Anyone use this strategy (1 Viewer)

[AcerFC]

I have only started playing in a roto league again the past two seasons. I have been playing H2H points for a while now.

Has anyone never started an active pitcher or RP before. Your ERA and WHIP would be 0. You would lose in Ws, Ks and Saves but lets say you are middle of the pack in all 5 categories. That gives you 25 points. By winning ERA and WHIP you have 24 points.

This is the first time I have thought about this. Does it work, anyone do it before

 

[ianfitzy]

This is why most leagues will have a min IP requirement per week.

 

[Oh Yes!]

I have only started playing in a roto league again the past two seasons. I have been playing H2H points for a while now.Has anyone never started an active pitcher or RP before. Your ERA and WHIP would be 0. You would lose in Ws, Ks and Saves but lets say you are middle of the pack in all 5 categories. That gives you 25 points. By winning ERA and WHIP you have 24 points. This is the first time I have thought about this. Does it work, anyone do it before

most leagues have a minimum innings pitched now

 

[Spartans Rule]

Your ERA and WHIP wouldn't be 0. They would be undefined, since you're dividing by zero innings pitched, and you would lose both categories.

 

[AcerFC]

Thanks.

Just checked and my league actually voted it down

ETA because they didnt want to hamper the start and dump

 

[AcerFC]

Your ERA and WHIP wouldn't be 0. They would be undefined, since you're dividing by zero innings pitched, and you would lose both categories.

OK, I think I follow what you are saying.HypotheticalI use a middle relief guy one time in one game who gives up zero runs, walks and hits. It would be defined then correct.That is the ultimate risk but technically would work I think

 

[Spartans Rule]

Your ERA and WHIP wouldn't be 0. They would be undefined, since you're dividing by zero innings pitched, and you would lose both categories.

OK, I think I follow what you are saying.HypotheticalI use a middle relief guy one time in one game who gives up zero runs, walks and hits. It would be defined then correct.That is the ultimate risk but technically would work I think

Yes. If your league has no minimum IP requirement, that would work.You'd probably want to pick a lefty one-out guy for that, someone who is likely to face as few batters as possible.

 

[AcerFC]

Your ERA and WHIP wouldn't be 0. They would be undefined, since you're dividing by zero innings pitched, and you would lose both categories.

OK, I think I follow what you are saying.HypotheticalI use a middle relief guy one time in one game who gives up zero runs, walks and hits. It would be defined then correct.That is the ultimate risk but technically would work I think

Yes. If your league has no minimum IP requirement, that would work.You'd probably want to pick a lefty one-out guy for that, someone who is likely to face as few batters as possible.

The way I read your first post, it seemed like the guy had to pitch one inning. Would it work if he pitched to one batter

 

[Wrigley]

Guy tried this last year

Drafted 7 closers IN A ROW

Failed miserably, finished in 11th place(out of 12)

EDIT: Nevermind, never made it past "starting no pitchers"

 

[Spartans Rule]

Your ERA and WHIP wouldn't be 0. They would be undefined, since you're dividing by zero innings pitched, and you would lose both categories.

OK, I think I follow what you are saying.HypotheticalI use a middle relief guy one time in one game who gives up zero runs, walks and hits. It would be defined then correct.That is the ultimate risk but technically would work I think

Yes. If your league has no minimum IP requirement, that would work.You'd probably want to pick a lefty one-out guy for that, someone who is likely to face as few batters as possible.

The way I read your first post, it seemed like the guy had to pitch one inning. Would it work if he pitched to one batter

If he got the batter out, yes. Then he would have 1/3 of an inning. Zero divided by 1/3 = Zero. Zero divided by zero = error message on your calculator.

 

[AcerFC]

Guy tried this last yearDrafted 7 closers IN A ROWFailed miserably, finished in 11th place(out of 12)

Thanks. I will take this into account. I have already drafted and my team sucks so much that I just want to trade what I can (not much) for hitters and then try to make this work.

 

[meeka]

I have only started playing in a roto league again the past two seasons. I have been playing H2H points for a while now.Has anyone never started an active pitcher or RP before. Your ERA and WHIP would be 0. You would lose in Ws, Ks and Saves but lets say you are middle of the pack in all 5 categories. That gives you 25 points. By winning ERA and WHIP you have 24 points. This is the first time I have thought about this. Does it work, anyone do it before

I think you can hope for a slightly better result than middle of the road finish in the offensive cats if you are drafting your whole offense first. Seems to me that finishing in the low 50s in a 12 team roto is not a very successful finish.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Guy tried this last yearDrafted 7 closers IN A ROWFailed miserably, finished in 11th place(out of 12)

This isn't at all the same thing. The strategy being talked about is drafting no pitching until forced to. You use one pitcher for one game to get at least 1/3 of an inning with zero ratios. You never start another pitcher after that.Drafting 7 closers is investing valuable picks on pitchers, and it's actually a pretty insane idea. It actually is the worst of both strategies.I've never tried the idea of using one guy to get zero ratios, but I've thought about it. You'd obviously have to dominate every other category by drafting good hitters throughout. There's really no guarantee that's going to happen. It puts all of the risk in your ability to scout hitting.For a 12 team league, you'd have 12 in WHIP, 12 in ERA (assuming you get lucky with that one outing), 1 in Ks, 1 in Ws, and 1 in SVs. That's 27 pitching points.I'm guessing you'll have to be in the range of 92 total roto points to win, so that leaves about 65 points for hitting. Over five categories, that's (unfortunately) 13 points per category which isn't feasible. Let's assume then that 12 points is possible in each. That gives you 60 points in hitting and 27 in pitching for 87, and that's not a guaranteed league win by any means.You're walking a razor's edge with this strategy. It could be possible, but it seems like it would be even less likely than just picking the best all-around team and competing in every category.

 

[Captain Hook]

It's a llitle long (don't know if there is a character limit here on posts), but I could post the "Heroes & Zeroes" review - my partner and I drafted a team in the auction league at NFBC in 2005 spending 250 on the hitters and a buck each on ten minor league pitchers (whom we thought would never see the Bigs).

Unfortunately STATS inc (although in previous years showing a pitcher with no innings at 0.00) said they couldn't divide by zero and placed us last in both ERA and WHIP after there first period..............so we had to get some IP