tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37316956.post7165769184704931495..comments2023-10-31T06:25:28.512-04:00Comments on Roto Think Tank: Dumping Categories/Losing Other StatsMike Gianellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227146501538593197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37316956.post-54870312889161569852009-02-12T08:13:00.000-05:002009-02-12T08:13:00.000-05:00Well, 5 of the hitters in the NL are at least aver...Well, 5 of the hitters in the NL are at least average neutral and hit over 30 HR. So picking out Howard, Dunn and Burrell really isn't fair. We can keep going as well...Holliday (the former national leaguer), Carlos Lee, Manny Ramirez are top tier OF without ties to HR that would significant help your average. There are lower tier options as well...you really only need one or two average+ guys to support a top 4 finish in average. Of course, this is also strategy dependent as well...depending on what you want to do in pitching, it may not work out.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, saves and steals are the two target categories...I am much more apt to dump those saves.Tozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097212900980638912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37316956.post-71453761941613691252009-02-11T17:35:00.000-05:002009-02-11T17:35:00.000-05:00A minor quibble. If you went for those guys- excl...A minor quibble. If you went for those guys- excluding Quentin and Huff and Ludwick on the respective lists b/c they weren't predictable, you would likely also be sacrificing BAvg. Dumping steals and going middle of the road in BAvg at best isn't going to do much good on offense.<BR/><BR/>Thome, Cust, and Giambi all hurt BAvg quite a bit. Howard, Dunn, and Burrell do that to you on the other side as well. That's 1/3 of the list. It's hard to buy the three category studs on the list and still compete in pitching.<BR/><BR/>However, dumping saves, b/c they are more concentrated and not necessarily correlated with any other skill (like ERA/Ratio), can work out a little better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com