Apolyton Fantasy Baseball Draft!!

[Ming]

We made some good progress today. Let's hope we can do the same on Tuesday.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

hes on apolyton but hasnt posted in 3 hours

[Lawrence of Arabia]

now hes off again

[Ming]

My mod screens don't show him online right now

[Lawrence of Arabia]

caesars prolly gone for the night too, so im gonna draw up my list.

[Berzerker]

I have some questions:

1) Since catchers do not play every game, what happens when our selected catcher is sitting games out? Do we need to pick an extra catcher?

2) No DH's? Can we pick DH's to fill in for position players?

3) Middle relievers, what is their role? Having a closer is meaningless without set up men.

[Imran Siddiqui]

1) If you catcher is out during the week, then you get no points. So it is good to pick a catcher that will play a lot .

2) There is a 'U' player, which is basically a DH. If a player JUST has 'DH' next to their name, then they can only be used as a U player.

3) In this league middle relievers will count mostly towards ERA, SOs, and WHIP. They usually don't get many Wins or Saves, but they can get points for them as well.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

so when i selected George Posada, it was a good choice huh?

[Imran Siddiqui]

It depends on if he's hit the wall or not . Catchers over 30 are always risky propositions, which is why I held back on mine .

He could have a great year or a bad one.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

99 RBIs last year, oer 260 TBs i think and about 160 games. Not bad iqd say. and knowing you, youre trying to spread disinformation. we will see who wins this year. . .

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yes we will... as someone who won the league two years ago, I know what I'm doing .

Catchers are mostly hit or miss (look at I-Rod always getting hurt and Kendall falling far in a short amount of time), except Piazza. Piazza's D sucks, but he always keeps hitting the damn ball.

Posada may have a Javy Lopez like year this year. It happens to catchers when you get to his age.

[Ming]

I'll take my chances with Pudge

[Berzerker]

To elaborate on my questions, if I take a second top closer, wouldn't he be guaranteed more play time than a middle reliever who at best shares duties with other middle relievers? The key I suppose is finding a true middle reliever who will get alot of play time.

Let's say I have 3 outfielders and one is injured, could I fill his spot with a top DH who will be playing alot rather than a utility player who fills in where needed? I'm wondering at the flexibility we have swapping our players.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Ming:

Face it, we are all taking chances with Catchers. They suffer by FAR the most injuries of any other position. Hell, when you get thrown at by 90 mph pitches, are expected to block them, and are in a squat half the game, your body will ache too .

[Berzerker]

Catchers are mostly hit or miss (look at I-Rod always getting hurt and Kendall falling far in a short amount of time)

I was wondering why Kendall was still available.