Trimming the Fat

By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer

With the trade deadline fast approaching in my head-to-head fantasy league, I’m looking to open up a couple more roster spots. Now my team is not particularly deep, mind you, but unless I have a top-level talent in my lineup, I would rather have an open revolving-door type position than a marginal guy like Adam LaRoche. Having all but secured a top seed in the playoffs, my thinking is that the best way to maximize hitting numbers when those crucial few weeks roll around, is to load up on studs and leave a couple of spots free to start the best available guy off waivers for that day based on a number of factors (primarily ballpark and opposing pitcher).

I feel pretty confident that this strategy should surpass the statistical output of most second or third rate starting fantasy guys, not to mention the extra at-bats this will allow you to add on Mondays and Thursdays. The one marginal guy who might be worth keeping on your roster is a Dave Roberts/Hanley Ramirez type who can be plugged and played should you need a late boost in the stolen base category. Anyway, as previously mentioned on this site, this is my first year playing head-to-head baseball, and I am constantly looking for any slight advantage in the all-important playoff weeks. Just a final reminder, as I discussed a couple months back a few teams have favorable fantasy playoff schedules for pitchers and hitters. Here they are again.

Pitchers: Oakland, Anaheim, Detroit, Florida and New York Mets
Hitters: St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees


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2 responses to “Trimming the Fat”

  1. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    This is my first year playing in a head to head league as well. I like having extra roster space, as it seems like the spot starter method is even more valuable with h2h than rotisseire.

  2. T. Avatar
    T.

    Funny you mention Adam LaRoche. He has pretty solid #s but seems to be available on waivers in every league I am in for some reason. No one wants him.

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