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How about some insight into past free agent auction strategy's? Spend early? Save for late? Your thoughts.
Joe
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Each auction evolves in a different manner. You should go in with a plan, but be prepared to adapt to what your leaguemates are giving you during the auction.
If you have a solid set of dollar figures for all the players, as the auction unfolds you'll be able to get a feel for whether or not to be bold early or to sit back and wait.
Best advice - know the player pool by position inside and out.
[ February 05, 2010, 03:57 PM: Message edited by: Sack ]
If you have a solid set of dollar figures for all the players, as the auction unfolds you'll be able to get a feel for whether or not to be bold early or to sit back and wait.
Best advice - know the player pool by position inside and out.
[ February 05, 2010, 03:57 PM: Message edited by: Sack ]
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Originally posted by Sack:
Each auction evolves in a different manner. You should go in with a plan, but be prepared to adapt to what your leaguemates are giving you during the auction.
If you have a solid set of dollar figures for all the players, as the auction unfolds you'll be able to get a feel for whether or not to be bold early or to sit back and wait.
Best advice - know the player pool by position inside and out. and know when to back out when the bidding on Phil Hughes gets out of control. Sometimes it pays to have the shorter stack. I ended up settling for Jon Lester.
Each auction evolves in a different manner. You should go in with a plan, but be prepared to adapt to what your leaguemates are giving you during the auction.
If you have a solid set of dollar figures for all the players, as the auction unfolds you'll be able to get a feel for whether or not to be bold early or to sit back and wait.
Best advice - know the player pool by position inside and out. and know when to back out when the bidding on Phil Hughes gets out of control. Sometimes it pays to have the shorter stack. I ended up settling for Jon Lester.
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FAST MONEY, apparently SACK did not understand your question. Bidding on "free agents" during in-season, u bid strong on players that are of need/want due to injury or poor performance. By all star break you should have $200+ remaining and when September arrives, u want $50+ ($10 per week). Hope this answers your question.
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Originally posted by Catch:
FAST MONEY, apparently SACK did not understand your question. Bidding on "free agents" during in-season, u bid strong on players that are of need/want due to injury or poor performance. By all star break you should have $200+ remaining and when September arrives, u want $50+ ($10 per week). Hope this answers your question. Is dinner on you in Vegas?
Did your name disappear off the sign up page for the lower level leagues?
FAST MONEY, apparently SACK did not understand your question. Bidding on "free agents" during in-season, u bid strong on players that are of need/want due to injury or poor performance. By all star break you should have $200+ remaining and when September arrives, u want $50+ ($10 per week). Hope this answers your question. Is dinner on you in Vegas?
Did your name disappear off the sign up page for the lower level leagues?
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Originally posted by Fast Money:
Thanks Catch. I'm new this year and just trying to educate myself. hardest thing to adjust to in this game
not much anyone can do to help you either b/c every league is it's own beast
i do like catch's advice for rule of thumb though
biggest mistake newbies make is hording too much money
not many players on waivers that will have a huge impact after July 1
those that do are scooped up on a big overbid by the guy that did keep his stack high
Thanks Catch. I'm new this year and just trying to educate myself. hardest thing to adjust to in this game
not much anyone can do to help you either b/c every league is it's own beast
i do like catch's advice for rule of thumb though
biggest mistake newbies make is hording too much money
not many players on waivers that will have a huge impact after July 1
those that do are scooped up on a big overbid by the guy that did keep his stack high
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Like I said I'm new. Was this directed to me? I can afford to buy dinner, not sure I want to. I plan on joining the ultimate group and getting schooled for a year.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Joe
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Like I said I'm new. Was this directed to me? I can afford to buy dinner, not sure I want to. I plan on joining the ultimate group and getting schooled for a year.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Joe
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Originally posted by Fast Money:
Like I said I'm new. Was this directed to me? I can afford to buy dinner, not sure I want to. I plan on joining the ultimate group and getting schooled for a year.
Thanks. No Catch..sorry
Like I said I'm new. Was this directed to me? I can afford to buy dinner, not sure I want to. I plan on joining the ultimate group and getting schooled for a year.
Thanks. No Catch..sorry
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Originally posted by Fast Money:
Like I said I'm new. Was this directed to me? I can afford to buy dinner, not sure I want to. I plan on joining the ultimate group and getting schooled for a year.
Thanks. Sounds like fun!
