auction always seems novel but I think I would give myself a panic attack or something trying to figure it all out and not end up with the worlds shittiest team and like, pujols.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
That's what makes it so awesome! The risk of drafting poorly is sooooo much higher.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
so how does that work anyways? are you bidding against other teams - or is there a set price for players or what?or what.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
You are bidding against other teams. Poly is correct about the risk, but there's additional tension as it's a little like monopoly or eBay -- you want to deplete other team's resources. If I hate Jeter but my projections say he's worth $10 and he's about to go for $4 then I price enforce with an $8 bid.. and I might be stuck holding the bag.
The main problem is that these drafts can last 4+ hours, really more of an in person thing.
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
btw milo z that sounds like a horrifying situation
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
If you do in-person leagues at all, I highly recommend auctions. Much more fun, much more exciting, and it seems to involve people in their teams more than if they just drafted.
One league I made up the rules for has a small roster (one apiece at each infield spot, three outfield, one UT/DH, six pitchers) and a cap of $220. Your entry fee is whatever your team initially cost. Aside from the usual 'nominate someone you don't want to flush out the money' gamesmanship (which is totes fun), you also have to weigh whether that late-in-the-auction player is worth five real dollars or if you're content to wait for a one-dollar player. And it hurts just a little more when you're actually dropping $70 on Pujols and he shatters every bone in his body on the first play of Opening Day.
For our keeper leagues, prices increase by a set amount each year based on what their salary was last year (so a $1-5 player becomes $7, $6-10 becomes $12, etc. on up to topping out at $54). So you can keep that rookie $1 steal forever, if you want, but after six years he'll cost you $54 and from then on you can keep him forever at that. Or if you buy Pujols this year for $60 you keep him forever at that (or don't).
I don't like the free agent bidding process in the season, too complicated. We do reverse-order pickups, and any new pickup starts at a salary of $5 or $10 depending on the league.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Found Fantrax, they seem awesome, and they're half the price per league Fanball was last year.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Also if you realize you have a shitty team right off the bat (you chickened out on buying any superstars, etc.) it's fun to try and steal young cheap players during the auction and build for the future. Only applicable if you don't care about losing money this year and you're sure it will be around down the road. I first played in one of my leagues in 1990, when I was 9 (and won! courtesy Bobby Thigpen and Cecil Fielder), so I'm pretty comfortable in assuming we can keep them going from year to year.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
impressive!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
someone plz alert me when HACKING MASS goesup in late March, thx
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link
let's say I had 30 minutes to prepare for an (online) auction draft when I'd never done one before...
what would be good to keep in mind?
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm. get drunk asap.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ah - positional scarcity maybe?
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
am getting drunk tbh!
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
is there some half-decent cheatsheet w/r/t player values?
why is ~$260 the amount instead of some nice round number?
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
When I get to pick the guy who's up for bidding, I always pick guys I know I don't want at all and let other people spend their money, so I have more money left over for the guys I do want.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://games-ak.espn.go.com/s/flbdraftkit/11/mlbdk2k11_300.pdf?addata%3D2011%3Dflbdft_cht_sht_300_xxx&pli=1
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i've never done an auction before, so i'm no real help - aside from encouraging you to drink.sort of jealous tho - would love to try one sometimes (2 teams is enough for me).
xposts
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
nice, thanks pp
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i seriously had a dream/nightmare that i signed up for a 3rd
― bnw, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
that espn list - is that fine for a 10 person $262 league? the values seem a lot lower
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link
here's what I ended up with:
c - brian mccann1b - miguel cabrera2b - kinsler3b - arodss - jimmy rollinsof - ryan bruan - ichiro - grady sizemore (this spot will be the ??? zone) util - justin morneau
bn - rajai davis, brian roberts, ryan raburn, ike davis
sp - sabathia, verlander rp - jonathan broxton, leo nunez p - chad billingsley, david aardsma, phil hughes
bn - matt garza, jaime garcia, cj wilson, jonny venters
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 05:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I like auction more than I thought I would, I think I prefer it even
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 05:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks good to me!
