The Prospect Spectrum

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[Minnesota Twins]

so the prospect spectrum runs opposite to the championships spectrum?

[Deleted]

I make the most of any pick that I make. It doesn't need to be the number 1 overall. I do my research to get what I think is the best available or the best available for my needs. So far, my strategies have worked, and we all will see how my strategies work in this league next year.

[Admin]

ur minor league roster is really impressive, all kidding aside.

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

That was the funniest post I've read in this league.

It's all about keeping the right prospects. After all, I'm the guy who drafted and kept Mike Trout.

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

Mar 29, 2015 11:24:18 GMT -5 Minnesota Twins said:

so the prospect spectrum runs opposite to the championships spectrum?

I've been involved in keeper and dynasty leagues for 15 years now and this is almost always true. There are guys who always are chasing after prospects...these guys are usually in constant rebuild mode.

In my long-term dynasty league (300 owned prospects, no contracts on anyone so you can keep them forever), I've been turned down for trades because the player I was offering was "too old"...and said player was not yet 30! Heck, if a player is 32-33, you've got 3-4 more years of solid production. Meanwhile these guys hoard 18 year olds in single A.

Nobody wins a championship with prospects.

[Deleted]

Of course not. Prospects need to become major leaguers in order to win. Drafting elite prospects like Trout and Posey makes it easier when you are paying 600k to the for 5 years. When you can build a team with prospects like Bryant, Gallo, Peterson, Correa, a healthy Fernandez, and others allows for over spending on a few established major leaguers. It is a decision to build my team on a few years ago, it's long term but could work if trades are made to put you in position to get the better prospects available. I think the chances of winning in this method is slim, but my chances went up due to trades and the drafting of players. I really think there has to be a lot of luck to be able to position a team to win through the drafting process.

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

To win in any competitive league (and I consider Cashman to be very competitive), you need to utilize all of the available tools to win. Draft, trades, and FA pickups....and then mix in a healthy batch of luck.

The guys I'm talking about who always chase after prospects are the ones who can never shift from rebuild to compete mode. At some point you've got to start converting prospect wealth to major league wealth, whether through trade or via graduation. It's rare (or impossible) that you would have a bumper crop of talent graduate all at the same time that is good enough to win the league. Even if you had the 20 best prospects in baseball and held them until they graduated, that alone would not win a championship.

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

My philosphy for fantasy success (warning: may not actually work, but these are the principles by which i run my teams)

1. stats today are worth many times as much as stats tomorrow.
2. don't be afraid to lose trades.
3. don't worry what other owners think about your trades.
4. always make a counter offer.
5. nobody on my team is untouchable.
6. the only player who is a sleeper is one that nobody has ever called a sleeper.
7. under no circumstance do you ever let the Phillies know what you are really up to.

can anybody think of anymore good ones?

[torontobluejays]

I thought " any trade that iratates Chisox is a good trade" would be on this list.

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

Some things, like the Rangers's unnatural love for Nick Markakis, can go without saying.