League Context:
6x6 10 Team Dynasty Roto
R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS
W, QS, K, H+SV2, ERA, WHIP
Daily FAAB ($250)
Daily Lineups
The history, as I know it:
This league has been going on for twenty years in a number of forms. It started as a keeper, and slowy transitioned to a dynasty over the years. The commissioner runs a tight ship. Things are well managed. He hounds people to keep their line ups full, and will fill them on his own when pressed. He is highly concerned with equity and fairness. He removes owners who make homophobic and racist comments. The commissioner does a great job of maintaining the playing field.
He also has a fucking monster of a team. More on that later.
The owners are widely diverse in fantasy experience and involvement. Some make daily moves and go to minor league games, others are brand new to fantasy baseball.
There is an extremely active trading owner, who is in 40% of the trades that happen each year. He likes to buy pitching. He expects to compete every single year and will leverage the future for win now pieces. The league is shallow enough and he is knowledgeable enough for his strategy to be effective, but he is so active that it colors my play in the league. I know that there will be an active market for breakout starting pitching, which can be converted for oher team needs.
There are two managers who have very deep pitching knowledge, but seem inexperienced at game play.
There are a cluster of teams who seem to be “regular” fans. They follow a team. They know the stars. Some know the top prospects. Their minor league systems are static. I can trade with these teams in the late spring and early summer for positional and categorical needs.
There is a team who is finishing up their first season, and has a lot to learn.
And then there is The Beast.
C Elias Diaz
1B Matt Olson
2B Trea Turner
3B Nolan Areanado
SS Wander Franco
MI JP Crawford
CI Kris Bryant
OF Randy Arozerana
OF Mike Trout
OF Ronald Acuna
OF Starling Marte
UT Eloy Jimenez
UT Brandon Marsh
UT Ian Happ / Lane Thomas / Jarred Kelenic
P Max Scherzer
P Lance Lynn
P Joe Musgrove
P Zac Gallen
P Freddy Peralta
P Dylan Cease
P Ranger Suarez
P Josh Hader
P Liam Hendricks
P Jordan Romano
To counter that attack, we are working with
C MJ Melendez
1B Pete Alonso
2B Jose Altuve
3B Austin Riley
SS Bo Bichette
CI Alex Bregman
MI Trevor Story
OF Mitch Haniger
OF Cedric Mullins
OF Michael Conforto
OF Kike Hernandez
UT Max Muncy
UT Jorge Polanco
UT Nelson Cruz
Bench Assets:
Ke’Bryan Hayes
Luis Urias (MIL)
Kyle Lewis
Lamonte Wade
Close Farm Pieces
Bobby Witt Jr.
Josh Jung
Oswald Peraza
Mark Vientos
Jose Barrero
P Corbin Burns
P Lucas Giolito
P Shane McClanahan
P Nathan Eovaldi
P John Means
P Jameson Taillon
P Giovanny Gallegos
P Jake McGee
P Devin Williams
Extra Arms
Aaron Ashby
Nestor Cortes
Cristian Javier
Edward Cabrera
Wade Miley
Last year I volumed my way into second place by rotating guys through the minor leagues and expanding the roster. I couldn’t match elite for elite talent, so I did what I could – play a lot of guys. Daily moves and roosters made this possible. I ended up with 150 more games played than most teams. As one would guess, I ran away with the counting stats, but had average BA and OPS figures, which cost me the championship. The good news is that second place pays pretty well.
My outfield is slow afoot, which could be improved. I don’t have the horses to hang with the Beast’s pitching staff. I could use a big piece there. I could try to trade Peraza to a Yankee fan for an arm. I could also try to trade Josh Jung for an arm. I have Brennan Davis and Luis Matos, who could bring back an arm. I have Gabriel Moreno, who is generating plenty of hype as well. I could also move Melendez for the same reason.
This league is dead for transactions and conversations right now, so there isn’t much to do but wait and wonder. It gets very active in May, as teams adjust.
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