You can play in many different sized league universes (All day, Early games, Late Games, etc) and if you look at a player at a position in a 3 or 4 game match and you know in your heart of hearts that he's the only really good play at that position, you have two choices:
2. You can grab some lesser player on a flyer hoping to play the contrarian.
If you choose option one, you just have to make your other picks better than the other guy. You're playing a 9 or 8 or 7 man game with the remaining players. This is a bit annoying, but it is what it is, just accept it.
If you choose option two, there is a good chance that every single team you play head to head and more than half of teams in larger league games will have that guy. Your night will be made or broken with that decision. But if you remember, you already knew there was only one good option there, so when every team gets a good night out of the guy you passed over, you're going to lose nearly all of your games.
This is the principle in abstract terms.
The concrete example is that if you take Jimmy Paredes at 3B over Josh Donaldson, and Mr. Donaldson does what he is wont to do, you're going to lose most if not all of your games. But on the bright side, you did save $3200 of lineup money, which is useless after the games.
The Blue Jay Third Basemen cost me $15 bucks tonight. Lesson learned.
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