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Fantasy Baseball: Worst to (almost) First

Found November 23, 2012 on Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Dustin Pedroia,  Michael Bourn,  Billy Beane
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox,  Atlanta Braves,  Oakland Athletics
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  Dustin Pedroia. Photo courtesy of Keith Allison. In a recent Ask Nash, I was mostly asked about the real life Pirates, how do they become relevant? It was a fun question to kick around, then I started to think. I was the Pirates in the Roto league I started in for the first two seasons, then I broke out and got to the top-five, and have taken second the past two seasons with a lot of input from my brother. I did this with a few easy steps: I learned the league. I took our draft VERY seriously. I built for balance and I took care of my weakest areas first. Learning the league I did this in two ways, first I sat down and studied the league parameters, settings, categories and most importantly what stats were getting what points per category (I could do a whole post about this). However the bullet points on these are. Settings are your friend. Innings caps, games played maximums, and trade deadlines will help you if you understand them. For example, if your league maxes at 1400 in...
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