Magnusfarce wrote:> > I'm fairly new to fantasy baseball, playing in a 5x5 roto league.> Here in> > year two, I find that I'm asking myself the same question again: how> do> > most players deal with the fact that catchers have so many days off?> Most> > catchers will only play maybe 80 percent of the games the other> position> > players do, and this creates a shortage in the cumulative stats like> HR's,> > RBI's, etc.> >

You could carry a second catcher and let him fill in. Catchers usually> don't catch day games after night games, or both games of a> double-header. But as to which game they play or don't play, that> sometimes is a mystery. The other option is to watch your catcher and> see if there's a particular pitcher on the staff that only pitches to> the backup catcher. Greg Maddux used to have Eddie Perez as his> "personal catcher" in Atlanta, thus giving Javy Lopez every 5th game> off. Then when you see that Pitcher X is pitching, you put in your> backup.>

Or, if you don't want to do that much work, realize that most people> are in the same boat and roll with it. Personally, that's what I do> because I just don't have the time or patience to study catcher> tendencies.>