Setting Up Your Auction Strategy

Everyone has a different amount of time that they can spend on preparing for their fantasy auctions. Some may have fifteen minutes while others spend up to twenty or so hours meticulously preparing for their upcoming fantasy auction. Regardless of your time here is a time tested strategy to make sure your up to date and prepared for the upcoming auction. Keep in mind you don’t want to be pulling your hair out from the stress of not being prepared for the upcoming season, otherwise you may need a hair loss remedy

Create a cheat sheet (will include link later), with this cheat sheet you can generate a mock auction by using the cheat sheet’s values. Theoretically the cheat sheet should be accurate and all the teams should be even. Then you should adjust your player values accordingly - weaker teams generally have overpriced players and stronger teams have under-priced players. After adjusting prices several times and running mock auctions you should have a fairly good idea of decent values for players and pricing.

Now you’ve got a rocking cheat sheet! The most important strategy of fantasy auctions is bargain hunting. Be ready to bid on players that are going for a big discount at the bid countdown. The more of these bargains you pick up the faster you will be successful with your fantasy league.