Fantasy Ball Help Please

But I always liked Yahoo!. Poorly designed sites are confusing and annoying (cbssportsline.com, I’m looking at you!), but Yahoo!’s is pretty straightforward and clean.

I’ve moved on to ESPN last year, and I like it 100 times more than Yahoo. It’s probably just the interface, because they are essentially the same. In ESPN you start 5 OF, and when your turn comes up in the draft, the ESPN noise sounds.. dun nuh nuh, duh nuh nuh.

I don’t know where the best place to play for money is, though. I wouldn’t reccommend ESPN for that.

However, if you are looking for a money league, I’d start here. There are thousands of leagues to join, and ones that fit exactly what you are looking to do.

Cost=$20 with a chance to win $100

I just realized I have a draft on Wednesday night, and have done ZERO preparation. I’m screwed.

what would you guys recommend…draft or auction??

because i’d say the first step is getting more information. it can be overwhelming to start, but i think that generally there’s a better way to prep for any draft than buying a magazine and “reading” it. there are so many free or cheap options on the web that you can’t pass up: Rotoworld, Rotowire, Baseball Prospectus, etc. you can see free pre-season projections at FanGraphs, The Hardball Times, Baseball Think Factory, and at sites & blogs all over the web. spend a little time at those, figure out which seem the best to you, combine them, get comfy and settle in with a couple.

quick (typical?) anecdote: i’ve been in one league (a 14-teamer with 27-man rosters—i.e. a fairly deep league) for six years now and several of the guys show up on draft day (we do an in-person draft, which, imo, is still the best way to do it if you can pull it off) with their magazine or cheat sheet printed off and scratch their heads in the later rounds. invariably those guys have finished in the bottom half league every year.

my point being: don’t be like those guys, BrewerBlue87! there’s still time!