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[michaelredd9]

So I have a buddy who got in a bad car accident and have been asked to do his baseball auction for him.  Unfortunately, I haven't followed baseball since 1990, except for maybe the occasional Brewer or Cub game.  So I have a week to get up to snuff.  Does anyone have any advice on the best magazine or free sites?

[BeachBum]

Wow, sorry to hear about your friend!

Most of the major sports sites have pretty good baseball stuff. CBS, Yahoo, ESPN all have lots of data, but you need to evaluate it all and make your own projections.

BTW, a good site for 'projections' is http://www.fangraphs.com/

But I'm not into auctions for baseball so none of this probably helps you for that!

Good luck!

[lkirc]

Sorry about your freind.

The best way to prepare for an auction on short notice is to get a ranking list that includes auction values. Make sure it is a list for the type of league you are in. Using an AL only list for a mixed auction league would be a disaster.

These lists will be for a standard league, probably 5 X 5. Verify your league scoring categories so you can adjust values accordingly. The auction values will probably be based on a $260 salary cap league. Verify your league's cap. If it is different, do some simple math to convert them.

The main goal in an auction is to buy value. If Matt Kemp is up for bid and your sheet has a value of $40, don't go over that amount. Try to only bid up to your value amount.
Auctions are all different. You may have to overpay for a player if all star players are being overbid on. You don't want to end up with a bunch of value guys and $50 left over after the auction.

There are lots of tips for auctions out on the web. It can be tough for a beginner.

Good luck.

[michaelredd9]

Thanks guys!  So it's a 10-man NL-only head to head league with 7 offensive categories and 6 pitching categories.  Salary cap of $260.  The best players go for $50 or $51.  Pujols once went for $55 which is the highest.  I think that's a good price for the best players.  So I'm going to try to get 3 or 4 elite players and fill in the rest of the starters with $5 and $10 players.  I'm going to mostly ignore the $20 and $30 players.  Is this dumb?

Edited by michaelredd9, 26 March 2012 - 05:49 PM.

[Moss6]

MR9 - hope your pal is recovering

Beachbum - thanks, fangraphs looks like a great site I was not aware of

[michaeljordan ca]

<sub>I've recently joined a fantasy baseball league, and have not followed in many years as well. Is there a site as good as "the Huddle" for baseball?


Thanks</sub>

[Seahawks21]

Unless your leagues are INCREDIBLY deep, you'll be able to get really good value for a few dollars late.  Don't make the mistake of passing on all of the studs because they are too expensive.  You NEED studs to win in baseball.  Don't plan on just getting a bunch of well-rounded value picks.  Spend most of your money on studs, and fill out the rest with $3 value picks late.  Also, if your league has more hitting categories than pitching categories, skip pitching all together.  Put together a tremendous offense and maybe concentrate on a pitching category or two, like ERA/Whip, and maybe saves.  Players that can play multiple positions help out a lot, especially if one of those positions is in the middle infield.