How About this Klu/Big Cat platoon
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151 RBI's, worth every penny of the 7.17mil, Cepeda, Fielder, Terry and York are priced comparably but they won't perform as well, and as PKB pointed out, HAL doesn't always PH when they should be lifted in the 3,4 or 5 holes. Haven't had much luck with Roenicke, but some other guys who platoon well are Lansford(90), Mcneely, Harrah, Royster, S. Collins, D. Garcia, Clines, L. May and a host of others against Leftys. Some guys to use from the other side would be; Goslin, Walling, O'Doul, K. Williams, P. Bradley, T. Gonzalez, Heep, Aikens, Lansford(88), Northrup, Shamsky, Weintraub, Carew(82), J Edwards, Sundberg, but these are just some of the guys I've seen used. I've even seen Footsie Blair rip it up in a platoon. I usually have at least one platoon in my lineup, of course that could explain why my career record is barely over .500 :lol:
Platooning FTW!
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by WeatherNut » Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:32 am
Finally won a championship in ATG VI, with a big platoon combo of Gant/Shamsky at DH.
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/team/team_other.html?user_id=325644
I'd take that any time.
WN
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/team/team_other.html?user_id=325644
I'd take that any time.
WN
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by Valen » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:39 am
[quote:60635ae79f]Another platoon I was thinking of is Thome/Galarraga. It would be a really nice platoon and Galarraga could be a good defensive replacement.
But, for what you'd spend you can have Lou Gehrig so...yeah...there's that. [/quote:60635ae79f].
Yet the platoon has much lower draft cost. Both Thome and Galarraga should be available late on a card while Gehrig needs to be high. Drafting the platoon allows you to go after someone else with your high pick or serves as a nice fallback position if some rude person drafts Gehrig higher than you do.
But, for what you'd spend you can have Lou Gehrig so...yeah...there's that. [/quote:60635ae79f].
Yet the platoon has much lower draft cost. Both Thome and Galarraga should be available late on a card while Gehrig needs to be high. Drafting the platoon allows you to go after someone else with your high pick or serves as a nice fallback position if some rude person drafts Gehrig higher than you do.
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by PotKettleBlack » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:41 am
[quote:5c8488c822="motherscratcher"]I'm trying to wrap my brain around Galarraga. The dude crushes leftys. But you can't really have him NOT in a platoon. Can you? And if you are already $3.29 mil on him, how do you justify the cost of that platoon?[/quote:5c8488c822]
Initial caveat: I play 100-140-80 in order of preference. I've played a couple 200 and have trouble with the logic. I've played a couple of 60m and, being a 3rd generation Yankees fan, it depresses me.
The way it works out when I use the Big Cat is when I have a lineup imbalance, vs R, through all positions (or through 7 positions) minus first base. Galarraga vs L and someone under 4M versus R. Again, to bat 6th, even though Gal may be the best vs L batter on the team (very possible... in the average park, he's the 21st best pure bat vs L according to Joe the Jet... I think he moves ahead of Joe Cronin in a bomber park). Thus, you wind up with a team like the link I posted above, where Galaraga helps even out an imbalance, so you don't have to go 1:3 or 2:3 on his salary.
If you're going 1:3 on his salary, you're going Gal/F-Rob or Gal/Cash at a total price between Gehrig and Foxx + a $.50. While Gal/Cash is sexy on paper, there is an opportunity cost.
If you're going 2:3 on his salary, you're looking at Gal+ Bill White, Mark Grace, Ben Taylor or Little Klu, at a price somewhere between Cash/Mize and Will Clark/Buck Leonard/Greenberg/Cheap Pujols. Oh, and you're bent pretty far towards the vs L, so the rest of your lineup should hit righties well. Outside of context, I'd rather have Buck Leonard. Gold Glove type 1B, despite unbalanced card, has a ton of OB versus L so not as lost as you'd think (kind of like Mini-Cash with a glove).
And yet, there that team is, with Gal+Briggs. Why Briggs? He's basically cheap Carew, less contact, more walks, and more power. For less money.
Seriously, I don't think there's a way around the price curve through platoon. I do think there is a way around the player pool talent curve at limited positions (I don't know why, but I just don't like many of the 3B options between David Wright and $4M... though I'm slowly developing a thing for Brosius, who would be a stud in a less limited league in platoon)
Initial caveat: I play 100-140-80 in order of preference. I've played a couple 200 and have trouble with the logic. I've played a couple of 60m and, being a 3rd generation Yankees fan, it depresses me.
The way it works out when I use the Big Cat is when I have a lineup imbalance, vs R, through all positions (or through 7 positions) minus first base. Galarraga vs L and someone under 4M versus R. Again, to bat 6th, even though Gal may be the best vs L batter on the team (very possible... in the average park, he's the 21st best pure bat vs L according to Joe the Jet... I think he moves ahead of Joe Cronin in a bomber park). Thus, you wind up with a team like the link I posted above, where Galaraga helps even out an imbalance, so you don't have to go 1:3 or 2:3 on his salary.
If you're going 1:3 on his salary, you're going Gal/F-Rob or Gal/Cash at a total price between Gehrig and Foxx + a $.50. While Gal/Cash is sexy on paper, there is an opportunity cost.
If you're going 2:3 on his salary, you're looking at Gal+ Bill White, Mark Grace, Ben Taylor or Little Klu, at a price somewhere between Cash/Mize and Will Clark/Buck Leonard/Greenberg/Cheap Pujols. Oh, and you're bent pretty far towards the vs L, so the rest of your lineup should hit righties well. Outside of context, I'd rather have Buck Leonard. Gold Glove type 1B, despite unbalanced card, has a ton of OB versus L so not as lost as you'd think (kind of like Mini-Cash with a glove).
And yet, there that team is, with Gal+Briggs. Why Briggs? He's basically cheap Carew, less contact, more walks, and more power. For less money.
Seriously, I don't think there's a way around the price curve through platoon. I do think there is a way around the player pool talent curve at limited positions (I don't know why, but I just don't like many of the 3B options between David Wright and $4M... though I'm slowly developing a thing for Brosius, who would be a stud in a less limited league in platoon)
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by PotKettleBlack » Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:17 pm
[quote:dd93e8f2b7="macnole"]ah Joe the Jet--do people actually pay for those ratings?
Not being a jerk, honest curiosity.[/quote:dd93e8f2b7]
Yeah. I do. Too lazy to put it together for myself (player pool is a lot larger than IV, and my scripting ability is nil). Useful in comparing dude to dude. Interesting things that come out of it.
I like it.
Not being a jerk, honest curiosity.[/quote:dd93e8f2b7]
Yeah. I do. Too lazy to put it together for myself (player pool is a lot larger than IV, and my scripting ability is nil). Useful in comparing dude to dude. Interesting things that come out of it.
I like it.
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