First Time Guillotine/Chopped League - FAAB Questions (1 Viewer)

[Trow]

This is my Rookie year in a Guillotine/Chopped style league. We have $1000 for the FAAB Waiver Wire bids.

I have no idea what it will take to land the best players from that eliminated team after week 1. Right now, the lowest team would put Bijan onto the WW.

I know every league is different, but does anyone have experience on % of FAAB to expend for the top talents?

Also need to work out how much to blow early on and how much to save for later on.

Any suggestions/insights are welcomed!!!

 

[Gally]

Kind of depends on the strength of your team and how impactful or need your team has and the player matches it. Generally I like to go for the 2nd or 3rd obvious players for cheap in positions of need unless I have a glaring hole that can be met with an elite guy.

Elite players will be available all year long. Getting one later when it has more impact in two ways (getting a player and keeping away from one of the few teams remaining) helps you more.

There are a lot of game theory ways to handle this. Really it mostly depends on your exposure to be eliminated. If you are mid to uppier tier in scoring each week it's not as important to make sure you get a guy. But if you are at the bottom end and at risk to be eliminated then saving funds doesn't help you if you can't make it long enough to use them. That is the biggest factor into whether or not I spend early or not.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Never played in a Guillotine League, sounds exciting if you can stay alive

-I agree with Gally, this would seem like you want to keep your dollars if you can for some other big name players later on in the season
That said, it would be hard to not try and get Bijan on your team, I would imagine someone would spend almost all of their FAAB on him, 50-75% at least but I'm not familiar with these leagues

 

[Trow]

Good stuff! This is new territory for me, so it's kinda fun (and rather tough) figuring it out.

You are right ... elite players will be available each week. Can't land them all.