Dear RotoRob: How Do I Keep My Lead?
Dear RotoRob.com,
The question is: How to I stay in first throughout the season?
Here’s my roster:
C Geovany Soto
1B Prince Fielder
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Garrett Atkins
SS Orlando Cabrera
OF Carl Crawford
OF Jeff Francoeur
OF Josh Hamilton
UT Ryan Zimmerman
UT Edwin Encarnacion
BN Ryan Church
P Joakim Soria
P Bobby Jenks
P Ervin Santana
P Max Scherzer
P Dustin McGowan
P Tim Lincecum
P Josh Beckett
BN Jair Jurrjens
DL Wandy Rodriguez
DL Noah Lowry
Rocknfunk
Rocknfunk,
Have the best team. Don’t ride the waiver wire like it is the city bus. Too many stops on and off usually means you pick someone up after they are hot and they will cool off the second you get them. The waiver wire is like the stock market — and most people don’t make good day traders because they buy when it is doing good which means they missed the buy low point and bought it on a high.
Look to trade someone that is overvalued like Church or Santana. They are doing great — in May. But, their three-year splits show they are most likely going to slump back down to Earth pretty quickly. But low, sell high. Pick up the break-out guy, but don’t jump on everything that looks good over the past week. Look at the past month and see what the difference is between the week and month totals.
