inthedougout

Last year was one of my more successful fantasy baseball seasons.  I played in nearly 10 leagues, all different shapes, sizes, and contexts.  Heck, I was lucky enough to play in the so-called "Listener League" at CBS with Scott White, Frank Stampfl, and Chris Towers.  I even wound up winning that league.  However, as successful as last year was for me, I was disappointed with how I got there.  It felt more like throwing darts as opposed to knowing which darts I was throwing and why.  There was little examination -- a post mortem -- to figure out which darts failed and why.  In other words, it felt more lucky than good.  I wasn't satisfied with that and thus, this year, my approach was to be far more systematic.  Now that I can reflect on the draft season, here's how my strategy formalized. 1.   Go into your draft with a clear strategy.  This year, mine was the infamous "OF-3B-2B" stack. My goal for every draft was to leave the first three rounds with an outf