Tricks? I’m not sure if I would describe strategies or my tips as “tricks” per say, but I will discuss a few ways to take advantage of a situation or your opponent. Something as simple as go for the pitcher with the most Ks is always a must, be it in a points scenario or category league. More ways to gain an advantage, secondly, stream the heck out of pitchers if you have a deep roster i.e., (P) spots besides the obvious (SP) spot. Streaming is easy to do and even more fun if you can take advantage of a much weaker opponent in the league and real life. What I mean by the real life scenario is basically any pitcher available on the wire against this year’s Chicago White Sox (especially with Luis Robert now on the IL), that lineup is just bad; the pitcher should strikeout enough batters to get some points, and if they’re in long enough be in line for the W. And if the league is setup for quality starts as a category, you will have the ability to get points/stats in at least those 3 pitching categories. Oh, and the ERA should be low too with Chicago barely touching your pitcher. Miami as an opponent as well, they’re off to a 2-11 start or other weak teams like Oakland.

You can also get lucky/take advantage of other managers in way a lot of people might not think of and this isn’t written in stone, this is just something I’ve noticed over the years. I find a lot of managers join leagues and do not pay attention to the settings, they’re just happy they are playing, having fun is good and cool. I like fun, but I also like to compete and win. Know your settings, be prepared, set up your que as soon as the draft room opens. My preference is to only have 2 bench hitters if possible too, I figure if there’s really only two “off days/light schedule” Monday and Thursdays however you want to put it. Why roster more hitters than you can really use? In my opinion and preference I load up on pitchers for the P spots and bench as well, a pitcher pitching period will get more points/stats than a hitter not in the lineup at all.

Home/road splits are always good “tricks” to get an advantage over your opponent. Be it streaming or one of your keeper players, I literally try and stay away from all Colorado pitchers especially during their home games. Also I pass on pitchers I “love” I hate using fandom attitude in fantasy drafts; rather I go for who will benefit me over the long-run and get me points NOW and all season, example here; trades. I traded Gerrit Cole who I love (I am a diehard Yankees fan) he is currently injured, I traded him to a fellow Yankee fan for Marlins’ Jesus Luzardo and Minnesota’s Joe Ryan both good pitchers, right now it looked like I seriously hosed the other manager, a lot of 2 for 1 trades seem to look “off” to other managers, in this case he agreed to the trade in fact he was more than willing, so there was no fleecing going on at all. Secondly, with this one I am getting at least two starts each week then there are weeks some pitchers are the two-start pitchers. Lastly with this trade even though I lost Cole, I gained two keeper pitchers over one, so matchups aside, I win the deal as well.

Editors Note

Tomorrow, right here a second article will be published by the same writer giving you 3 more “tricks” to put into your Fantasy Baseball playbook. Read these two articles, and all the others written by Mr. Henderson, and you will certainly dominate your league!

Hope you find some of these “tricks” useful and you can implement them into your daily leagues, as always have fun and good luck. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat sports on ‘X’ @HENDO19750 or hit me up on Facebook.

Photo Credit; The Denver Post

By : Rob Henderson

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