Overall strat for leagues (1 Viewer)

[Quilman83]

I'm a beginner, so I am probably overlooking something. Got this long term idea for gaining over my league mates. I have a good team now, but I want to crush everyone. I feel the best way to do that is waiver acquisitions. I stockpile prospects because I jump on most of them before they do. I go by FBG recommendations.

The plan is - they increase in value, and I have commodities to trade, and through that, I get the players projected to finish in the top - studs seem largely immune to bad matchup effects when heavily weighting the playoffs. Trading for studs usually involves trading them more players, and empty roster spots means I can stock more prospects. I see this strat paying most dividends if executed at the beginning of the season. I also see this strat working regardless of scoring system.

It can't be that simple. I'm new, so what am I missing?

 

[titusbramble]

You're missing that:

a) for every 2020 JRob you pick up, you probably end up spunking a bunch of FAAB on a Boston Scott or similar player that does nothing 

b) doing a two for their one trade is really hard to do, at least in leagues I've been in

 

[Quilman83]

You're missing that:

a) for every 2020 JRob you pick up, you probably end up spunking a bunch of FAAB on a Boston Scott or similar player that does nothing 

b) doing a two for their one trade is really hard to do, at least in leagues I've been in

So, historically, is there a time in the season when the best players emerge?

The few trades I have observed have largely been an equal number of players. Only one was unequal...I think it was 2/3. So you make a good point.
I offer equal value according to the FBG trade analyzer, but I'm sure their valuation is different.

Getting studs so I can run them and do well week to week, keeping my bench totally full of prospects to (hopefully) develop value I use for trading.

16 man roster. Seems important for this strat.

 

[Gally]

The problem with this strategy is everyone is looking for studs.  Guys are in the waiver wire for a reason  (because nobody thought they were worth drafting).  

The concept is correct and it is what you should be trying to do however it generally doesn't work the way you described.  

Keep monitoring the waiver wire and continue ue to be active.  That is really all you can do.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.   This game is really very luck dependent with some skill sprinkled in.