I have read a few strategy columns on two-catcher leagues and I was wondering what you guys think of the different strategy options. This Fangraphs article has a decent outline: http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/in-...tcher-leagues/
Personally, I want to try out a new strategy this season in my mixed leagues (for me), and I want to see if you guys think it is viable:
So to start with, I am buying into the notion that $1 endgame catchers almost ALWAYS return a negative value (for example their crappy avg. outweighs any positive you get from their 8 HR and 40 RBIs). Taking this into account, and also accounting for the fact I will never pay enough for a top-of-the-line catcher, my strategy is to completely punt the second C. I will buy a middle-tier C for a reasonable price (say, Russell Martin for example), and then buy a guy who will NOT be getting playing time (barring call-up) for a buck at the end (say Jorge Alfaro or Chance Sisco). Thus, you avoid the negative return of a "true $1 catcher" (the Chris Iannetta's of the world).
Does this make sense, or am I better off taking an Iannetta instead of a minor leaguer?
Personally, I want to try out a new strategy this season in my mixed leagues (for me), and I want to see if you guys think it is viable:
So to start with, I am buying into the notion that $1 endgame catchers almost ALWAYS return a negative value (for example their crappy avg. outweighs any positive you get from their 8 HR and 40 RBIs). Taking this into account, and also accounting for the fact I will never pay enough for a top-of-the-line catcher, my strategy is to completely punt the second C. I will buy a middle-tier C for a reasonable price (say, Russell Martin for example), and then buy a guy who will NOT be getting playing time (barring call-up) for a buck at the end (say Jorge Alfaro or Chance Sisco). Thus, you avoid the negative return of a "true $1 catcher" (the Chris Iannetta's of the world).
Does this make sense, or am I better off taking an Iannetta instead of a minor leaguer?
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