Start-up Auction Using Guaranteed Values
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 10:07 pm
I'm joining my first salary cap league (1QB/2RB/3WR/3FLEX/1SFLEX 10 teams) and they're picking a rather unconventional way to do the start up auction. 20 players are going to be nominated at a time. Bidding will be slow-paced and you win a player if your bid is the highest for 24 hours, at which time you'll nominate another player.
That all I can deal with. The thing I'm having trouble with is that it looks like we're going to use guaranteed contract value instead of one-year contract value to determine who wins the auctions. So for example, if I bid $20 for 1 year on a guy and another guy bids $7 for 3 years then the other guy will win. Also there is a cap on total contract years you can hand out.
It seems to me like every stud player is going to be on a 4 year contract, whether that makes any real sense or not. At QB and WR I guess that isn't such a terrible thing, but at RB it seems like a nightmare. There's a vanishingly small handful of RBs I would be comfortable handing a 4 year deal to and those guys are going to be the ones everyone is going after.
I kind of see two strategies I could use. The first would be to go all-out for at least one of those young stud RBs, potentially two, and build around them. The idea is that I'll be able to find mid-tier WRs that I'm at least somewhat confident will have value in 3-4 years, but I can't say the same about RBs.
The second would be to go with a 'traditional' 0-RB strategy. I can start 5 WRs if I want, and it'll help lower my risk of getting stuck with more dud contracts. If I let the other teams blow their money on the RBs then hopefully I can pick up some good and ascendant WRs and build up around there.
Does anyone have experience with this sort of start up draft? Any advice/articles/podcasts that deal specifically with guaranteed value auctioning?
That all I can deal with. The thing I'm having trouble with is that it looks like we're going to use guaranteed contract value instead of one-year contract value to determine who wins the auctions. So for example, if I bid $20 for 1 year on a guy and another guy bids $7 for 3 years then the other guy will win. Also there is a cap on total contract years you can hand out.
It seems to me like every stud player is going to be on a 4 year contract, whether that makes any real sense or not. At QB and WR I guess that isn't such a terrible thing, but at RB it seems like a nightmare. There's a vanishingly small handful of RBs I would be comfortable handing a 4 year deal to and those guys are going to be the ones everyone is going after.
I kind of see two strategies I could use. The first would be to go all-out for at least one of those young stud RBs, potentially two, and build around them. The idea is that I'll be able to find mid-tier WRs that I'm at least somewhat confident will have value in 3-4 years, but I can't say the same about RBs.
The second would be to go with a 'traditional' 0-RB strategy. I can start 5 WRs if I want, and it'll help lower my risk of getting stuck with more dud contracts. If I let the other teams blow their money on the RBs then hopefully I can pick up some good and ascendant WRs and build up around there.
Does anyone have experience with this sort of start up draft? Any advice/articles/podcasts that deal specifically with guaranteed value auctioning?