ottoneu Arb: All Questions Answered

There’s a new and improved arbitration process in ottoneu this year. The deadline for your submissions is coming up. So if you want to think out loud about the decisions on your table, we’ll try to help. We’ll give ottoneu questions the priority, but if you’ve got a auction/keeper question in general, heave ho! You never know how many people are still out of power — thoughts to our brothers and sisters on the Eastern Seabord as they dig out from under the storm.





With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.

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Matt Huntermember
11 years ago

This is more open-ended, but is it generally better to vote for cheap top prospects (Profar for $3) or more-expensive, but still relatively cheap, stars (David Wright for $25)?

(Also, as a side note, if you’re looking to join an Ottoneu league, send me an email at hunterm726@gmail.com. I’ve got a lot of spots that I’m trying to fill.)

Matt Huntermember
11 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

Thanks Eno. What if it’s the old arbitration and you only get one vote?

Chad Youngmember
11 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

I’d think about how much you would pay for those guys the next year – Wright probably goes for $40ish at auction, maybe $45, if I had to guess. Profar goes for no more than $15, mayyybe $20. Which means that Profar has $12-$17 of surplus value, while Wright has $15-$20. It’s close, but I would vote Wright.

Of course if your league values prospects more heavily (doubtful if Profar went for $1 last year), or established guys less heavily, those surplus values could change.

Tak
11 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

What if the goal was to get the owner to release that player? The $5 hometown discount is gone (right?), so there should be an equal playing field to bidding on that player.

Chad Youngmember
11 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

if you are using the old system (voting) the coupon still exists. If you are using the new system (allocation) then it is gone. If your goal is to get a player dropped, you probably have to hope all the other owners have the same goal. I am watching the allocations in my league and if, for example, Wright got up to $45, I would take any money I had put towards him away. I have no intention of letting the dollars I assign get dropped.