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Pantheon of Champions
2006, 2010 Champion's Manager: Dave, PECOTA Monkeys
2009 Champion's Manager: Matt, TINSTAAPP
2008, 2007 Champion's Manager: Rich, Replacement Levelers
Eternal Champion: Billy Beane, Oakland A's
Eternal Champion: Jek Porkins, Rebel Alliance
Eternal Champion: Charlie Pace, Driveshaft
Pantheon of Bizzaro Champions
2010 Loser's Manager: Brandon, Maniacal Mets
2009 Loser's Manager: Dave, PECOTA Monkeys
2007, 2008 Loser's Manager: Mike, Norcal Peaceniks
2006 Loser's Manager: James, LeetSauce II
Eternal Loser: Steve Phillips, New York Mets
Eternal Loser: Neil "Frogurt", Random Survivor
Eternal Loser: TK-421. Not at his post, didn't find the droids he was looking for.
4 comments:
I have a somewhat "crazy" idea for an auction keeper league. It would work like this... Everybody bids on a player except for the person who owned them last year. Once the highest bidder is determined, the person who owned the player has the opportunity to match the bid and keep the player (or maybe even get a discount). This would enhance the continuity factor of the keeper league.
this is the idea i proposed initially to determine keeper values for this year. it didn't get any support.
I think it's an interesting idea, but I don't support it if for no other reason than this auction draft is going to be long enough already (anyone reading this should prep themselves for the likelihood that this draft is going to need to take place over the course of more than one day I'd think). A not insignificant side benefit of not doing things the way you've proposed is that we will probably remove the need to bid on anywhere from 25-35 players I'd think. All of those players will be good ones that would likely result in multiple bids. Let's say each player takes up 2 minutes from nomination to final bid. Removing those players from the draft then saves us at least an hour of draft time (I think that's probably a conservative estimate).
I think it's a good idea in theory, but like Dave I fear the additional time factor. Why bother bidding on Pujols when his owner is virtually guaranteed to match the final offer and keep him? Moreover, this would introduce a whole bunch of new wrinkles into the auction. For example, factors such as whether superstar is nominated at the beginning of the draft (when everyone including the owner has the means to potentially win the bid) versus the end of the auction (when an owner might be out of money and unable to match)would be complicated to hash out at this stage of the planning. I'd be open to the idea for future seasons, but right now it's a costly change in terms of time and I'm not sure how much it would improve the process.
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