Oct 1 2024 1:00am

FISH List Notes

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The BABS system groups players together with similar skills profiles and then shows you how the marketplace is pricing them (in ADP ranks or AAVs). Your profit comes by reviewing each group of comparably-skilled players and drafting the ones who cost less.

That decision-making process is driven by the need to integrate skill with market value, which is not easy. Market values are historically inaccurate, but they are still important as they set the "cost" for each player.

Logically, we should place players on our personal ranking lists based on the optimal spot in the draft when we should try to roster them. If it's the 6th round, we should have a list of players who are optimal 6th-round buys, regardless of what the...

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