How many pitchers / general 50-round draft roster makeup?

[joncarlos]

Curious how many pitchers (and what mix) you'd typically draft for a 50 round draft and hold (NFBC style).

Last year my NFBC team ended up with more RPs than I could really use, even though I did get a lot of saves out of the deal. At the same time, I frequently found myself short on exciting back-end SP options for a given week. (Looking back, I had about 12 SPs and 12 RPs, so I should have probably seen that coming... but all of the SP options were so bad that I just kept picking RPs. And my SPs ended up being really good, and it was actually my offense that sucked, but that's a different story.)

So it's kind of a double-edged sword... draft a ton of RPs and speculate on saves, or draft crappy SPs and hope they hit? Or do neither and end up with a ton of bats?

My first 50-round draft team this year has 17 SPs and 7 RPs so I've probably swung too far in the other direction. But I think generally, 22-25 pitchers is probably the range you want?

[Todd Zola]

17/7 seems about right. I'm usually in that range.

[BigJonEmpire]

I'd probably go50/50. I have more faith in my ability to pick bats than I do the ability of arms to stay healthy and consistent.

[Bene Futuis]

I always shot for 15/9 on the pitchers or something close to that.

For the rest, I go:

4 C
3 1B, 3B
3 2B, SS
1 MI
1 CI
8 OF

Some wiggle room in there, of course, but that's the general plan.

[Pauly]

I always shot for 15/9 on the pitchers or something close to that.

For the rest, I go:

4 C
3 1B, 3B
3 2B, SS
1 MI
1 CI
8 OF

Some wiggle room in there, of course, but that's the general plan.

You need to go much deeper offensively than this in my opinion. This is why in the draft champions format it is so vitally important to get multi-eligible players (and in most cases, severely downgrade the DH only types). Only having 4 CI and 4 MI is a recipe for disaster in my experience.

Multi-eligibles (IF/OF is huge), and I would not carry 4 catchers. The odds that the 4th catcher is a positive value player even if you use him is really slim. Usually it is better to start an injured catcher than the 4th one, because it opens up a better offensive spot.

[Bene Futuis]

You need to go much deeper offensively than this in my opinion. This is why in the draft champions format it is so vitally important to get multi-eligible players (and in most cases, severely downgrade the DH only types). Only having 4 CI and 4 MI is a recipe for disaster in my experience.

That's actually 7 CI and 7 MI (3 each of 1B, 3B, 2B, SS plus one MI and one CI extra).

I believe strongly that pitching is where you can really get screwed on your depth. Honestly, I may shift to drafting even more pitchers than 50/50. Haven't decided yet.

[Pauly]

That's actually 7 CI and 7 MI (3 each of 1B, 3B, 2B, SS plus one MI and one CI extra).

I believe strongly that pitching is where you can really get screwed on your depth. Honestly, I may shift to drafting even more pitchers than 50/50. Haven't decided yet.

You know, i read your breakdown the wrong way...im dumb lol

[Pauly]

That's actually 7 CI and 7 MI (3 each of 1B, 3B, 2B, SS plus one MI and one CI extra).

I believe strongly that pitching is where you can really get screwed on your depth. Honestly, I may shift to drafting even more pitchers than 50/50. Haven't decided yet.

I usually draft around 45-55% pitchers, so I agree, but I got destroyed on OF in this format a few times.

[Bene Futuis]

I usually draft around 45-55% pitchers, so I agree, but I got destroyed on OF in this format a few times.

Yeah, it's like Murphy's Law. If you go light on OF, it's a guarantee you'll have all your outfield guys get injured in the first week. Light on pitching, it's TJ surgeries all around! Trying to hedge your bets can be tough.

[joncarlos]

I always screw up one position. Even keeping track of things pretty closely. My first draft this year it's 1B. Just didn't get quite enough depth.

[GwynnInTheHall]

You need to go much deeper offensively than this in my opinion. This is why in the draft champions format it is so vitally important to get multi-eligible players (and in most cases, severely downgrade the DH only types). Only having 4 CI and 4 MI is a recipe for disaster in my experience.

Multi-eligibles (IF/OF is huge), and I would not carry 4 catchers. The odds that the 4th catcher is a positive value player even if you use him is really slim. Usually it is better to start an injured catcher than the 4th one, because it opens up a better offensive spot.

Does anyone know what 2021 eligibility will be (#of games) for NBFC this year?

[GwynnInTheHall]

Nevermind--it will be 7.

[Todd Zola]

Does anyone know what 2021 eligibility will be (#of games) for NBFC this year?

Seven games. It will be listed correctly in the draft room. Here is a tool to derive 2021 eligibilities. There may be a couple of discrepancies with the NFBC for players with fewer than 7 games at a single position and played the same number say 3 at 2B and 3 at SS. The tool assigns eligibility to both, NFBC chooses one.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xXFiXi3tntcJ7KvmBvtO9LccEWyTYB9b7z34SwKaoVk/edit#gid=466557225

[joncarlos]

Just as an example, not necessarily of a good team, but of the breakdown you might end up with... my first Fantrax team:

C Varsho, D Jansen, F Mejia, Astudillo
1B Dom Smith, Mountcastle, Bobby Bradley
2B Altuve, HS Kim, H Alberto
SS Xander, HS Kim, Royce Lewis (W Castro)
3B W Castro, Longoria, Rio Ruiz
OF Betts, K Tucker, Brantley, I Happ, Nimmo, Hicks, Kiriloff, Ruf, B Zimmer, Fraley (Dom, Mountcastle, Varsho)
SP Lynn, Grienke, Price, Yarbrough, Dunning, Cease, Disco, Quintana, C-Mart, Gomber, Kuhl, Logan Webb, JT Brubaker, Hamels, Fiers, M Fulmer, Alex Young
RP Hader, Barnes, Bard, J Soria, T May, G Soto, Y Petit
UT Encarnacion


Oh, and I bet Varsho is also eligible at OF even though I didn't list him there.