Zero-sum economy
Posted: February 18th, 2018, 2:31 am
I play in an NL only 11 team 5x5 league $260 cap. Based on last year's auction results I'm ranking 150 hitters and 103 pitchers at a 60/40 ratio.
I followed the valuation process outlined on this site. I started with my pitchers and the total value of the 103 pitchers in the positive player pool came out to $718. However, the money I have allotted for pitchers is $1144. This discrepancy is because every starting pitcher has negative replacement values in the S and HD categories while every relief pitcher has negative WQS (Wins + Quality Starts) replacement values. (The other two categories are ERA and WHIP). How can I remedy this situation so that I have a zero-sum economy with the sum of my positive player pool totaling $1144? Should I just multiply every pitcher's value by 1144/718 to make up the difference?
For instance/another issue, Jameson Taillon is worth $3.84 in WQS, but loses $2.79 of that because he will not be earning any HD or S this year. Then because his ERA and WHIP are slightly above baseline (multiplied by 163 innings), his overall value comes out to -($2.82), but he will of course be valuable in my league. Meanwhile John Brebbia is valued at +$2.85 by virtue of putting up baseline HD and S while having a better than average WHIP and ERA over 44 IP, but he will certainly not be picked up in the auction. So even if I do just multiply by 1144/718, I'm still having an issue of too many relief pitchers and not enough starters in my positive player pool.
Any ideas for me?
I followed the valuation process outlined on this site. I started with my pitchers and the total value of the 103 pitchers in the positive player pool came out to $718. However, the money I have allotted for pitchers is $1144. This discrepancy is because every starting pitcher has negative replacement values in the S and HD categories while every relief pitcher has negative WQS (Wins + Quality Starts) replacement values. (The other two categories are ERA and WHIP). How can I remedy this situation so that I have a zero-sum economy with the sum of my positive player pool totaling $1144? Should I just multiply every pitcher's value by 1144/718 to make up the difference?
For instance/another issue, Jameson Taillon is worth $3.84 in WQS, but loses $2.79 of that because he will not be earning any HD or S this year. Then because his ERA and WHIP are slightly above baseline (multiplied by 163 innings), his overall value comes out to -($2.82), but he will of course be valuable in my league. Meanwhile John Brebbia is valued at +$2.85 by virtue of putting up baseline HD and S while having a better than average WHIP and ERA over 44 IP, but he will certainly not be picked up in the auction. So even if I do just multiply by 1144/718, I'm still having an issue of too many relief pitchers and not enough starters in my positive player pool.
Any ideas for me?