One thing I get asked to do a lot of is to evaluate various trade offers. Many owners come to me looking for a second opinion on whether a deal is fair and I am happy to give my opinion because I have done the same thing with my friends over the years. Sometimes pulling the trigger on a deal is so much easier when you have that second opinion.
Where things get tough though, is when an owner asks me to compose a counter offer if I don’t like the deal he e-mails me.
Other Top 25 lists: SP | OF | 1B
These rankings are based on projected cumulative value over the next 5 years. Minor league players have been excluded. I tend to favor power and upside over the ‘won’t hurt you’ players. [Read more...]
By Jim Higgins
In fantasy baseball, timing is everything.
It can be the difference in picking up the next Jose Bautista, or trading Max Scherzer before he gets straightened out in the minors and closes the season on a tear. [Read more...]
By Jim Higgins
I’ve been playing around some more with the formula I have created to rank players on a keeper league basis and have decided that while a formula can give me a good structure to my list, it has to have some human adjustment. In spite of the fact that he has shown some skills at some point in the minors, there is no way you can convince me Tyler Greene will be a Top 10 shortstop in the next three years and even if Derek Jeter will be pushing 40 soon, he will still be good enough to be in the top half of the shortstop lists.
By Jim Higgins
As I have mentioned before, every keeper league and every manager’s experience is different. While many people join a keeper league during the league’s inaugural season, many of us also come in as a replacement for a dud owner who failed to pay attention to his team and just let it fall apart.
I fall into the latter category. [Read more...]
By Jim
With the World Series now over and the Hot Stove getting ready to heat up, many keeper league offseasons are now in full swing. If your league is like mine, you have already seen a few trades go through as your fellow owners try to get a jump on next year’s championship.
But before you go out and spend like your a long-lost Steinbrenner, make sure you aren’t suckered into overpaying for the guy who ends up filling the last spot on your bench. [Read more...]
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