OttoGraphs Episode 7: Early Season Advice
In this episode of OttoGraphs, we discuss some common questions new owners have early in the season, including lineup strategies and how to value free agents in 48-hour auctions. We also talk about some notable performances from the past two weeks, and what they mean for ottoneu owners, before finishing up with a quick guessing game about some of 2016’s worst performers to this point.
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Lastly, special thanks to Treemen who provided our intro and outro music. If you like what you hear, please check out their other work at http://treemen.bandcamp.com/
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Tom Oltarzewski is a musician and composer, and works at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He has been playing ottoneu baseball since 2012, and ottoneu football since its inception in 2015. Follow Tom on Twitter @tomhasopinions if you don't mind a very low ratio of baseball tweets to other topics.
Great job with the podcast so far, but you guys really need to do something about the keyboard noise in the background. Your audio quality is low as is, but the keyboard noises in the background are nearly intolerable. Also wouldn’t hurt to get some microphone recommendations from Carson or the Sleeper and the Bust guys.
Thanks! We’re working on the background noise – I think it’s been getting better each episode as I get better at editing them, so hopefully it will be smooth sailing soon 🙂
That’s actually not a keyboard click in the background. It’s Tom’s velociraptor tapping his claws, prepping for the #DinoGraphs podcast that follows each week. Either way, Tom is to blame…
Yes, audio quality has improved with each episode!
You guys mentioned a standings projection tool. Can you point me in the direction of where to locate that? I found some old posts that I think mention it, but the links to the tool didn’t work. Does that work on 5×5 leagues too, or is it designed for Pts leagues?
Here is the standings tool. Right now just designed for FGPTS leagues but may update for SABR leagues in the futures. Not sure it will ever be useful for Roto but open to ideas: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14E9TxD8wbZkuDGzOkP2Zb0xnxMO9JEP5-47cC0SNE70
Stay tuned for episode 8 too, we’re going to talk a little more about how to use the standings dashboard to help you make team decisions!
You mentioned bidding $1 on all auctions when in first place to drive the price up. Won’t this fail if the person who started the auction doesn’t actually bid on them, leaving you with a player you don’t want for $1?
No, because there is an automatic minimum bid placed by whoever starts a 48 hour auction, even if they never explicitly enter a bid.