Guys if it gets to me, I won't be able to pick until late tonight. I thought this was starting later this week and am shamefully unprepared - plus I don't have the 1st pick again?

It certainly doesn't matter which way I go, I'll be unhappy later. I'll sure up, as much as one can in this era, my SS position and go:

1912 Honus Wagner - $7,694,767

Posted by njbigwig on 7/21/2025 8:51:00 PM (view original):
Guys if it gets to me, I won't be able to pick until late tonight. I thought this was starting later this week and am shamefully unprepared - plus I don't have the 1st pick again?

Preparation??

1912 Frank Baker - $9,421,844

Posted by ronthegenius on 7/21/2025 9:09:00 PM (view original):

Posted by njbigwig on 7/21/2025 8:51:00 PM (view original):
Guys if it gets to me, I won't be able to pick until late tonight. I thought this was starting later this week and am shamefully unprepared - plus I don't have the 1st pick again?

Preparation??

This time, I'm trying something new.

Unbelievable. Drew pick 13 in league 1, and pick 12 in league 2 (nobody has a worse combination). Two picks away, and my top two choices were 1912 Wagner and 1912 Baker.

Need some time to regroup and figure out Plan C.

I can take proxies for anyone after NJ if needed

Posted by schwarze on 7/21/2025 9:17:00 PM (view original):
Unbelievable. Drew pick 13 in league 1, and pick 12 in league 2 (nobody has a worse combination). Two picks away, and my top two choices were 1912 Wagner and 1912 Baker.

Need some time to regroup and figure out Plan C.

This makes me feel like I won in this league already...I managed to steal someone from you. I'm sure we'll resume our regularly scheduled poor selections in rd 2.

The only positive of drafting the second best Frank Baker is that I save almost $3 million in salary.

1913 Frank Baker $6,697,127

Sorry for the delay. I'm so confused here - Football took a pitcher? What's happening?

1917 Rogers Hornsby $6,409,568

1914 Frank Baker $6,363,731

I’m kind of surprised by all the people bargain hunting for draft position with what’s still on the table.

The nice thing about starting the next draft right away, is that we really don't know what the right formula for winning is. How many more wins will pedrocerrano have ($206M salary) in a tougher division/league than chewy3344 ($113M salary) will have in the easiest division/league?

By the time we have enough date from league 1, we'll probably be in the middle of the League 6 draft.

I was very confused by football taking a pitcher as well

Posted by schwarze on 7/21/2025 11:07:00 PM (view original):
The nice thing about starting the next draft right away, is that we really don't know what the right formula for winning is. How many more wins will pedrocerrano have ($206M salary) in a tougher division/league than chewy3344 ($113M salary) will have in the easiest division/league?

By the time we have enough date from league 1, we'll probably be in the middle of the League 6 draft.

Are we sure higher salary = tougher division/league?

A good owner can put together a stud team on the lower end of the salary spectrum in this format.