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When analyzing player cards, is it more desirable to have a player with more DO** chances as opposed to DO & DOUBLE chances? If so, why? I think Luckyman had some input on this in another thread but I can't find it.

Take Freddy Sanchez ([url]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/league/player.html?player_id=998[/url]) and Luke Scott ([url]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/league/player.html?player_id=1017[/url]), for example. Their overall double chances against righties are close to being identical. Luke Scott has 5 DO** chances and Freddy sanchez has 3.3 DO** chances. For all other double chances, Luke Scott has 9 DOUBLE chances and Sanchez as 10.2 DOUBLE chances.

Same question applies to singles. If the deciding factor when comparing two players were the type of single chances I think it would make more sense to choose a player with more SINGLE** chances as opposed to SINGLE & SI*/SINGLE* chances.

If a player hits a DO** then the base runner can only take 2 bases. If he hits a DO then the base runner can try to score from first. As for a single the ** alows the base runner 2 bases quaranteed. A single* means the base runner can only take 1 base. I hope this helps and this is how I understand it.

I like my doubles open(no*) and my singles w/adv2(**). This means that on singles my runners are always going to advance safely the max bases allowed. With the double, as mentioned above, I like to leave open the score from 1st opp.