Date

Tip

5/21/2008

Know who your team’s weakest link is.  He is the player that you would drop if there was suddenly the need to pick up a player immediately.  This especially comes into play when you need to pick up a closer when the currently closer goes down to injury or he loses his job. 

5/21/2008

Some of the best trades that I made were the ones that I didn’t make.  Don’t always be in a rush to make a trade just to shake up your team.

5/21/2008

Patience is a virtue and a necessity in fantasy baseball.  It will be the hardest thing that you will ever have to practice during the course of a fantasy baseball season.

5/21/2008

Remember that in a mixed league 12 team 5x5 roto draft, you will need to draft the following to be competitive in your leagues:

12 Team Mixed 5x5 Roto Leagues     

                              R            HR          RBI        SB           AVG       W            SV           K              ERA       WHIP   Points

2007 League        928          237          890         171           0.303      95            123          1141         3.55         1.24         110.5

2006 League        934          282          895          156           0.296      87            140          1112         3.58         1.24         97.5

2005 League        868          241          830         143          0.291      88            153           1046        3.38         1.20         97

2004 League        887          242          843          139          0.294      89            141           1142         3.42         1.22         94

2003 League        948          269          874          125           0.303      92            120          1158         3.46         1.24         102.5

Average  913          254.2      866.4      146.8       0.2974    90.2        135.4       1119.8     3.478      1.228       100.3

Mean                   928            242          874          143          0.296      89            140          1141         3.46         1.24         97.5

Std. Deviation     33.88      20.07      28.75      17.47       0.01         3.27         13.72       44.47      0.08        0.02        6.47

League Champ 3                 2               3               2               1               0               2               1               2               0               -

To Win:               900        250         870         150         0.297     90           135          1130       3.47        1.23        98

5/21/2008

Check for players that have double headers in the near future.  They get the opportunity to play in 2 games that day, but it only costs you 1 game in yahoo leagues!

5/21/2008

Use the “Trading Block” link that is found on your team’s homepage in Yahoo.  The trading block will allow you and other managers in your league to check up to 5 choices per column, the players available on your team to trade, positions available, statistics available, positions wanted, and stats wanted.  For example, I can check off specific players on my team that I am willing to trade.  I can specify which positions that I am willing to trade away (2B, 3B, etc.)  I can specify which stats I am willing to trade away (runs, home runs, etc.). I can specify which positions I am look for (a second baseman for example).  And I can specify which stats I am looking for (stolen bases, saves, etc.).  This can be edited at any time.  Each time that it is edited, it is updated for the league to see on the league home page under “recent transactions.” 

5/21/2008

 Start reviewing your “maximum games and innings” at the bottom of the “My Team” section in yahoo.  This is where you can see the maximums per position.  It indicates by position, the games used to date, home many games remain in the season, the current projections, and maximum games played in your league.  Pay close attention to the number of projected innings pitched to ensure that you stay as close to +0.0 as possible.  If you are way over in projected innings, it is best to either sit your starting pitchers in questionable matchups, or utilize middle relievers instead of a #5 starting pitcher until you get this back under control.

5/21/2008

Use middle relievers to help with reducing your high ERA and WHIP.  Replace 2 middle relievers with your #5 starting pitcher and you should be able to reduce your ERA and WHIP, while at the same time maintaining your strikeouts per innings pitched.  You may also pick up some vulture wins and an occasional save or two. 

5/21/2008

When making trade offers, always conduct them via email first instead of just sending a trade offer.  The advantage are numerous.  You build up a relationship with your league members, they will go to you first in the future for trades, and you may not have to give away as much in a trade than you originally were willing to offer in a trade.  Another advantage is that when you offer an unbalanced trade (for example, a 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 trade where your opponent will have to drop players to the wavier wire to balance out the trade), ask your opponent which players he would drop in a deal.  What if he was going to drop players that you could use on your team?  Ask him to include the dropped players in the deal so that you can choose if you want to keep them and drop some of your other players, or just let him drop those players.