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After playing fantasy baseball for over 10 years and receiving a Diamond rating in Yahoo Fantasy Baseball, I’ve learned a couple of useful tips to get that rating.
Here are some of them.
You Will Make the Playoffs if You Keep Your Lineup Healthy
Let’s face it, if you join a public league, chances are half of the people there won’t actually stick around for the rest of the season. That means realistically you will be facing off 3 to 4 people who are serious about playing. You can ignore the rest of the dormant players and just focus on the remaining players.
This Is a War of Attrition
Baseball season is long. You just need to outlast the rest of the players. Again, since this is a public league, you aren’t really going against that many contenders. For the ones that are serious, you just need to one-up them in picking up a player on the waiver wire.
Constantly Check the Waiver Wire for Up and Coming Players
Ah, one of the many reasons why I love playing fantasy baseball. It’s a magical feeling when you pick up an up-and-coming rookie and he just destroys the balls at every at-bat. The stats are off the…
