Trade Rules

FAAB $: Each team will have a "FAAB" of $100 that they can use to make waiver requests throughout the year. This money CAN be traded, however there is no provision for it in the trade screen. Therefore, the team who is trading away the FAAB money will have to contact me (or post on the message board) to confirm that the pending trade includes this.

AUCTION $: Every year, each team has a $300 budget that can be used towards keepers and draft picks. If you want to trade away your auction $ for next year in order to sweeten a deal, you may do so. I would just strongly suggest that you weigh this decision carefully. Additionally, any "trade-back" of money between the same two teams will be viewed as suspicious and will be subject to veto.

DISCLAIMER: As commissioner, I reserve the right to adjust any of these rules mid-season if it is clear that it is in the best interest of the league.

Auction Keeper Rules

The first three players you keep are due a $3 raise from the previous year's price. The fourth player you keep is due a $4 raise. The fifth player you keep is due a $5 raise. And so on...

Note: By definition, your "first keeper" is your highest priced keeper. Your "second keeper" is your second highest priced keeper. And so on...

Example: You've narrowed down your potential keepers to 6 players. Their prices from last year were $35, $20, $16, $8, $4, and $2. If you choose to keep all six players, you will have to pay them as follows:
Keeper 1) $38 ($35+3)
Keeper 2) $23 ($20+3)
Keeper 3) $19 ($16+3)
Keeper 4) $12 ($8+$4)
Keeper 5) $9 ($4+$5)
Keeper 6) $8 ($2+$6)

These six players that cost you $85 last year will cost you $109 this year. If you can make that fit your budget, congratulations.

Free Agents: All players who were drafted will retain their auction price, even if they are dropped. Undrafted players who are picked up during the season will be given a $5 price tag.

Waivers: In this keeper system, players claimed on waivers might end up becoming keepers. Therefore, we needed a better waiver system that allows everyone a shot at players who are dropped (or players who are added to Yahoo's database mid-season). Each team will be have a Free Agency Acquisition Budget (FAAB) of $100 that he can use to make waiver requests. For more information on how this works, you can see Yahoo's help page or ask me.

Disclaimer: While a lot of thought has already gone into these proposed rules, please feel free to make any suggestions that you feel would be an improvement to this system. All feedback will be taken into consideration. Once we have our draft, the rules we have in place will be locked in as the rules that we'll use to determine keepers for the following year.

Auction Help

Here are a few helpful links to articles that discuss how auctions work / auction strategies.

Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Details (Yahoo)

Building Your Auction Budget (Advanced Fantasy Baseball)

Auction Draft, The Strategy (Razzball)

Auction Draft Strategy (Fantasy Baseball Hub)

Auctions Draft Tips (Fantasy Info Central)