Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:19 pm
What Patrick says, although I would put the #3 more important than #2.
The best rotation is one that exploits your opponents' weaknesses. If you see a trend in your division (or perhaps even in your league), say many teams going nuts with lefty power, then you should exploit that and go nuts with lefty pitching or reverse righty pitchers. If you see teams without running abilities, go on with pitchers with bad holds (on average, they are better than pitchers with good holds). Etc Etc.
This said, you don't know the strength and weaknesses of your rivals before getting into a league. So preparing for a draft, I would simply try to avoid ballpark homeruns or singles on the sides I set them high in my stadiums. Avoid any ballpark homeruns on the left side if I go with Ameriquest or Jarry Park, as an example. Avoid ballpark singles if you go with Coors Field.
I have another theory, although I am not sure there is much ground into it, but my pitchers' selection differs if I go with Coors Fields (lots of singles, lots of homeruns), instead of US Cellular Stadium (low on singles, lots of homeruns). In both case, I avoid the BP homeruns. But I will also avoid on-base as much as possible in Coors Field--I will prefer pitchers who allow their fair share of doubles or triples.
In other words, for Coors Field, I would prefer Lady Baldwin over Doc White, but would do the opposite for US Cellular.