tonight is my first auction draft. any pointers??? we have rented a backroom of a bar.$40 all u can drink and eat plus tip. i was gonna wait to start drinking or else the bottom of my draft would look like fr4ancour murphy fernando martinez ike davis john maine mike pelfrey it is a roto 12 team keeper. 1st year of the keepers and we keep 9 carry overs.
i was thinking longoria in the high $30's sizemore high $20's and a combo of 2 out of the 3 lester lee josh johnson in the low $20's department.
I strongly reccomend driving the price up early! Go after the one of the two best players just to make others spend alot early. You may get stuck with one of them so make sure it is for a great player. I did this a few years ago and it worked well for me. They all thought I was really just trying to get a-rod at all cost and the guy ended up puting 40% of his pot on one player. he came in the bottom 3 in the league!
I would say that you should let you strategy change as you feel out the auction. If stars are going for less than you think they should, then jump on some of them. If the middle tier guys are going at a discount (what usually happens in my auctions), save some dough for them. Also, try to snag some good $1 sleepers.
well i started drinking the moment i walked in the room.but i had a partner so who wasnt drinking so i was comfortable getting drunk. and then my partner left half way through.it was a 5 1/2 hour draft. i got fielder for $38 ,longoria for $39 & howard for $36 haren for $22 and josh johnson for $23
That's a lot of strikeouts in there. Since you have Prince, try and trade Howard for some other needed stats. When Ryan slumps he is a strikeout machine, Prince is the better player.
