Setting Auction VBD based on $1 players (1 Viewer)

[Terpfan]

I have a few years worth of auction draft history for our league. In an auction draft, does it make sense to set the VBD values right about the spot owners start paying the minimum? It seems the VBD of zero is when the suggested auction value is the minimum, but this also seems to create some pretty high prices at the top end of the positions. Perhaps those high prices are related to the inflation due to auction.csv.

Our league has 12 teams, 15 roster spots, $150 budget and start 1/2/2/1/1/1. Based on history, owners make the following # picks before the run of players for $2 or less.

QB 17/23

RB 43/59

WR 36/54

TE 10/15

PK 3/13

DEF 7/16

Is setting the VBD based on this data going to skew the values of other players?

 

[CalBear]

I have a few years worth of auction draft history for our league. In an auction draft, does it make sense to set the VBD values right about the spot owners start paying the minimum? It seems the VBD of zero is when the suggested auction value is the minimum, but this also seems to create some pretty high prices at the top end of the positions. Perhaps those high prices are related to the inflation due to auction.csv.

Our league has 12 teams, 15 roster spots, $150 budget and start 1/2/2/1/1/1. Based on history, owners make the following # picks before the run of players for $2 or less.

QB 17/23

RB 43/59

WR 36/54

TE 10/15

PK 3/13

DEF 7/16

Is setting the VBD based on this data going to skew the values of other players?

I do like trying to set the baselines for auctions to be around the $1 players. The problem you'll run into is that the player curves are a little too flat, so this mechanism tends to understate the value of the top players. Draft Dominator gets around this by using a multiplier for top players (see the file auction.csv in the DD folder), but I think the values in that file are a little too high. You might want to tweak it until you get something more like what you expect.Also, I think the interesting thing is what players you would pay $1 for, not what players your league would pay $1 for. If you would never pay more than $1 for a defense, you shouldn't have defenses with values above $1 in your DD.

 

[gebz306]

Under File, Setup, the "VBD Baseline" tab, try checking the "Worst Starter Method" box. The top guys are a little high, but these Auction values are much closer to how my drafts have gone

 

[CalBear]

Under File, Setup, the "VBD Baseline" tab, try checking the "Worst Starter Method" box. The top guys are a little high, but these Auction values are much closer to how my drafts have gone

"Worst Starter" is not a very good baseline for auction drafts; it will have every backup worth $1.

 

[Sabertooth]

I like fiddling with the fudge factor a little bit until things seem right for my league. Obviously no method can account for everything. Others have suggested good ways to tweak the numbers as well.