Calculating $$$ Values

[mblax10]

Do you know in March if you'll be in the top or bottom cluster in October?

[jbird669]

This is a GREAT post that I stumbled on 7 years after the fact and it's still very useful. I do want to throw in one wrinkle: How does this change with keeper values?

[Broncmet724]

Do the $ amounts the same, just add a category for age, and if two players are similar, go for the younger player

[flloyd]

You're thinking of the problem of draft inflation. A Google search will help you but here are some quick links.

http://www.stallvalue.com/svedi.htm
http://www.kffl.com/a.php/95270/mlb/How ... -inflation
http://www.lastplayerpicked.com/keeping-better-players/

[mdecav]

This is a GREAT post that I stumbled on 7 years after the fact and it's still very useful. I do want to throw in one wrinkle: How does this change with keeper values?

Step 1: You run the values of all hitters/pitchers as if there are no keepers. Say the sum is $1000.

Step 2: For those players who are keepers, exchange their values in Step 1 for their keeper values. Your total sum of all players in Step 2 is now, say $900.

Step 3: For those players who are not keepers, you now need to evenly inflate the players who are not keepers a certain percentage, which will be HIGHER than ($1000/$900) because you are not inflating the keepers. You will have to play with that percentage so that total value of all players (keepers and non-keepers) equal $1000.