poll: what has worked best for you?

[bomp helium]

a question for socalchiro:

it makes sense to go after guys who hit doubles...so do you also go after pitchers who DON'T allow many doubles?...

makes sense as well, I guess...

quite a few of my favorite cheap pitchers don't allow HRs but do allow a few extra doubles...maybe that's why they're cheap!...

[durantjerry]

My comment concerning RH parks applied to speed teams only, as there seem to no LH speed/power players that hit LH's effectively enough to provide some pop while stealing bases. Guys like Abreu, Mauer & Crawford are effectively neutalized by LH pitchers, while a RH park allows you to use someone like Soriano, Bay or Lee, who can steal bases and provide some pop for a spped team in need of some power.

[Roscodog]

nothing in 2006

[Mean Dean]

"Speed team" is a misnomer. If you think you can win with a bunch of Tony Womacks, then I just don't even know where to start. You can win with good hitters who also happen to have speed... but then you're winning a lot more because you have good players in general than because you have speed. So no one really wins with a "speed team."

The potential purpose of playing in a neutral stadium is simply to zig when other people zag. By doing so, you can neutralize both the Marcus Thames types drafted by people playing in Coors, and the Brad Radke types drafted by people playing in Petco. Of course, you don't neutralize Thames as much as you would if you played in Petco, or Radke as much as you would if you played in Coors... but you can get both of them at once. So if you end up having a bunch of gimmick teams in your league (which of course you can't know in an autodraft until after the fact) -- or, if you're a newbie who has a hard enough time figuring out who is or isn't good without throwing park effects in there too -- then I think it's a good idea.

[durantjerry]

Your comment about "speed teams" really applies to all teams. No one just wins with a bunch of hitters who can't field or run and the same applies to pitching teams and any other team you want to hang a label on. Of course the players have to be able to do other things, but the team is put together emphasizing that aspect of the game.

[the splinter]

You are all wrong...

You are all right...

As always there is more than one way to win in 2006. I have won with Kauffman team that featured a 5 man rotation of match up guys and a line up that was fueled by Pujols and Francouer. I have won in PNC with D.Lee driving in 160 and no starter with an era of under 5.00. I just lost the final with a Citizens team that won 93 games and was balanced. I'm pretty sure that the 2006 G.M leader ,Jamie, plays in LH parks a very high pct of the time.
I happen to like the 2006 set better than any other because there are so many ways to win.

I do see many winning teams that have a stud reliever who gets 220+ innings...Carrasco,Heilman,Helling etc. and a park suited closer then filled in with specialists.

[durantjerry]

I have been in quite a few leagues with Jamie over the years, and can't really recall him being in a LH park. Maybe an Ameriquest this year. I'm sure he must play them occasionally, but usually he's bashing the ball no matter where he is.

[the splinter]

Does he kick your butt too...he sure does mine. :roll:

[visick]

I tend to look for SP's that don't give up "much" in terms of extra bases...

[Cubs48]

...if I drink heavily before drafting and do well then it's obviously the truth coming out... :) ...if I do poorly then it's because I was drunk.... :shock: :wink: :lol: