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I am leading one of my leagues by 10 points currently. But I'm in danger of missing the innings requirement (1000 IP) which would not only cause me to fall out of 1st place but likely to fall completely out of the money. There is no FAAB in this league, our trading deadline has passed and the only way to add players is thru our 3rd and last supplemental draft, which is this Saturday. I have the #5 pick so I'm pretty confident I could add a starter that would help me satisfy the innings requirement. But instead of taking a player, we have the option of selecting a voucher to extend an existing player that has an expiring contract. Ohtani is the player I would like to extend. Currently I am 10 IP ahead of the pace for 1000 IP. My starters are Wheeler, Eovaldi, Quantrill, Detmers and Ohtani.
I project to make 1000 IP w some to spare as long as no one gets hurt, demoted or shut down. But w only a 10 IP cushion, that's a pretty big "if". Complicating matters further is the fact that, because of our league rules, I currently cant use Ohtani as a pitcher. This is because if there is an open slot we must fill it w an eligible player and rt now I have 2 open slots in my OF so, because I can fill Ohtani's pitcher slot w another pitcher, I must use him as an OFer. I expect that I will get my injured OFers back this week so I'll be able to move Ohtani to pitcher starting next week. That will greatly help my chances of making innings.
I hate to pass on extending Ohtani another year, which would greatly enhance my title chances next year. But w a title this year seemingly w/i reach I hate to risk losing it so my gut tells me to take a starter in this weekend's draft. Of course, doing that is no guarantee either because the guy I select also could get hurt or demoted. The best 5 available currently I have as being Toussaint, N Cortes, Ober, Jax and E Morgan. Some of those will likely raise my ratios considerably but maybe not enough to knock me out of 1st, and probably not enough to sink me farther down than 2nd place, since my lead over 3rd place is 24.5 points. I'm fairly decided rt now to take a starter, altho my OFers coming off of the IL might tempt me otherwise. But I'd be interested in what some of you would do in this situation.
I project to make 1000 IP w some to spare as long as no one gets hurt, demoted or shut down. But w only a 10 IP cushion, that's a pretty big "if". Complicating matters further is the fact that, because of our league rules, I currently cant use Ohtani as a pitcher. This is because if there is an open slot we must fill it w an eligible player and rt now I have 2 open slots in my OF so, because I can fill Ohtani's pitcher slot w another pitcher, I must use him as an OFer. I expect that I will get my injured OFers back this week so I'll be able to move Ohtani to pitcher starting next week. That will greatly help my chances of making innings.
I hate to pass on extending Ohtani another year, which would greatly enhance my title chances next year. But w a title this year seemingly w/i reach I hate to risk losing it so my gut tells me to take a starter in this weekend's draft. Of course, doing that is no guarantee either because the guy I select also could get hurt or demoted. The best 5 available currently I have as being Toussaint, N Cortes, Ober, Jax and E Morgan. Some of those will likely raise my ratios considerably but maybe not enough to knock me out of 1st, and probably not enough to sink me farther down than 2nd place, since my lead over 3rd place is 24.5 points. I'm fairly decided rt now to take a starter, altho my OFers coming off of the IL might tempt me otherwise. But I'd be interested in what some of you would do in this situation.
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