How well could this strategy work? or how could it be bad?

Draft all pitchers in the first 10 or so rounds, building an elite pitching staff. Then for position players just pick all speedy guys like Juan Pierre, Willy Tavares, etc... So you basically dominate all the pitching categories and you have stolen bases equaling a win.





Could this strategy work?How well could this strategy work? or how could it be bad?
And what if those 'stud' pitchers all, or even just a few, have an off year? It's not out of the question. Pitching is a real touchy thing to rely so heavily on. Hitting is much more consistent relative to pitching. You would have to find 10 pitchers that were good across the board. One or two bad ERA's or WHIP's could kill you.How well could this strategy work? or how could it be bad?
In most leagues, you have an inning limit on pitchers. Your strategy folds when you run out of innings in early August. So you lead half the year in all pitching categories, and SB's. That leaves too many holes. The second half the year all you have is SB's. A better stragedy is when it is your turn to pick, take the best player left no matter if you have that position covered or not. Then you have excellent trade bait. Good luck, I don't see short cuts winning.
Certainly, it could work, but why do you think that nobody else has thought of it before? My guess is that it did not work. By round 11, most of the speed guys are probably gone and pitchers do have off weeks.





I doubt that any experienced roto or H2H player would give this much credence.





Good luck.