Newbie: Can U explain waivers? Topic

I am just starting my first league and need help understanding the waiver process and when/how to tactically use it in an open league. I am sure this seems rote and tired but I do appreciate the help. Thx
2/15/2010 10:29 PM
waiver wire

Might want to look at this also

biglenr s Advice for Newbies

A member since 2007? And no teams
2/15/2010 10:44 PM
here's a quick bit of help.

cut all of your 200k roster fillers, call up your AAA guys (they are better than 200k players anyway - find the AAA revealed threads), and use that extra cash on an extra RP or a good PH.
2/16/2010 12:29 AM
Cerrano makes a good point, I will explain it a little deeper. You get 8 AAA players valued at $200,000 each on paper. The way a lot of owners draft in here is maximizing the value of their starters and then filling up their roster with useless 200K scrubs. The AAA players are actually RL players the SIM has assigned a fake name to and they can be VERY valuable and helpful and have actual values ranging from around $1M to nearly $3M. There is a thread for helping to figure out who they really are - called AAA revealed. **LEARN THIS** The advantage in doing this is to know how many PA or IP to expect from your AAA players. As an example - I have a AAA OF in one league named Judson Fitting. Turns out he is really 1997 Jon Nunnaly with excellent power and speed. Awesome sub, hitting .340 and I'll get 265 + Plate appearances out of him. I can drop whatever OF scrub I drafted and use that cash on the WW.

So what a lot of owners do is drop ALL the scrubs they filled out their roster with, call up all of their AAA players - take the cash - upwards of $1.6M and get a decent RP or spot starter. Or if you drafted short at a certain position - say only 400 PA's you could get a decent sub at that position.

Warning - be very wary of the Waiver Wire and use it sparingly. There is a 10% transaction fee. So if for example your $6M stud 1B is underperforming and you decide to pick up another one off the WW whoever you pick up comes at 10% charge. I.E., a $6M WW pickup will cost you $6.6M. Thus effectively dropping your team value from $80M to $79.4M. Do this a few times and you severely hamper your team competing against teams who have kept their $80M value. A pickup here or there can help you, but don't go crazy. Hope this helps.







2/16/2010 3:46 AM
The AAA thread you should read is called "AAA - Just the Charts." I have bumped it for you.
2/16/2010 6:35 AM
Thanks for the help...next stupid question: how do i access the search engine?
2/16/2010 4:17 PM
Quote: Originally posted by bsr39 on 2/16/2010Thanks for the help...next stupid question: how do i access the search engine?

Make a Spring team and use that.
2/16/2010 5:15 PM
thx for all the help...i am obviously going to be "fish food" for the rest of the community until i get things figured out.
2/16/2010 6:52 PM
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