Hitting/Pitching Split

[october]

Mixed 10-team, 5x5 straight (snake) draft league.

10 hitters, 8 pitchers (two are closers).

How should I set the hitting/pitching split, and what do the ratios mean?

[Loose Cannon]

This will depend on you and your league. If you want to favor pitching you can allocate more money to spend on the pitching side and vice versa. I would first examine your league and see how they value their players; this can help you determine your splits.

[october]

That's the problem, it's a 28-round draft without dollar values assigned.

I'll favor hitting more than pitching because it's more reliable, but don't know which split to select.

[Loose Cannon]

There was a question a while back on here about what to do with straight draft leagues. I think the info was to leave the base value at $260, and try best to assess your feelings based on the catergories you use. It is ultimately up to you for the value you place on hitting/pitching.

Here is a paste of the answer I was talking about

Originally posted by JeffH@HQ [/i]
[B]Since straight drafts don't use dollar values the best thing to do is leave it at the standard $260. It is the only way you have of compiling all your stat categories into a single value for comparison purposes. These values won't be straight draft values but they will give you an idea of how players compare to each other

[october]

Thanks very much. My remaining confusion has to do with understanding splits. If I want to favor hitting and pitching closely, do I choose 155:105? And if I want to favor hitting as much as possible over pitching, do I choose 190:70?

On another post, Jeff Howard indicated that he uses a "180/80" hitting/pitching split for straight drafts. I am not sure that I understand the theory behind the "hitting/pitching" splits for auctions (or drafts for that matter). For budget purposes, I can see skewing my dollars or draft choices in favor of hitting, but I don't how the dollar values that a pitcher is projected to earn should be reduced based upon my personal preferance for hitting over pitching.

[Loose Cannon]

October... the answer to your question is yes... 190/70 is the heaviest toward hitting

[Neil@HQ]

69% / 31%

October, I would split the values between hitting and pitching at: 69% hittting and 31% pitching. I think if you go much below 31% you won't have a balanced team coming out of the draft.

I did a straight-draft this past weekend (FSIC Experts League) and I used the 69/31 split. It worked out fantastic for me.

[october]

Thanks Neil.

I admit I'm a math moron, but I don't see a 69/31 split in the pulldown split menu. There is a 180:80 (AL 5x5) split there, which gives me 2.25 if I divide 180 by 80 (69 div. by 31 = 2.26).

Should I use the 180:80?

[RAY@HQ]

180/260 = .692 or 69.2%
80/260 = .307 or 30.7%

The 180:80 split is just about exactly what you're looking for.