It doesn’t exist. But we keep hoping.
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Feb 27 '12
Ah - but if it's down to those two left bidding on Halladay - what does the bid limit become for team A ($40 bid limit)? Because if he keeps his limit at $40, he's just handed team B an additional 9 bucks in the auction.
Or is that too 9th dimensional chess?
Feb 27 '12
I use kind of a gut-feeling, buzz-worthy assignment of extra dollars.
Heading into your auction, based on the news and your own league makeup, it's pretty easy to identify those guys that everyone 'loves' this year.
There's no need to put an extra buck or two on Rafael Furcal or Chipper Jones, just slap an extra buck on Jordan Zimmerman or Strasburg.
I also then put extra $ to the things I need. For example, in the PCL I've got pretty good offense and suspect pitching. So I'd more likely give extra money to Cliff Lee and Kershaw than to Kemp and Braun, even though all four probably deserve it.
Oh, and if you need to find 12 more dollars, just give it to Joey Votto, because apparently he's worth whatever you decide to pay.
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If we both agree that Roy Halladay will earn about 32 and that the overall league inflation is 20%, but you assign it evenly (giving Halladay a price of 38) and I assign it with 2/3 to the top half (giving me a price of 41 for Halladay) and we both are "true to our prices" then I will generally score the cadillac players.
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