1889 Dan Brouthers $7,669,851

Posted by ozomatli on 11/5/2018 12:10:00 AM (view original):

Posted by rbow923 on 11/4/2018 10:30:00 PM (view original):

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Posted by rbow923 on 11/4/2018 10:03:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 11/4/2018 9:06:00 PM (view original):
Our first to 9M, wow. And he still needs 5 more position players. Gutsy

57 remaining hitters above $9.055M.
This has been a public service announcement.

Being the first means that he has the best chance to land the most $9+ million dollar players. Could be a coup for whoever has the guts to do it; we shall see...

As stated before, jumping ahead could work if only a few do it and fails miserably if enough others pile on. When the winning strategy involves riskin 100 point penalties based on the whim of other teams, that makes this is a gimmick league. The most interesting theme for sure, but still a gimmick league.

I'm not sold on it being the dominant strategy, to be honest. The strategy redcped and dippedncrack, among others, have implemented is letting them clean up in terms of getting quality players that only a subset of the total owners can even touch anymore, and those players tend to have better raw stats than some of the more expensive hitters (i.e. 1894 Tuck Turner, who was just picked). Balance those guys out with a few 6-8M hitters and you've got a pretty nice team, with maybe even some options for lefty/righty advantages

Posted by rbow923 on 11/5/2018 4:31:00 PM (view original):
Shortstops stink

1999 Nomar Garciaparra $8,063,935