How to set settings for auction draft

gehrenberg   3/24/2014 12:14 PM

I have an auction draft tonight in a standard 12 team Yahoo league and was wondering how I can find the projected dollar values for each player. Thanks!

mbuser   3/24/2014 12:45 PM

Make sure your League Settings are dialed in first:

The, on the Projections/Rankings pages, make sure you have "Dollars" selected as a Display Column:

gehrenberg   3/24/2014 1:03 PM

Thanks! But I have a budget of $260 for all players what percent should be used on hitters and what percent on pitchers in a standard yahoo league?

liam4  3/24/2014 1:37 PM

i asked the same question and the answer that came, 160 for hitters, 100 pitchers, worked well for me.

mbuser   3/24/2014 3:23 PM

That's a 60/40 split and is solid. It could also depend a bit on your room and what you are comfortable drafting. Lots of debate on this subject, and a lot of the "don't pay for SP" crowd suggests 70/30 (180/80). You could split the difference and go 65/35 (170/90).

gehrenberg   3/24/2014 7:53 PM

Thanks for all the help guys

gehrenberg   3/25/2014 1:39 PM

Thanks guys here's how I ended up it was a Yahoo pro league it was pretty easy to find some value late in the draft. I ended up punting steals so the one regret I have is drafting Hosmer. Any suggestions?

12 Teams | 13 Hitters Per Team $170 Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R BA] | 9 Pitchers Per Team $90 Per Team [5 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO]

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
3	28	0.57	Hosmer, Eric		KC	1B	154		596	80	171	88	51	97	0.287	19	13	0.08	1.23	0.09	0.51	0.93
3	33	0.47	Posey, Buster		SF	C/1B	147		542	77	163	88	64	82	0.300	19	2	0.07	1.24	-0.85	0.24	1.66
4	37	0.40	Beltran, Carlos		NYY	OF	146		564	79	157	88	48	97	0.278	24	3	0.76	1.24	-0.75	0.45	0.30
4	40	0.36	Butler, Billy		KC	1B	159		577	80	167	86	65	103	0.289	19	1	0.06	1.12	-0.93	0.50	1.04
4	43	0.34	Abreu, Jose		CHW	1B	138		515	78	140	82	61	107	0.271	28	5	1.22	0.84	-0.60	0.36	-0.13
5	57	0.12	Calhoun, Kole		LAA	OF	136		569	95	152	60	57	116	0.268	19	11	0.01	-0.55	-0.09	1.59	-0.34
5	59	0.11	Hill, Aaron		ARI	2B	138		562	82	156	66	46	80	0.277	20	8	0.18	-0.17	-0.31	0.63	0.24
6	72	-0.06	Hunter, Torii		DET	OF	138		577	79	162	66	30	114	0.281	15	4	-0.43	-0.16	-0.63	0.42	0.51
7	74	-0.08	Aoki, Norichika		KC	OF	141		586	82	169	49	52	45	0.289	7	20	-1.50	-1.25	0.68	0.62	1.05
7	82	-0.17	Venable, Will		SD	OF	139		563	73	145	59	44	135	0.257	17	24	-0.17	-0.63	1.02	-0.02	-1.05
7	84	-0.19	Headley, Chase		SD	3B	149		556	75	147	63	70	145	0.264	18	11	-0.12	-0.32	-0.03	0.13	-0.59
8	91	-0.26	Ramirez, Aramis		MIL	3B	130		479	59	131	73	43	78	0.274	20	3	0.24	0.26	-0.75	-1.07	0.04
10	116	-0.43	Bogaerts, Xander		BOS	SS/3B	141		482	65	128	64	50	123	0.266	15	8	-0.52	-0.30	-0.32	-0.62	-0.40
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
		1.19	Avg Stats/Total Values				1856		7,169	1,003	1,988	930	681	1,322	0.277	240	111	-0.13	2.54	-3.49	3.75	3.26
		1.62	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				1427		5,464	774	1,527	759	515	998	0.279	198	56	1.67	4.74	-5.15	3.01	3.84

