02-13-2008, 07:48 PM
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Easy Rider
Location: Moscow on the Ohio
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I don't think roster moves or waiver pickups should be limited. It seems that especially H2H is taylor made for this activity.
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Your rag-tag Bad News Bears squad can actually win in head-to-head: And you don't even have to hire Walter Matthau or Jackie Earle Haley to do it.
In a rotisserie league, you may be able to hide your team's weaknesses for a few weeks or a few months, but over the course of a long season, an aggregate scoring system will not obscure your team's deficiencies forever. In a head-to-head format, however, your patchwork squad of aging veterans, waiver wire retreads and speculative rookies can actually win your league.
Remember, the primary goal in a head-to-head league is the maximization of your team's statistical performance over a seven-day period. Whatever happened the week before is in the past. Since there is no aggregation of stats, you're essentially starting from scratch this week.
It should make no difference that you're facing a team with a Murderers' Row of power hitters this week and a trio of Cy Young candidates the next. All you have to do is outperform your opponent over the course of a week, not the season. On any given (Monday through) Sunday, your team can get hot and pick up the win.
Be an opportunist: Head-to-head leagues reward the bold, decisive owners. Don't sleep on an opportunity to pick up a promising player. Check for pitchers who have two starts in a week. Or pick up an everyday position player who has seven or eight games in a given week. Exploit mismatches and look for promising point-producing opportunities. Like any pitcher or hitter that's facing the Devil Rays. Sorry MLB, I mean Rays. Even manic waiver wire use has its place in H2H formats. If you can remember that the No. 1 goal is to win the weekly points battle, you will do what's best for the team.
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http://www.fantasyplayers.com/mlb/st...p?story_id=771 |
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