ROTISSERIE REVISITED: To Labadini or not to Labadini

(This is one in a series of articles this spring at BaseballHQ.com to "Re-visit" a few unorthodox Rotisserie strategies, especially in light of the pitcher-heavy lean to the game. How do these decade-old strategies hold up? Read on. —Ed.)

The "Labadini Plan" is named for Larry Labadini's historic team in an early LABR season. Labadini once drafted a team with nine $1 pitchers, focusing the rest of his $251 budget on offense—and he almost won. The idea is that hitters are more stable commodities than pitchers and make more reliable draft-day investments. With some element of surprise, a combination of some useful end-game pitching to supplement a top-notch offense permits the Labadini owner to make a couple hitter for pitcher trades...

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