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
CJ Wilson and Chad Billinsgley are most definitely starting pitchers!
― Mark C, Monday, 21 March 2011 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd really like to try auction.. curious about the new fangraphs WAR leagues too, just don't have any time before opening day to sit through a 5-6 hour auction without distractions.
― sanskrit, Monday, 21 March 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
how long did the draft take?
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
bout 3 hours, sorta draining
― iatee, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd love to do a slow draft auction.. nominate multiple players at once online and rather than a minute clock have the gavel go down a day or two after bids cease.
― sanskrit, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Brandon Funston is the ugliest fantasy sports expert.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
in a keeper league that i won last yr i just noticed how unbelievably stacked on of my opponents teams is, shit is nuts
tulokempvottobautistafielderposey
+tabata
not much pitching but grienke & wainwright on the dl
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 April 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
have my draft tonight & feel so unprepared!
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
have the 3rd pick -- how are ppl ranking say -
kemp miggybraunpujols
?
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
i cant believe i just got big game james in the 5th rd
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 15 March 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
didnt mean to but i got the brewers projected 3-4-5 hm
1. (3) Ryan Braun(Mil - OF)2. (22) Cliff Lee (Phi - SP) K3. (27) Michael Young(Tex - 1B,2B,3B)4. (46) Aramis Ramirez(Mil - 3B)5. (51) James Shields(TB - SP)6. (70) Billy Butler(KC - 1B)7. (75) Brian Wilson (SF - RP) K8. (94) J.J. Hardy(Bal - SS)9. (99) David Ortiz(Bos - Util)10. (118) Mark Trumbo(LAA - 1B,OF)11. (123) Tyler Clippard(Was - RP)12. (142) Logan Morrison(Mia - OF)13. (147) Ryan Roberts(Ari - 2B,3B)14. (166) Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF) K15. (171) Jeff Francoeur(KC - OF)16. (190) Miguel Montero (Ari - C) K17. (195) Doug Fister (Det - SP) K18. (214) Jordan Walden (LAA - RP) K19. (219) Matt Moore (TB - RP) K20. (238) Bud Norris(Hou - SP)21. (243) Johan Santana(NYM - SP)22. (262) Joaquin Benoit(Det - RP)23. (267) R.A. Dickey(NYM - SP)24. (286) Mat Gamel(Mil - Util)
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 15 March 2012 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
You got fuckIng Matt Moore in the 19th fucking round?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 15 March 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
keeper from last yr
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 15 March 2012 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
oh.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
i guess that explains McCutchen too.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
i had a draft last weekend that was Al only and by the end - i didn't even know who i was drafting.curious to see what ILBB thinks of the trivial decisions i was making towards the end...i picked Jarred Parker over Brad Peacock and Dayan Viciedo over Alejandro De Aza.none of whom i'd heard of before that draft had started!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
h2h league has gotten p interesting w/ everyone wise 2 streaming sps as much, i find myself picking up really marginal guys defensively just in case my opponent adds them and they throw a weird, not uncommon last week-ish gem
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 September 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
streaming sps?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
fortunately my opponent streamed carlos villanueva 2nght -__-
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
As did I in an h2h league. oh, vanillawafer.
― sanskrit, Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
the worst thing in the world is being forced to stream like crazy because your opponent is streaming like crazy, and you can't bring up the possibility of an IP limit because the commissioner does it too
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 22 September 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
it is on some game theory nuclear elevation ish
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 22 September 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
10 team league drawn from folks on an o's messageboard at which i post. i slept through part of the draft. league allows for 5 dl slots and two util positions offensively.
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― j.q higgins, Friday, March 21, 2008 10:19 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i want to know what messageboard and what league this was, i might've been in it
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 22 September 2012 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
not sure if i'll join but came across this insanely complicated slow draft league kicking off this weekend where you are limited by real contracts and a $100 million payroll: http://homeruntrot.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=leaguerules&action=display&thread=3
keeper league with a minor league draft too. reminded me of clemenza's work on 2012 WAR/salary value plays, not that I can find that thread.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
think u mean z_s
2012 awards thread
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
yep it was z_s, nice work there.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 17 January 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link