(*) ALTERNATIVE: Applying HQ tools to daily contests - first results
May 30 2012
We recently decided it was time to take our trusty HQ toolset and test-drive it against the latest growth area of the fantasy gaming industry: one-day games. In these formats, you pick a roster (against a salary cap) for one night's play only. Last week, we took advantage of a free promotion offered to HQ subscribers by DraftStreet.com, and used that opportunity to play our first one-day game.
How did we do? Not bad, for our first time: We finished 16th of 84 entries in this particular event. Let's look in a bit more detail at what went wrong and what went right:
Successes: the offense
C: Alex Avila (HQ: $4994; DS: $5205): 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 KO: 10 pts
1B: Albert Pujols (HQ: $18457; DS: $5396): 1-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 GDP:...
Almost!
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