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
1	1	1.89	Kershaw, Clayton		LAD	SP	33		232.2	186	79	73	57	237	17	2.81	17	0	1.04	1.56	-0.60	3.24	3.31	1.92
1	4	1.12	Lee, Cliff		PHI	SP	31		218.1	200	83	76	36	207	23	3.15	14	0	1.08	0.76	-0.60	1.68	2.42	1.32
1	10	0.82	Kimbrel, Craig		ATL	RP	71		70.5	43	16	15	23	109	4	1.86	4	42	0.93	-1.57	2.39	2.23	1.68	-0.61
2	24	0.24	Minor, Mike		ATL	SP	30		188.5	172	82	75	50	168	20	3.58	14	0	1.18	0.76	-0.60	-0.04	0.52	0.54
3	28	0.16	Fister, Doug		WAS	SP	31		196.5	201	80	74	43	151	16	3.39	15	0	1.24	1.02	-0.60	0.67	-0.49	0.21
4	41	0.00	Samardzija, Jeff		CHC	SP	32		207.7	185	94	86	74	210	24	3.75	13	0	1.24	0.53	-0.60	-0.68	-0.62	1.38
4	45	-0.01	Cishek, Steve		MIA	RP	65		64.9	51	23	21	23	69	4	2.89	4	32	1.14	-1.55	1.66	0.81	0.40	-1.39
5	49	-0.02	Lynn, Lance		STL	SP	31		188.7	174	81	75	69	180	17	3.56	14	0	1.29	0.95	-0.60	0.04	-1.29	0.80
5	51	-0.06	Estrada, Marco		MIL	SP	27		161.2	149	73	67	41	150	21	3.76	11	0	1.18	0.20	-0.60	-0.57	0.45	0.21
5	58	-0.12	Wood, Alex		ATL	SP/RP	24		154.5	139	65	60	54	142	13	3.47	11	0	1.25	0.17	-0.60	0.29	-0.51	0.05
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
		4.01	Avg Stats/Total Values				375		1,682.8	1,499	675	621	469	1,624	159	3.32	116	74	1.17	2.83	-0.75	7.67	5.87	4.43
		4.03	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				312		1,286.3	1,140	500	460	326	1,234	118	3.22	89	74	1.14	1.35	0.45	8.31	7.78	2.25

12 Teams | 13 Hitters Per Team $170 Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R BA] | 9 Pitchers Per Team $90 Per Team [5 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO]

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
3	28	0.57	Hosmer, Eric		KC	1B	154		596	80	171	88	51	97	0.287	19	13	0.08	1.23	0.09	0.51	0.93
3	33	0.47	Posey, Buster		SF	C/1B	147		542	77	163	88	64	82	0.300	19	2	0.07	1.24	-0.85	0.24	1.66
4	37	0.40	Beltran, Carlos		NYY	OF	146		564	79	157	88	48	97	0.278	24	3	0.76	1.24	-0.75	0.45	0.30
4	40	0.36	Butler, Billy		KC	1B	159		577	80	167	86	65	103	0.289	19	1	0.06	1.12	-0.93	0.50	1.04
4	43	0.34	Abreu, Jose		CHW	1B	138		515	78	140	82	61	107	0.271	28	5	1.22	0.84	-0.60	0.36	-0.13
5	57	0.12	Calhoun, Kole		LAA	OF	136		569	95	152	60	57	116	0.268	19	11	0.01	-0.55	-0.09	1.59	-0.34
5	59	0.11	Hill, Aaron		ARI	2B	138		562	82	156	66	46	80	0.277	20	8	0.18	-0.17	-0.31	0.63	0.24
6	72	-0.06	Hunter, Torii		DET	OF	138		577	79	162	66	30	114	0.281	15	4	-0.43	-0.16	-0.63	0.42	0.51
7	74	-0.08	Aoki, Norichika		KC	OF	141		586	82	169	49	52	45	0.289	7	20	-1.50	-1.25	0.68	0.62	1.05
7	82	-0.17	Venable, Will		SD	OF	139		563	73	145	59	44	135	0.257	17	24	-0.17	-0.63	1.02	-0.02	-1.05
7	84	-0.19	Headley, Chase		SD	3B	149		556	75	147	63	70	145	0.264	18	11	-0.12	-0.32	-0.03	0.13	-0.59
8	91	-0.26	Ramirez, Aramis		MIL	3B	130		479	59	131	73	43	78	0.274	20	3	0.24	0.26	-0.75	-1.07	0.04
10	116	-0.43	Bogaerts, Xander		BOS	SS/3B	141		482	65	128	64	50	123	0.266	15	8	-0.52	-0.30	-0.32	-0.62	-0.40
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
		1.19	Avg Stats/Total Values				1856		7,169	1,003	1,988	930	681	1,322	0.277	240	111	-0.13	2.54	-3.49	3.75	3.26
		1.62	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				1427		5,464	774	1,527	759	515	998	0.279	198	56	1.67	4.74	-5.15	3.01	3.84

