Putz instead of Axford).  Am I crazy to think I can get through the season winning ERA, WHIP, and Saves while punting wins and K's?  10 team league, standard scoring. 

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

	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
		1	5	1.13	0.00		Cano, Robinson		NYY		160		627	99	192	124	54	93	0.307	30	5	1.04	2.47	-0.77	1.31	1.59
		2	15	0.69	0.00		Bautista, Jose		TOR		146		521	103	137	97	96	99	0.262	43	8	2.52	1.04	-0.54	1.57	-1.15
		2	17	0.68	0.00		Cespedes, Yoenis		OAK		146		567	87	170	99	49	105	0.300	26	18	0.63	1.13	0.21	0.39	1.02
		2	20	0.54	0.00		Rios, Alex		CHW		156		627	82	180	103	30	93	0.287	24	23	0.37	1.35	0.65	0.04	0.27
		3	23	0.52	0.00		Gordon, Alex		KC		156		636	104	191	78	73	138	0.300	19	14	-0.21	0.06	-0.05	1.65	1.14
		4	33	0.22	0.00		Hill, Aaron		ARI		144		569	81	164	89	45	77	0.289	23	14	0.25	0.63	-0.08	-0.04	0.37
		4	34	0.21	0.00		Aoki, Norichika		MIL		146		619	98	180	57	49	53	0.290	11	33	-1.05	-1.06	1.44	1.25	0.46
		4	35	0.20	0.00		Werth, Jayson		WAS		151		580	99	160	72	82	140	0.275	24	16	0.37	-0.28	0.09	1.29	-0.48
		5	43	0.12	0.00		Castro, Starlin		CHC		159		649	85	190	72	39	96	0.293	13	24	-0.81	-0.29	0.72	0.30	0.69
		5	46	0.09	0.00		Craig, Allen		STL		133		510	70	153	94	40	96	0.299	24	4	0.39	0.90	-0.89	-0.78	0.86
		5	50	0.06	0.00		Konerko, Paul		CHW		146		509	77	153	82	58	78	0.300	26	1	0.61	0.22	-1.13	-0.32	0.92
		9	85	-0.29	0.00		Crisp, Coco		OAK		120		501	75	135	49	45	66	0.270	11	43	-1.02	-1.50	2.24	-0.48	-0.68
		9	86	-0.29	0.00		Seager, Kyle		SEA		156		626	89	166	66	46	114	0.265	19	13	-0.13	-0.58	-0.16	0.59	-1.18
		13	128	-0.65	0.00		Lucroy, Jonathan		MIL		122		447	57	132	69	30	75	0.295	14	4	-0.73	-0.46	-0.85	-1.80	0.57
		16	155	-0.81	0.00		Belt, Brandon		SF		138		459	55	126	64	60	114	0.274	13	12	-0.85	-0.70	-0.21	-1.88	-0.43
	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
				2.41	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				2179		8,448	1,262	2,428	1,215	796	1,440	0.287	322	232	1.35	2.95	0.68	3.09	3.98
				3.03	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				1890		7,409	1,107	2,142	1,079	654	1,186	0.289	285	204	1.84	3.93	0.80	3.67	4.89

