The ESPN Fantasy Baseball Challenge is different from traditional fantasy baseball.
In this game you choose one position of the player for each position as well as placing the team on the staff.
Players score points based on their effort in real-life baseball games, and your goal is to accumulate more points while keeping your team under the $50 million salary cap. Many people who are new to fantasy baseball feel overwhelmed by the day-to-day demands of managing a roster. With this game you can choose to play either daily or weekly game depending on how comfortable and committed you are.
I’ve put 10 tips below that will help you get used to the game and how you can manage your daily or weekly roster. If nothing else, you can create a group and invite your friends to play instead of hosting the site.
10. They don’t close in on the players. This will just create a DNP (you did not play) and typically this is not worth the little salary you will save…
9. You recognize your struggle. If they play among friends, do they continue to update there number even on weekends?
8. Face is the wildcard position. Many hunters do not play the day game after hunting the night before. Many pitchers only pitch certain catchers so they wait for trends. If all else fails, choose the receiver with the lowest salary and use the remaining salary to upgrade your value in other positions.
7. Look for new players and salary changes. Salaries go up, you have to look for deals.
6. You know your ballparks. There are pitchers and hitters…
Hitter Ortus
Colorado
Texas
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Pitcher Parks
Washington
San Diego
New York Mets
LA Dodgers
Florida
5. Unfair cases of popular bottles. Don’t wait any longer to make your move as salaries are rising, making it harder to choose a good team under the cap.
4. The batting ordertop usually gets an extra bat which will make a big difference. discover…
3. Check your DNPS lineups as late as you can to avoid late injuries and weather changes.
2. Use hitter/pitcher matchups and learn your platoon of players…
1. Watch out for the double header, it’s your chance to make a big move by using players you think will play both games. You can find an updated listing of MLB doubleheaders by following this link http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/doubleheaders
