y2's Yahoo Pro League Review

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Every year, I try to do at least 1 or 2 Yahoo Pro leagues.  They are quite popular and I'm a big fan of their roto standard rules; specifically:

• 1400 IP limit: This allows for a reasonable amount of pitching strategy to be made.  It also prevents teams from continually streaming to accumulate wins and K's.  It forces teams to invest in pitching and really discourages punting categories
  
  
• Daily roster moves - Big advantage to the owners that pay attention to their teams daily and invests the time to succeed.

For reference, I had the 12th pick overall.  Now, lets take a look at my team starting with the batters:

While I'm admittedly light on power, I should be able to be middle of the pack in HR's and RBI's.  I should also be able to be strong from a runs, SB, and AVG perspective.  I have a number of players that contribute both in the HR and SB categories and while the numbers aren't gaudy for many players, the accumulations are fine.

Now lets look at pitching:

Like a lot of my other teams this season, I really wanted a strong pitching staff, even more-so with an IP limit.  I should have a good chance to win all pitching categories with the aces I was able to accumulate with Price, Greinke, and Carrasco.  This year more than seasons past, it feels like there is a premium on pitching and I was happy to get a good amount of it early in the draft.

​Overall very happy with this team and looking at the team projections both on yahoo and FantasyPros, i should dominate.  Granted all projections should be taken with a grain of salt, i was very happy with this team going of of my own projections alone.

There's not a formula to build the perfect team and every draft is unique, but for others drafting Yahoo Pro League teams, I hope this snapshot is helpful to you.

Feel free to leave a comment or question, and i'll get back to you.