tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post823480152351524832..comments2009-04-16T13:16:46.844-04:00Roto Rebelnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-82607462461137999542009-04-16T13:16:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:16:00.000-04:00I love the Endowment Effect connection...so true.Roto Rebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794493583470194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-79085323661470627292009-04-03T09:15:00.000-04:002009-04-03T09:15:00.000-04:00In our keeper league, guys bag early in the year all the time. (Sometimes 2 weeks after the draft) It has actually become a stategy, where they can flip 5 or 6 players and drafts, and they end up better than they started. I have seen several occasions where guys bagging it in May actually finish Top 3!!Toronto Jednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-47654506362501399442009-04-01T14:05:00.000-04:002009-04-01T14:05:00.000-04:00Fukudome IS better than JD DrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-21904954959995673922009-03-10T13:49:00.000-04:002009-03-10T13:49:00.000-04:00#2 - Owners who draft only the players they know from the only team they watch and root for, so you end up with a Cubs fan drafting Fukudome ahead of Abreu or J.D. Drew.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-34406019207298531082009-03-05T14:41:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:41:00.000-05:00Good points guys. <BR/><BR/>Rabbit, that is a very interesting link to the Endowment Effect. That is why I, most of the time, never make a gut decision on a trade offer. Ever. I always run the numbers, and ask at least one of my "inner circle" what they think, to make sure I'm being logical.TheSportsIdiothttp://www.thesportsidiot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-34614584757383236462009-03-04T23:49:00.000-05:002009-03-04T23:49:00.000-05:00I'm surprised no one has brought up one of the most aggravating thing about fantasy baseball leagues, namely, owners who bag out on the league halfway through the season. This seems to be a problem mainly with public leagues, but I've run into the problem in private leagues too. Come on, you paid your money, put the time into the draft--at least show up for the duration.<BR/> Owners who overvalue their own players could be the subject of its own column. Experimental psychologists have done studies on the "Endowment Effect," which is about how we value something much more when it is ours, than when it is someone else's. In some situations, succombing to the Endowment Effect may be rational--it makes sense that I value my own used car more than your comparable used car, since I know the shape my car is in but I don't know whether your car is a lemon or not--but it makes no sense in fantasy baseball, where a player's value is easily determinable simply by looking up his stats. Sure, you don't know whether the player will continue to produce at that level, but the player's owner doesn't know that any better than you do. I've been trying to figure out a way to use the Endowment Efect to my advantage in fantasy baseball, but I haven't been able to so far--the Endowment Effect works to my advantage when other owners overvalue their own keepers, but that would happen regardless of what I do, so I'm not really using the Effect to my advantage there. In the end, I am more surprised when I find an owner who correctly values his players than when I find one who overvalues them.Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-32210674029619321822009-03-04T14:19:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:19:00.000-05:00Teams that don't shop their players around. I play in two very deep leagues with "experts", and believe me, every single person knows every single player in the league.<BR/><BR/>It it beyond me why you'll see major trades (especially dump trades) go down without even knowing those players were on the block.<BR/><BR/>If you're throwing in the towel and playing for next year, and trading ARod, Halladay, and Jenks, how can you NOT at least post a message saying that you're taking offers for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-89484093842371976042009-03-04T11:02:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:02:00.000-05:00Loved #5 - I dealt with a commissioner a couple years ago who randomly in the second year of the league, changed the rules for position qualifications from the default (to 20 games played in the current season) without telling anyone. No one could understand why he passed on guys like David Ortiz or Travis Hafner until the new setting came to light after the draft. Then he claimed it was our fault for not reading more carefully in advance of the draft despite the fact it was clearly changed without warning.Ian from theRotoFeed.comhttp://www.therotofeed.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-56843459500630605332009-03-04T10:38:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:38:00.000-05:00I hate the guy who has mid level fantasy experience and thinks that just cause he doesn't know who Stephen Drew is or Mike Aviles, that makes it a horrible trade. BTW I offered Drew and/or Aviles, and Aramis Ramirez for D Wright. He had Brendan Harris for a SS. He went as far as to post a deal saying all idiotic trades will not be entertained, bla bla bla. He finished second to last out of 1.TEEJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-76591237074910351012009-02-27T17:47:00.000-05:002009-02-27T17:47:00.000-05:00So true, Andyp. I once worked with a writer who would put Peyton Manning and T.O. in his "Who to Start" column. Thanks Genius, I was planning to with Byron Leftwich and Joe Jurevicius!Jonathan Gangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794493583470194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-56922178549004410452009-02-27T16:10:00.000-05:002009-02-27T16:10:00.000-05:00Good stuff, Gangi. #1 is why my "main" league is going to be killed in the next few weeks. People didn't pay for football....<BR/><BR/>I hate it when people overvalue their players and will not trade them. I'm as guilty as the next guy of sending a trade proposal that is a complete joke, but when I do, it is exactly that, a joke. Some guys, though, think it completely plausible to offer up Adrian Beltre for Lincecum because your 3bagger just got a hemorrhoid.TheSportsIdiothttp://www.thesportsidiot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102764329241906258.post-84185419118295690242009-02-27T10:10:00.000-05:002009-02-27T10:10:00.000-05:001.5 Internet Sites that publish nothing more than common wisdom. A-Rod a top pick, really? Johan a staff ace . . . fascinating. How about digging a tad deeper, like boldly advising that a Cliff Lee could be viable in 2008 or Evan Longoria didn't need any more "seasoning". <BR/><BR/>Gangi, don't know whether to congratulate you or thank you for the new site. Looking forward to (continuing to) reading your stuff.Andyp (Little Falls, NJ)noreply@blogger.com