My favorite fantasy baseball statistical categories:

1) OBP- A hitter’s ability to get on base is the most important skill he has.
2) WHIP- Guess what? This is a reasonable approximation for opponents’ OBP.
3) HR- Chicks dig the long ball, and so does everyone else. Power is the second most important skill for a hitter to have.
4) K- The ability to strike batters out is a very important skill for a pitcher to possess.
5) SLG- While OBP tells us how often a hitter reaches base, SLG tells us his ability to drive runners home.

5 common fantasy baseball statistical categories that I could do without:

1) W- A pitcher does not control how good his team’s offense or bullpen is.
2) RBI- Vinny Castilla led the league in RBI last year. What does that tell us? That he hit cleanup on the Colorado Rockies.
3) R- A player's ability to score runs is not only affected by his teammates after him in the lineup, but also by the ones before him. (If they get on first base often, a player can get on base and potentially score runs just by hitting into force outs.)
4) SV- Danny Graves was on a record-setting pace for saves last year. This year? He was cut from his team.
5) ERA- As much as people seem to like ERA, it has plenty of problems. The fact that a homerun can sometimes be an unearned run is just ridiculous. I wish opponents' SLG could be used in Yahoo leagues. It’d be a better complement to opponents' OBP (WHIP).

And while I'm doing some wishful thinking, it'd be great if Yahoo had Net Steals (SB - 2*CS) as a category.