Of the FAAB Players How Many Have Worked Out?

[Ken]

I often have a fault at the other end of the spectrum - sticking with my guy for waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long even when he is stinking up the joint.

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[TranaGreg]

A little self reflection on my draft misses and add/drops (both successful and not) got me to thinking: I have a really hard time "forgiving" a player in-season. As an example, Hunter Dozier burned me on multiple teams draft-wise, so I am now totally blind to the fact that he might have been helpful to me the past few weeks. I would just dismiss him out of hand when considering faab bids. I think this is certainly one of my weaknesses; and often I dont even realize I am doing it (I just scroll right past him or whatever). Anyone else have this same issue? Did you get over it? I can forgive a guy from one season to the next but one month to the next...ugh

definitely can relate - if I've dropped a guy in June I wouldn't even consider him in Aug or Sept ... and I'm sure I've missed out on a few because of it. But then part of me says that if I picked him up again and he sank my finish I couldn't forgive myself ... so I guess I'm ok with it.

[Teenwolf]

A little self reflection on my draft misses and add/drops (both successful and not) got me to thinking: I have a really hard time "forgiving" a player in-season. As an example, Hunter Dozier burned me on multiple teams draft-wise, so I am now totally blind to the fact that he might have been helpful to me the past few weeks. I would just dismiss him out of hand when considering faab bids. I think this is certainly one of my weaknesses; and often I dont even realize I am doing it (I just scroll right past him or whatever). Anyone else have this same issue? Did you get over it? I can forgive a guy from one season to the next but one month to the next...ugh

I find the best way to stay objective is to follow MLB box scores instead of my fantasy teams. It gives you added perspective and helps immensely in finding replacement options. I find that when I only follow my teams without checking the bigger picture, I'm less likely to make a timely move.

My biggest lesson this year is the importance of strong bench options to negate injuries. My 4th place finish has me with about 500 AB less than any of the top 3. So trading Joe Wendle for a prospect (J. Rutledge) and a minor pick swap before the season was a huge mistake. Like baseball, roto is all about making the necessary adjustments.

[chancellor]

Especially if it's a guy I drafted as a prospect.

Yup. Me too. If I get a player as a low draft pick/low to moderate auction price, I have a lot less of an issue punting on them. But if I snagged them as a prospect, or worse yet, made what I thought was a great trade to get said prospect....yeah....dumping them even when deserving is almost not happening for me.

[DMT]

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Zing!

[DMT]

Pretty mixed bag in my 12-team mixed. Didn't draft any closers so scrambled early for them but am still going to end the season with only 5 points in saves, and I'm currently starting 9 SPs.

3/30 $5 Bassitt pre-Opening Day (he somehow went undrafted), $10 Romano meh
4/6 Webb $1 then dropped, oof, $5 R Rodriguez, dropped
4/13 $8 Y Garcia, dropped, $5 Trivino, $2 Kennedy, dropped
4/20 $1 Longoria, mostly hurt, $1 Duvall, dropped
5/18 $5 Schwarber literally the week before he went off
5/25 $6 Danny Santana, barf
6/8 $1 Gomber, solid
6/29 $3 Straw, very nice
7/6 $2 Smyly, dropped
8/3 $6 Josiah Gray, solid, $3 Detmers, dropped, $1 Adell, dropped
8/24 $5:Mikolas, hopeful, $2 R Suarez, solid start yesterday

CGSO today, and Suarez has emerged as a possible keeper at $5.