Using VBD Combined with Tiering (1 Viewer)

[hotboyz]

I'm just starting to get my thoughts together for the upcoming season. I wanted to ask you guys do you believe it's too much to use VBD with tiers?

Basically what I'm thinkin is in the past I've done my projections and come up with my VBD list using the halfway point of the draft as my positional baseline. Im thinking once I come up with my VBD list I can separate them into tiers regardless of position. If I do this what would I use as a drop off point between tiers?

I know if I was Tiering just using total pts scored I would probaly make my tiers every 32 pts basically 2pts a game. I'm not sure that would be a good number using the VBD number to set up the tiers. Maybe I could use 10-15 points as the drop off point??

 

[Biabreakable]

I think the best way to set your baselines are by having the worst needed starter according to your starting requirements be zero. All players below zero are below replacement level value. The players above zero are rosterable.

So for example in a start 2RB 12 team league with a RB flex I would set baseline for RB at around RB 30-36 as zero and work from there. Similarly with all other starting positions.

Once you do that, then you add up the total points for rosterable players and set tiers however you want. For example in 20% increments, or as you suggested every 32 points, these types of tiers are a bit arbitrary but they do a job of showing a real difference in projected value of each player relative to the rest.

I actually prefer tiering by just looking for significant point drop offs between groups. A 5pt difference in projected points is not really enough to justify a new tier, If the players curve smoothly there may not be a identified drop so in that case you will want some guideline for where a tier would stop/begin. How you organize the players in tiers is a good question that I would like to hear others thoughts on what they might consider to be the best method.

 

[hotboyz]

I'm surprised I only got 1 response to this my question is not where to set the baseline to each his own on that one. I guess my biggest question is do you have to tier using total points or can you tier by VBD number. If you do use VBD number how do you determine the break point in the tiers is it 20 Pts?

 

[Quibbler]

I tier by VBD value. No set number for tier breaks. I just look for big drop offs. A set number for breaks would be too rigid, IMO.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

I'm surprised I only got 1 response to this my question is not where to set the baseline to each his own on that one. I guess my biggest question is do you have to tier using total points or can you tier by VBD number. If you do use VBD number how do you determine the break point in the tiers is it 20 Pts?

I tier based upon vbd. I pencil in the tiers at 16 points but the actual number can be quite different. I look at the players at the line and move them up or down based upon a variety of factors.