ROTISSERIE REVISITED: Spread the Risk vs. Stars and Scrubs

(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.)

Two of the most common auction draft strategies are Stars and Scrubs (S&S) and Spread the Risk (STR). We covered this a few years ago in this article. If you're unfamiliar with the strategies or just want a refresher, it makes for a good read. We concluded that while both systems had their strengths and weaknesses, Stars and Srubs was probably a better fit for pitching, while Spread the Risk was better for hitting.

Time have changed, though. Given the large shift in the balance of power from hitting to...

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