What do you mean "Buy cheap?" (1 Viewer)

[3quinox]

Whenever I hear this I feel it has to be relative to the player. This is just an example so even if you wouldn't pay for the guy I am more asking what a cheap price would be like.

According to football guys rankings jonathan stewart is ppr dynasty rb 30. He is considered a "buy low" candidate, but what does that mean exactly in terms of cost? Do I offer to mail the owner some coupons for him? Do you take his ranking of rb 30 and subtract 10 to make him rb 40? I just want to know if there is a rule of thumb you can guage with how much to "cheaply" spend.

 

[ghostguy123]

Generally aquiring a guy for less than several other people in the league would have paid, because the owner was too lazy (or dumb) to shop around.

 

[pizzatyme]

I only do Redraft, but "buying cheap" to me has many variables.

If I don't have a strong opinion on a player and can get him later than his ADP, I feel like I've bought cheap.

If I think someone will far outperform their FBG projections and/or group think ADP, I hope to get the player at their ADP +/- 1 round, I feel like I got great value or bought them "cheap".

Make sense?

 

[Shanahanigans]

To me buying cheap in dynasty is trading for a guy who I think is being underrated by the general consensus of fantasy players. Usually it is because of any, or a combination of: being in a bad situation, being injured recently, being undervalued as a rookie, or having the potential to break out in the coming season. For example, you could have got Bernard Pierce for a late second round pick last year in most rookie drafts because he was in a bad situation, that to me is "buying cheap" on a rookie. LeSean McCoy is buy cheap prospect, because of his injuries last year, which make his stats seem less impressive. And I would say Coby Fleener is a guy with the potential to break out, who I would consider a buy cheap.

 

[PatsWillWin]

I think it's less about a static rating of a player at any given moment, and more about which way he's trending. Buying low means targeting a player that instinctively you might curl your nose at, to one degree or another.

Throw out an offer for Andre Brown today, moments after the long shadow of Coughlin's doghouse was cast over his 2013 campaign.

Go see if the Ryan Williams owner has had enough of his knee problems at the news that he will not be playing again, and might get cut by Arizona.

Trade for Vick Ballard right after the Ahmad Bradshaw signing.

Send out an offer for MJD when he showed up at camp, unable to practice, and overweight, leading to whispers about his age, workload history, etc.

Real buying lows happens when you have a true contrarion viewpoint, IMO. It's not about trying to scam a scared owner out of Arian Foster because he's missing a week of training camp or whatever.

 

[TALL hobbit]

Whenever I hear this I feel it has to be relative to the player. This is just an example so even if you wouldn't pay for the guy I am more asking what a cheap price would be like. According to football guys rankings jonathan stewart is ppr dynasty rb 30. He is considered a "buy low" candidate, but what does that mean exactly in terms of cost? Do I offer to mail the owner some coupons for him? Do you take his ranking of rb 30 and subtract 10 to make him rb 40? I just want to know if there is a rule of thumb you can guage with how much to "cheaply" spend.

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Because he's injured his price is low so he's currently a buy low. I don't think they're saying lowball your offer - but there's value if you get him now for what you would trade for the RBI 30.

 

[msudaisy26]

Buying low usually means having insider info and you are buying before his stock starts to rise. So if you heard it on the shark pool about buying low it is probably too late to buy. Unless they are going to be a stud.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

"buying cheap" is not just solely based on ADP or anything like that. Buying cheap refers to making a move to acquire a guy who you think is undervalued or underappreciated---or has maybe underperformed. If you see a player that has started the season off weak--but you think he has the ability to pick things up--you make an offer based on his "underperforming" start. The value of players can be relatively fluid--they go up after big games and they go down if they start off with a few duds---buying low means timing the acquisition of players when their values is at a low or during a dip.

 

[3quinox]

So aren't u in a sense giving a low offer? Ur basing an offer at their worst so ur essentially sending ur worst offer?