Re: Forum challenge - your early draft strategy
Being in the DobberBaseball league with picks at 23 and 26 I have a pretty good sense of what will be available to you on that 20/21 turn. A league that deep WITH and extra IF slot must mean the IFs are much more valuable than OF. So I would be targeting at least one of those with my pick 20, and then probably a SP as well (especially one on a good team for the wins). Tough to plan that out well enough in a 20 team league though, as I don't think it's a great idea to go SP/SP with your first two, so I would lean towards erring on the side of landing extra IFs. Check out who is usually around in the 15-25 range of drafts, and pick two guys you like there. I would personally bump the OFs a little later in this league, again just because of the depth.
The other strategy I would have is loading up on a lot of RP. Usually you can do well in ERA/WHIP with that, they won't hurt you in Ks, and you're chasing SVs as one category, and Holds as another, and sometimes RPs get you a W anyways, while starters only get you wins. Not that I target them early, but I would try to fill my bench up with them as much as possible.
Moving on to the 60s, there are still some solid IF here. I would hope after these two picks to have at least two of my 2B, 3B, SS positions filled. After that you can fill in the rest with personal preference on the depth of the rest of each position.
I would also blacklist every catcher so none even get drafted. The 15th catcher doesn't vary much to the 30th, but taking one much earlier takes away from a RP you could have earlier.
That's about all I have for this right now off the top of my head, at least without giving away too much in the ongoing DobberBaseball draft!
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