When trying to decide which hitters will ultimately deliver the best results, you have to take more than just pure talent into question. I consider there to be three major factors in how a player will fare the rest of the season. They are:
1. Ball Park Conditions: Where do they play? If the skills were somewhat evenly matched, I’d take someone that played in Colorado over San Diego any day. Bigger parks mean the hitter’s really gotta send it out of the stadium to hit dingers. This should be common sense. Duh.
2. League: I always prefer AL hitters to NL hitters. Again, it just makes sense. AL hitters have an extra batter (the DH) to knock them in or get on base to have you knock them in. The 9 hole hitter in the NL will bat around .080, if you’re lucky, whereas your AL 9 hole hitter should be hitting at least at .200.
3. Surrounding Lineup: If you have a lot of talent around you, it pays off. Another common sense nugget. Duh. The more quality hitters around your player, the more chances at RBIs they’ll have The more chances to score they’ll have. They’ll even be pitched to different. Always take the surrounding players into consideration.
Keep these things in mind and you'll form the strongest fantasy lineup.
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