I am going to be drafting my team for a keeper league I just joined in a couple weeks and was wanting to hear some your thoughts on guys to avoid in a keeper draft.
Should I avoid drafting drafting old guys like Smoltz and Randy Johnson? Of course if they fall to a late round I could grab them.
Also what about avoiding guys like Thome and Sweeney that are injured a lot?
thanks guys
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Well I don't mind in a keeper draft taking old guys like Smoltz or RJ as long as I don't take them with every pick of my top picks, spread it around a little bit, if you get an old guy like them grab a young Bay, or Tex, or MCab. Smoltz and RJ's value definitely do go down in a keeper draft but not significantly. They are still say 4th or 5th round material I believe in a keeper draft.
I wouldnt change the way you usually draft by much. I am a believe that even in a keeper league you get the best players you can regardless of age and try to win this year. You can worry about next year when it comes. One of the biggest mistakes I see when I look at keeper drafts are people who try to draft young players and are always trying to build for next year.
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Bump young guys with alot of potential up a few rounds (Wright, Cabrera, F Hernandez) Bump old guys who seem to be slowing down or are just old down a few spots (Randy, Smoltz, Schilling) If you get stuck with any of those guys they are impossible to trade. Play the first round like you normally would and go for sure things, then when u hit maybe the 3rd or 4th round take some younger guys. And in the last few rounds take guys with big upside and high ceilings perferably young. 30 is still young. The guys that you need to push back a round or two are guys that are 36+
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is there a specific reason that you are drafting in the fall? i would reccomend to wait until spring training so you dont get screwed by injuries and guys changing places i.e. soriano
kentx12 wrote:I wouldnt change the way you usually draft by much. I am a believe that even in a keeper league you get the best players you can regardless of age and try to win this year. You can worry about next year when it comes. One of the biggest mistakes I see when I look at keeper drafts are people who try to draft young players and are always trying to build for next year.
Oh I so agree ..
worry about your keepers once the season is over, not before it begins.
This is the single biggest mistake people make in a keeper league
kentx12 wrote:I wouldnt change the way you usually draft by much. I am a believe that even in a keeper league you get the best players you can regardless of age and try to win this year. You can worry about next year when it comes. One of the biggest mistakes I see when I look at keeper drafts are people who try to draft young players and are always trying to build for next year.
draft just like you normally do,,, maybe bump up a younger player a few spots,,, and maybe bump down a cagey veteran a spot or 2..... but no more than that... winning the first year is more important than winning year 4.....
kentx12 wrote:I wouldnt change the way you usually draft by much. I am a believe that even in a keeper league you get the best players you can regardless of age and try to win this year. You can worry about next year when it comes. One of the biggest mistakes I see when I look at keeper drafts are people who try to draft young players and are always trying to build for next year.
Oh I so agree ..
worry about your keepers once the season is over, not before it begins.
This is the single biggest mistake people make in a keeper league
Couldn't have said it better myself. raiders makes a great point too.
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by BravesGuy » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:24 pm 
