Keeper league question about traded draft picks (1 Viewer)

[mt99808]

I won my 10 team (keep 3) keeper league last year. I had excess assets so I was able to move up in the first round through a couple trades to number 1. My question is in keeper leagues when you trade up like this are you normally trading your waiver priority with the pick? I just assumed (possibly incorrectly) that I would still have the #1 waiver priority.

Any other experiences? How do your leagues work?

 

[Captain Hook]

Waiver wire order should be randomized each year Unless you have rules that would reward the bottom teams over teams that cashed

 

[mt99808]

Waiver wire order should be randomized each year Unless you have rules that would reward the bottom teams over teams that cashed

Draft in our league is lottery for non playoff teams and reverse order for playoff teams. Are you saying that the waivers should be completely random regardless of the draft order?

 

[GregR]

I won my 10 team (keep 3) keeper league last year. I had excess assets so I was able to move up in the first round through a couple trades to number 1. My question is in keeper leagues when you trade up like this are you normally trading your waiver priority with the pick? I just assumed (possibly incorrectly) that I would still have the #1 waiver priority. Any other experiences? How do your leagues work?

If your league's rules are that waiver priority is based on draft order, then it should be based on your original picks. What you do with the picks in trades shouldn't matter.

 

[mt99808]

I won my 10 team (keep 3) keeper league last year. I had excess assets so I was able to move up in the first round through a couple trades to number 1. My question is in keeper leagues when you trade up like this are you normally trading your waiver priority with the pick? I just assumed (possibly incorrectly) that I would still have the #1 waiver priority. Any other experiences? How do your leagues work?

If your league's rules are that waiver priority is based on draft order, then it should be based on your original picks. What you do with the picks in trades shouldn't matter.

This was how I thought it should work but it currently isn't set up that way. Should be a good drama filled evening.

 

[Captain Hook]

Waiver wire order should be randomized each year Unless you have rules that would reward the bottom teams over teams that cashed

Draft in our league is lottery for non playoff teams and reverse order for playoff teams. Are you saying that the waivers should be completely random regardless of the draft order?

With that draft order, starting with the same waiver priority seems fine, but I agree with Greg -the waiver order shouldn't change with draft pick trades UNLESS that is in writing and made clear to everyone.Of course blind bidding for your free agents would be a MUCH fairer method

 

[GregR]

I won my 10 team (keep 3) keeper league last year. I had excess assets so I was able to move up in the first round through a couple trades to number 1. My question is in keeper leagues when you trade up like this are you normally trading your waiver priority with the pick? I just assumed (possibly incorrectly) that I would still have the #1 waiver priority. Any other experiences? How do your leagues work?

If your league's rules are that waiver priority is based on draft order, then it should be based on your original picks. What you do with the picks in trades shouldn't matter.

This was how I thought it should work but it currently isn't set up that way. Should be a good drama filled evening.

When it comes up I would point out the following. The only reason to base first waiver priority on draft order is because the entire set of picks of the early draft slots are more valuable than the later draft slots.If the guy with the early slot makes at least equal value trades, that doesn't change. He still retains more value than does the guy who was stuck with the later slot originally.