	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
		1	2	1.15	0.00		Strasburg, Stephen		WAS		31		186.7	154	63	58	54	226	17	2.79	15	0	1.11	0.94	-0.65	2.19	1.79	1.49
		2	15	0.42	0.00		Scherzer, Max		DET		32		197.0	176	82	75	60	223	24	3.45	16	0	1.20	1.01	-0.65	-0.01	0.28	1.44
		2	17	0.40	0.00		Sale, Chris		CHW		31		205.0	186	83	76	57	207	21	3.35	13	0	1.19	0.57	-0.65	0.36	0.56	1.16
		2	20	0.29	0.00		Romo, Sergio		SF		62		60.9	49	17	16	12	73	4	2.29	4	33	1.00	-1.41	1.51	1.25	1.27	-1.18
		3	30	0.05	0.00		Jansen, Kenley		LAD		60		60.0	43	16	15	20	90	5	2.27	5	12	1.06	-1.16	0.14	1.26	0.91	-0.89
		4	31	0.02	0.00		Hernandez, David		ARI		69		69.0	54	21	19	20	90	5	2.46	6	6	1.07	-0.89	-0.27	1.21	0.95	-0.89
		4	35	-0.03	0.00		Uehara, Koji		BOS		58		58.3	49	17	16	5	73	7	2.47	6	2	0.94	-1.01	-0.52	1.02	1.56	-1.18
		5	42	-0.10	0.00		Lester, Jon		BOS		32		203.5	188	89	82	70	192	20	3.62	15	0	1.27	0.97	-0.65	-0.65	-1.05	0.90
		5	44	-0.10	0.00		Robertson, David		NYY		69		65.4	48	19	18	27	89	4	2.45	6	6	1.15	-0.89	-0.27	1.16	0.43	-0.91
		7	67	-0.30	0.00		Cishek, Steve		MIA		55		51.9	43	19	18	22	54	3	3.09	3	32	1.26	-1.51	1.39	0.33	-0.22	-1.51
		17	166	-0.71	0.00		Beachy, Brandon		ATL		12		71.4	66	31	29	25	70	7	3.63	6	0	1.28	-1.01	-0.65	-0.23	-0.41	-1.24
	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
				1.10	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				511		1,229.1	1,058	458	421	372	1,388	117	3.09	95	91	1.16	-4.39	-1.26	7.89	6.08	-2.82
				1.90	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				467		954.2	804	338	311	277	1,126	90	2.93	74	91	1.13	-4.34	0.03	8.77	7.54	-2.48

mbuser   3/29/2013 12:11 PM

The general idea isn't crazy, but why is it even a consideration with those top three SP?

e123  3/29/2013 12:27 PM

I agree.  It wasnt my strategy going into the draft but I got snaked on SP's all through the draft except for the 3 top guys I picked.  Even with those guys I'm weak in wins and strikeouts.  My initial plan after the draft was to add SP's during the season - I usually dont carry any hitters on the bench.  But looking at the offer I got today made me consider just loading up on relievers.  Those 3 eating up innings would offset any of my relievers getting blown up in a bad outing.  But yeah it does feel like I'm wasting quality starters.  Thats why I put it up on here.

mbuser   3/29/2013 12:48 PM

MR are only so useful for h2h purposes. What are the best SP options on the wire currently?

e123  3/29/2013 2:07 PM

Billingsley, Beckett, and Lohse are the best guys based on projections here.  I was looking at Fiers until he lost his rotation spot.  My initial plan was to wait and see who breaks out this season and make some FA pickups.  Roll with the MR guys early and then drop them for this seasons Medlen.

mbuser   3/29/2013 2:10 PM

Yeah, I'd skip the punt strategy and look to bolster that staff. Unless you have confidence in your leaguemates being slow on the uptick and/or making poor add/drops, I would make those speculative adds now.

e123  3/29/2013 2:17 PM

I'm at work now and have been commenting on this thread while looking at FA's since 10 this morning lol.  I'm usually quick on the waiver wire.  Although I did miss Estrada.  Do you like any of the FA's I mentioned?  Not really fired up about any of them.  I'm thinking about lottery tickets instead of older guys on the decline.

mbuser   3/29/2013 2:19 PM

Beckett certainly could be solid. If you want to speculate on younger players, then do it

Hailfire4   3/29/2013 3:12 PM

Beachy is hard to stash with that July return date. And no IR yet. I would cut him and grab Lohse. Beckett is a nice risk also. if he bombs just cut him no harm no foul. Wily peralta is a guy i am targeting since he took Fiers starting job. Trading Scherzer for closers would have been awful.

e123  4/2/2013 1:44 PM

I picked up Shelby Miller.  Beachy was a FA pickup I am going to try and hold until I need the DL slot.  He isnt counting against my active slots.  We have two DL slots and I still have an empty one.   I didnt like the idea of trading Scherzer so I'm going to build around my top guys as the season goes on.  Glad I posted on here, it gave me a chance to think about it.