Fantasy Baseball: Draft Strategy-Playing For 2011

by faketeams on Mar 20, 2010 10:18 AM EDT

Last year, Ron Shandler rolled out a draft strategy of playing for two years down the road. It has great appeal for keeper leagues where a couple/three teams have built an awesome foundation of production.

In my NL-Only 4x4 keeper, two teams are employing the strategy this draft. I am guessing the draft inflation will be incredible up and down the Stars, Almost Stars, and Everyday ABs ladder.

Any thoughts?

Update: I am one of those teams in the UBA NL-only league that Eric (Faketeams) mentions above, and have about $240 available on draft day. I plan to buy a couple stars and a closer to deal by mid-season, to play for 2011. I have previously written about this strategy here.

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Resale value

Those that have a high likehood of being turned (see Pujols, Albert) are always expensive. It will be interesting to see if they go way above market.

by Rad on Mar 21, 2010 1:26 AM EDT reply actions

Way Above

I expected Pujols to go in the $50s. I am wondering if we see a couple more go to $50 and a lot go in the $40s i.e. Mark Reynolds

by faketeams on Mar 21, 2010 7:03 AM EDT up reply actions

draft

certainly will be interesting with Howard, Pujols, Reynolds (stupid decision), Halladay, Rollins, among others available in the draft.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 21, 2010 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions

at a certain price point

those expensive players become tough to deal due to the salary cap.

by DB11 on Mar 21, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

then I have to figure out at what price I would keep them. If you have enough cheap guys, keeping a $50 Pujols is possible.
I am curious how many owners are willing to bid that high based on how much money they have on draft day. Do you spend $50 on Pujols with $130 to spend on draft day, leaving $80 for 10+ spots? Not sure. Or do you spread it around.
Someone could get stuck with Pujols if they price enforce.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 21, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions