RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 1/12/14

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January 12, 2014

Episode 86
Today’s episode of The Sleeper and the Bust is a very special one. I make my triumphant return to hosting duties and am joined by both RotoGraphs editor Eno Sarris and six-time Tout Wars champion Larry Schechter. We discuss Larry’s new book, Winning Fantasy Baseball, and talk auction and snake draft strategy.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @mikepodhorzer or @enosarris on Twitter and tweet us any fantasy questions you have that we may answer on our next episode.

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Intro by DJ Sinton (no, contrary to popular belief, I do not moonlight as a rap star)

Approximately 45 min of fun.

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Mike Podhorzer is the 2015 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Baseball Writer of the Year. He produces player projections using his own forecasting system and is the author of the eBook Projecting X 2.0: How to Forecast Baseball Player Performance, which teaches you how to project players yourself. His projections helped him win the inaugural 2013 Tout Wars mixed draft league. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikePodhorzer and contact him via email.

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Froglegs Jackson
10 years ago

Do you guys ever go *against* your auction values? If you have a player valued at $7, and the bidding stops there, you wouldn’t be willing to pay $1 extra dollar? Seems like a boring way to draft.

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Mike Podhorzermember
10 years ago
Reply to  Froglegs Jackson

Boring? If your goal is to win, then you trust your values. If you just want to have fun, do whatever you want!

I’d pay the extra buck if I knew I was at risk of not spending all my money. That’s really the only reason to overpay. It’s great to get all your players at 80% of your value, but if you only spent $230 of your $260, then your auction was still a failure. The goal of the auction is to get the most value from your $260. The only way to do that is to buy as many players for as large a discount as possible. Period.

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