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
1	1	1.89	Kershaw, Clayton		LAD	SP	33		232.2	186	79	73	57	237	17	2.81	17	0	1.04	1.56	-0.60	3.24	3.31	1.92
1	4	1.12	Lee, Cliff		PHI	SP	31		218.1	200	83	76	36	207	23	3.15	14	0	1.08	0.76	-0.60	1.68	2.42	1.32
1	10	0.82	Kimbrel, Craig		ATL	RP	71		70.5	43	16	15	23	109	4	1.86	4	42	0.93	-1.57	2.39	2.23	1.68	-0.61
2	24	0.24	Minor, Mike		ATL	SP	30		188.5	172	82	75	50	168	20	3.58	14	0	1.18	0.76	-0.60	-0.04	0.52	0.54
3	28	0.16	Fister, Doug		WAS	SP	31		196.5	201	80	74	43	151	16	3.39	15	0	1.24	1.02	-0.60	0.67	-0.49	0.21
4	41	0.00	Samardzija, Jeff		CHC	SP	32		207.7	185	94	86	74	210	24	3.75	13	0	1.24	0.53	-0.60	-0.68	-0.62	1.38
4	45	-0.01	Cishek, Steve		MIA	RP	65		64.9	51	23	21	23	69	4	2.89	4	32	1.14	-1.55	1.66	0.81	0.40	-1.39
5	49	-0.02	Lynn, Lance		STL	SP	31		188.7	174	81	75	69	180	17	3.56	14	0	1.29	0.95	-0.60	0.04	-1.29	0.80
5	51	-0.06	Estrada, Marco		MIL	SP	27		161.2	149	73	67	41	150	21	3.76	11	0	1.18	0.20	-0.60	-0.57	0.45	0.21
5	58	-0.12	Wood, Alex		ATL	SP/RP	24		154.5	139	65	60	54	142	13	3.47	11	0	1.25	0.17	-0.60	0.29	-0.51	0.05
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
		4.01	Avg Stats/Total Values				375		1,682.8	1,499	675	621	469	1,624	159	3.32	116	74	1.17	2.83	-0.75	7.67	5.87	4.43
		4.03	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				312		1,286.3	1,140	500	460	326	1,234	118	3.22	89	74	1.14	1.35	0.45	8.31	7.78	2.25

mbuser   3/25/2014 3:18 PM

Hosmer has a good chance to bust out "all over" so I wouldn't worry too much about giving away a bit of his impact in STL (yet). Maybe Aoki starts strong and you can look to move him out for power. That pitching staff is killer!

#4586  3/27/2014 6:55 PM

For when I hover over the blue letter I, for league size, it says that the numbers are typically set to the number of Active hitters and pitchers.

I originally had it set for the total number of players, splitting my bench spots between hitters and pitchers, roughly evenly.

Setting hitters to 10 instead of 13 and setting pitchers to 8 instead of 10 will drive up the projected values on all players.  Do you recommend this way because you want to have a bench full of $1 guys at the end of the draft, easily swappable?

Using the bigger numbers (including bench) makes inherent sense to me to get total league values... but I see the value in "over"paying for some stars and just filling the bench with swappable $1 guys.

I'd just like to hear others' reasoning for why they choose one or the other.

Thank you.

ken_admin  3/27/2014 7:23 PM

Yes, there is an assumption that teams will likely fill their bench with $1 players. You could subtract a few dollars from pitchers and hitters to account for this too.