Keeper Analysis

Every league is different and the main one I am in is no exception. To refresh our old readers and introduce the league to our new readers, Troy and Lee from RotoSavants.com are in a 6x6 league with myself and 9 other friends. This 12 team league is like most leagues with 4-5 consistent competitors for the title, 3-4 in the middle, and then 2-3 at the bottom each year. You can see out latest draft

2008 Draft

We are allowed to keep 1 pitcher and 1 hitter for each league with a somewhat different price for the following year. Everything starts at the round that he was drafted. If the player was not drafted and picked up off waivers or as a free agent, he was automatically assigned as a 16th round. The rules are as follows:

1. The first year the player is kept, the owner would have to sacrifice 2 rounds higher than he was drafted. (i.e. a 16th rounder, would cost the owner a 14th round pick the first keeper year)
2. For every year after, add on an additional year of "keeper cost".
3. Two keepers cannot be kept in the same round.

So as an example of an original 16th rounder:

• year 1 - 14th round cost (+2)
  
• year 2 - 11th round cost (+3)
• year 3 - 7th round cost (+4)
• year 4 - 2nd round cost (+5)
• year 5 - 1st round cost (+6)

This new system ensures 2 things:

• helps to mix up the player pool and keep owners interested
• makes the league more competitive. No longer is it simply a quick keeper pick and an owner able to stock pile the best players

So over the next week or so I'm going to break down our league, team by team, and provide analysis of who I think will be good keeper picks in our league.