Category Attack

During the long fantasy season there are plenty of stats out there that any owner can grab from the wire. The strategy I always use in every fantasy league is to attack certain categories throughout the year.

Attacking a category is when you find players from the waiver wire and put them into your lineup just to increase a specific stat. For example, grabbing Jonathan Broxton and putting him into your lineup to attack your ERA, WHIP, and K's for a few weeks is great. He will give you a boost in those categories and if you need to address another problem you can always drop him and grab another player.

My plan is to do this throughout the season looking at where I need to accumulate stats and then I go out and grab certain players off the waiver wire. The best time to do this is on Monday and Thursday. These two days are when major league teams travel and the schedule is light. If you pick up guys who steal on Monday and Thursday you can easily add 10-15 steals for the year.

If you have a few players on your roster that you aren't afraid to put on the wire you can grab a few players and boost specific categories throughout the year.