Question about the Astrodome

[jball6372]

Iam planning to have my next team play home games at the Astrodome.
Would it be wise to have a team with great pitching and a good OBP team?
any help would be great.

thank you

[YountFan]

[quote:019105f4ee]Would it be wise to have a team with great pitching and a good OBP team?[/quote:019105f4ee]

It is wise to have that no matter the ballpark. In addition to OBP you need some good BA to drive some guys in with hits. Don't get all your OBP from BB.

[baracus68]

I went with your philosophy for my one Astrodome team and it worked pretty well, mainly because I got all eight of the position players I wanted in the draft. I didn't worry about home runs allowed by my pitchers and didn't try to get any pure homer hitters. But I agree with Yountfan about the need for RBI guys. I lucked out in my Astrodome team by getting the late great Kirby Puckett's best year and it was huge. Other than Kirby, I had no real power threat, and it cost me in the finals, when another Astrodome team with Kingman and Canseco beat me. So maybe you need at least a couple bashers. Anyway, here's my low-whip, high-OBP astrodome squad:

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/80s/team/team_other.html?user_id=50543

[honestiago1]

I've ahd two dome teams make the finals. One won, the other lost. I concentrated on good SP for both teams, as well as D. I'd look for guys who produce in pitcher's parks (Canseco, DwMurph). Strangely enough, one of the dome teams hit 202 HR's (that's the team that lost in the finals).

Guys I like for the 'Dome: WClark (produces anywhere); Herr (no bad cards; gets on base); DwMurph (will produce runs regardless of average; hits better on the road); Hendrick (lotsa base hits; power in pitcher's park).

The main thing about the dome, though, is squelching HR's, which makes fly ball pitchers like Soto and Tanana MUCH better. Soto's still gonna get dinged, but he can dominate in the Dome. The team that won the championship had Higuera, Soto, Morris and Henke to close it out (flyball pitchers, really).