Opening day may be a couple of weeks away, but for me the real start of baseball season isn't that or the start of spring training but my first fantasy baseball draft. Maybe that means I care more about stats than results and am vicariously selfish, but there are worse things to be like a simultaneous Yankees/Red Sox fan which isn't a mere myth. Identities shall remain secret for safety purposes.
I side-tracked myself almost immediately, but anyone reading this might be able to deduce from this posts' title that my first fantasy baseball draft takes place tomorrow. This will be my second year in this specific league and I'd like to improve upon last season's 10th place finish. To do so, the first step is a smart draft. This one will be an auction draft conducted through instant messenger so I need to not overspend on mediocre players as well as not shying away from the occasional high-priced superstar but not paying for too many marquee players. It's tough and I wasn't very good at it last year but I should be somewhat better this year. There is no guarantee that I will be, but I should be.
One advantage that I have over last year is that I get to keep some players that I had last year for last year's price although they'd probably cost more this year. I'm keeping Curtis Granderson and Yovani Gallardo, which I am still very happy about keeping, but I'm not sure if Ryan Zimmermann was the best third choice. But he may have been and I'm stuck with him now unless I make a trade. The good thing about the keepers I chose are that they are all very cheap so I should have plenty of money going into the draft to use on available superstars.
Last year was a bit of a wake up call considering I had dominated all of my fantasy baseball leagues before then. This is a very strong league and dominance won't be happening this year, but I'm hoping for a solid performance. How I did won't be completely clear until October, but I'll have some idea by tomorrow evening when the long drafting session ends.
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