The fantasy baseball market has many formats and league sizes, especially in auctions. I’ve played in American and National League formats with 12 teams plus 15-team mixed leagues. Each setup could also have keepers (players held for more than one year) or trading, which changes all players' value during the auction. Over the last 20+ seasons, I’ve played in the high-stakes fantasy market where there is no trading, which puts pressure on a fantasy manager to develop a winning plan before the auction.
The first high-stakes NFBC auction I witnessed as a spectator, was in Vegas. An A.L. only, you were the defending champion, and you paid full price for Arod, right out of the gate. A couple picks later, Longoria was called. Arod and Longoria were far and away the two most valuable 3B that year. The rest of the inventory was way behind those two. When you entered the bidding for Longoria, I assumed you were price enforcing. You kept pushing, and I realized you meant it. You bought him for $38, slightly higher than market. Lightbulb moment for me.
A couple years later, 2012, we competed in another A.L. only, NFBC auction. As I expected, you came out firing, bought your base players, and kept a little $ behind for the endgame. Just enough, because you ended up out-bidding me, $7 to my $6, for some Angel's rookie outfielder.
The first high-stakes NFBC auction I witnessed as a spectator, was in Vegas. An A.L. only, you were the defending champion, and you paid full price for Arod, right out of the gate. A couple picks later, Longoria was called. Arod and Longoria were far and away the two most valuable 3B that year. The rest of the inventory was way behind those two. When you entered the bidding for Longoria, I assumed you were price enforcing. You kept pushing, and I realized you meant it. You bought him for $38, slightly higher than market. Lightbulb moment for me.
A couple years later, 2012, we competed in another A.L. only, NFBC auction. As I expected, you came out firing, bought your base players, and kept a little $ behind for the endgame. Just enough, because you ended up out-bidding me, $7 to my $6, for some Angel's rookie outfielder.
see you in Vegas.