[ February 07, 2010, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: CC's Desperados ]
Like I said I'm new. Was this directed to me? I can afford to buy dinner, not sure I want to. I plan on joining the ultimate group and getting schooled for a year.
Thanks. Sounds like fun!
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Originally posted by Fast Money:
Thanks CC I'll take a Whopper at the break!
Thanks CC I'll take a Whopper at the break!
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Lower level leagues?
[ February 05, 2010, 11:50 PM: Message edited by: Catch ]
[ February 05, 2010, 11:50 PM: Message edited by: Catch ]
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CHEST:
"and know when to back out when the bidding on Phil Hughes gets out of control. Sometimes it pays to have the shorter stack. I ended up settling for Jon Lester."
That sure was alot of fun! Paid for that bid the rest of the season. Glad I can look back on that now and have some laughs. Hope to see you out in Vegas.
KM
"and know when to back out when the bidding on Phil Hughes gets out of control. Sometimes it pays to have the shorter stack. I ended up settling for Jon Lester."
That sure was alot of fun! Paid for that bid the rest of the season. Glad I can look back on that now and have some laughs. Hope to see you out in Vegas.
KM
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TOM Z WEST:
Nice CATCH on your part. I read the title page and didn't realize Easy Money was speaking about the FAAB.
You are MUCH better equipped to discuss both easy money and faab dollars. You've always been much better at holding on to both. Some would say EXPERT.
Nice CATCH on your part. I read the title page and didn't realize Easy Money was speaking about the FAAB.
You are MUCH better equipped to discuss both easy money and faab dollars. You've always been much better at holding on to both. Some would say EXPERT.
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DESPERADO:
"I'll take a Whopper at the break!"
Only shot you have here is if the Vegas Burger King has a buy one GET one free coupon in circulation. Trust me on this one.
"I'll take a Whopper at the break!"
Only shot you have here is if the Vegas Burger King has a buy one GET one free coupon in circulation. Trust me on this one.
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Originally posted by Fast Money:
How about some insight into past free agent auction strategy's? Spend early? Save for late? Your thoughts. I don't have any FAAB strategy, but looking up last year's results for each league and then seeing where diamonds in the rough like David Aardsma went last year is a good starting point. By looking at past history, you'll see where some owners saw him getting the closer's job earlier than others and how little they paid for him. Then you'll see what the variances in prices were for him once he was named the closer. He's just one example. There are others throughout the year.
Anyway, you can find 2009's FAAB listings week by week by going to:
Just go to General NFBC Discussion Forum
In the upper right hand corner pull down the screen that says "Show Posts From Last 45 Days" to "Show Posts From Last Year"
Then you'll have like 31 pages or something. Find the first weekend of the baseball season, like April 11th date. There you'll see a thread called Week 1 Winning FAAB Bids. All of them are listed there. And then just keep going back each week (April 18, April 25, etc.) and you'll find all of the week's listings. There you'll see where some guys like David Aardsma went before they became fantasy stars and how much they went for. Things like that.
I hope this helps.
How about some insight into past free agent auction strategy's? Spend early? Save for late? Your thoughts. I don't have any FAAB strategy, but looking up last year's results for each league and then seeing where diamonds in the rough like David Aardsma went last year is a good starting point. By looking at past history, you'll see where some owners saw him getting the closer's job earlier than others and how little they paid for him. Then you'll see what the variances in prices were for him once he was named the closer. He's just one example. There are others throughout the year.
Anyway, you can find 2009's FAAB listings week by week by going to:
Just go to General NFBC Discussion Forum
In the upper right hand corner pull down the screen that says "Show Posts From Last 45 Days" to "Show Posts From Last Year"
Then you'll have like 31 pages or something. Find the first weekend of the baseball season, like April 11th date. There you'll see a thread called Week 1 Winning FAAB Bids. All of them are listed there. And then just keep going back each week (April 18, April 25, etc.) and you'll find all of the week's listings. There you'll see where some guys like David Aardsma went before they became fantasy stars and how much they went for. Things like that.
I hope this helps.
Greg Ambrosius
Founder, National Fantasy Baseball Championship
General Manager, Consumer Fantasy Games at SportsHub Technologies
Twitter - @GregAmbrosius
Founder, National Fantasy Baseball Championship
General Manager, Consumer Fantasy Games at SportsHub Technologies
Twitter - @GregAmbrosius