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Sports ArticlesFantasy Baseball Draft Tips(By MDI of Sport Fanatics Fantasy Sports on 12-15-2006)
1. Be prepared, be prepared, be prepared. You can never prepare too much for your fantasy baseball draft. If you want to enjoy the league and be competitive, make sure you are prepared for your fantasy draft.
2. Remember the season is very long. Think of your chase for the championship as a marathon, not a sprint. If you followed rule number one, you came prepared to the draft and picked the best available talent. Have faith in yourself, do not give up too early in the season. Basically, do not trade away your talent because they have a bad couple of weeks. If the players are good, do not get depressed over a few bad outings.
3. During the draft, try and track what positions your opponents have drafted. This way you may be able to hold off on drafting at a certain position if the majority of owners have already picked a player at that position.
4. Make sure to consider where a player plays half of his games. The home field can prove to be great for some batters (Colorado) or great for some pitchers (San Diego). See our article on baseball stadium statistics.
5. To win your league, go with established players over "potential" stars. This is especially true in single season leagues. This of course is a general rule, there may be a few times in your draft when you really want the next star player. Just remember that the majority of other owners in your league will know of him as well and you will probably pay a premium pick to land the "potential" star.
6. Look into drafting players that play multiple positions. Someone who can play 1B and OF or a player who can play several infield positions is very valuable for your team. Check your league rules for position eligibility. Multiple positions players can help in case you have injuries and in case one of your players is in a slump. Roster flexibility is important in fantasy baseball.
7. Regardless of what draft strategy you use, during the first five rounds of the draft stick with your draft list and select the best available player. Once again, this really holds true if you followed rule number one. See our article on draft strategies.
8. Position scarcity is something you should look at when drafting. I am not saying to follow that draft strategy all the way through the draft, but their are times during the draft when you may want to draft a player based on position scarcity. See rule number three above.
9. As a general rule draft hitting over pitching. Hitters tend to be more reliable and less injury prone. Do not neglect pitching, but just realize that hitting has a better chance of winning you a championship than does pitching for a variety of reasons.
10. For hitters choose power over speed. Power helps you score in a variety of categories, speed may only help you in one or two categories. A good overall indication of power is OPS (on base percentage plus slugging percentage). This statistic has gained a lot of popularity in fantasy baseball circles the past few years.
11. A good indication of a pitchers value is his strike out and walk ratios. The less chance a hitter has of getting on base, the better the pitchers overall numbers will be in all scoring categories.
12. You can tell a beginner from a veteran fantasy owner by the number of trades they make. The beginner will try and constantly "wheel and deal" players. The veteran fantasy owner came to the draft prepared and follows a strategy. Therefore, they are usually content with their team at the start of the season. I am not saying that veteran owners do not trade, but they have gone through the battles and know that the grass may not be greener on the other side of the fence. (i.e.- a quick, poor trade is not beneficial to their team in the long run)
13. Luck does play into how well you do in fantasy sports. No matter what you do or how prepared you are, luck can definitely affect the outcome of your team. Just admit it and move on. To win a championship, I would say 40% comes from how well you drafted, 30% from how well you did on trades and free agent pickups during the season, 20% is pure luck (injuries and break through seasons) and 10% would be the amount of your fantasy sports experience as compared with the other team owners in your league.
14. Stay in tune with your leagues transaction wire. Watch for players to pick up during the season that blossom into solid fantasy baseball players.
15. Have fun and enjoy the companionship of your fellow league owners. Many great friendships have developed by people who stay active in their league and play the game for its enjoyment, not just to win money. If you gain a few bucks along the way or have bragging rights because you won your league, that is just icing on the cake.
16. Finally, did I mention come prepared for the draft?
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