ROTISSERIE: 2012 Straight Draft Guide postmortem
Oct 18 2012
Back in March, our annual Straight Draft Guide proposed a new, structured approach to the top half of a straight draft: the "Starting 12" plan. With the season now complete, we thought it would be appropriate to check back on how this new strategy played out in practice. (Spoiler alert: it played very well, indeed.)
The theory behind the "Starting 12" plan
While we would encourage you to click through the link above to re-read the entire March piece, we'll highlight a few key passages here.
First, a refresher as to the plan's structure. The goal is to tailor the first 12 rounds of your straight draft such that after 12 picks, you have rostered exactly:
- 8 hitters (consisting of exactly 1 C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SS, 3 OF)
- 2...
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