fantasy baseball

[Eore]

my draft isn't for a bit, and i have never played before. i have done fantasy football and golf though. how exactly do you "beat" a team? (i am playing standard, not rotisserie)

who are good picks? how are points determined?

[elchene]

Man, I love fantasy baseball. What site are you doing it on? I'm in a 10-man h2h league on CBS sports. My friends and I are playing for $300. Here's my team right now:

Lineup
Jorge Posada
Adrian Gonzalez
Aaron Hill
Miguel Cabrera
JJ Hardy
Alex Rios
Jeff Francouer
Andruw Jones
David Ortiz
Josh Hamilton
Geovanny Soto
Jason Bay

Pitching
Aaron Harang
John Lackey
John Smoltz
John Maine
Chad Billingsley
Yovani Gallardo
Jeremy Guthrie
Bobby Jenks
Kerry Wood
George Sherrill

Just make sure to be aggressive and be willing to take risks in fantasy baseball. If your on top of things, you'll be sure to pick up some breakout players. Last year, I picked up Ryan Bruan, John Maine, Oliver Perez, James Shields, Hunter Pence, Yovani Gallardo, Chad Billingsley to name a few in the season.

[golf_junkie27]

my draft isn't for a bit, and i have never played before. i have done fantasy football and golf though. how exactly do you "beat" a team? (i am playing standard, not rotisserie)

I've been playing for a long time. My group generally has 11 offensive and 9 Pitching Categories:

Offense: Walks Singles Doubles Triples Homers Stolen Bases Batting Average On Base Percentage Slugging Percentage Runs Batted In Runs Scored Pitching Won Loss Save Earned Run Average Strikeouts Walks Wild Pitches WHIP Hits Allowed We have head-to-head matches. The team who wins the most categories wins for that week. Changes can be made daily but don't go into effect until the next day. The best way to do it is find the offensive players that play in the most offensive parks. Guys like Carlos Lee and Hunter Pence in Houston, any of the Big 5 on the Phillies, same goes for the Rockies. For pitching, find a guy who pitches in a pitcher's park. IMHO, the biggest steal this year is John Maine. He won 15 games as the No.2 starter. He's going to be the number 4 starter, this year. He'll match up against a weaker pitcher and Shea is a pitcher's park. He'll win 20 games.

[mikelz]

my draft isn't for a bit, and i have never played before. i have done fantasy football and golf though. how exactly do you "beat" a team? (i am playing standard, not rotisserie)

Who are good picks? HITTERS Rank your players and put all of the top 60 hitters in front of Johan Santana. When you rank, check to see who is injured. Don't fall in love with a player or a team. Build a strong bench and use it. You win by getting as many plays per week as you can. Pitchers are unreliable. Don't use a high draft pick on one. Read Matthew Berry on ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/ba...bmanifesto2008

[elchene]

Who are good picks? HITTERS Rank your players and put all of the top 60 hitters in front of Johan Santana. When you rank, check to see who is injured. Don't fall in love with a player or a team. Build a strong bench and use it. You win by getting as many plays per week as you can. Pitchers are unreliable. Don't use a high draft pick on one. Read Matthew Berry on ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/ba...bmanifesto2008

In my league, aces are really valuable. It depends on what type of league your doing, H2H, rotisserie, and how valuable each stat is.