Pitching, Part II
By Jeff in Madison
When we left Part One of our pitching discussion, look back in the FBM.com archives, I had attempted to sell you on the idea of choosing pitchers by K/BB rate and BB/9 … since these stats tend to be the best indicators of pitcher performance.
Using League 14 as an example, I used a combination of the first six starting pitchers drafted, and the top 3 closers, to end up with 45 fantasy points. Again, this is pretty disappointing for a collection of top draft picks.
By Jeff in Madison
League 14
What is it about pitchers that everyone loves to hate? And yes, everyone that has played baseball, watched baseball, coached a team, or played fantasy baseball has cursed a pitcher with words that would make a rap star blush.
Yet, the haters still spend hours picking up pitchers and dropping them, analyzing BABIPs and listening to podcasts. Finding the perfect pitching staff has become the holy grail of fantasy baseball with plenty of experts weighing in: “carry a big staff, carry a small staff, get an ace, don’t waste money on closers” and yada-yada-yada.