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Originally Posted by Gary Wise
Interesting to note the fangraphs auction calculator is penalizing Bryant and Arenado in a major way for position. 3B depth might affect my earlier ranking of them. 1B, 2B, SS and OF are all really close (league dependant, obv)
Agree Gary - the one major thing I don't agree with respect to the the FG calculator is their position adjustments. I am no projection expert but I run some numbers and the differences between the non-catcher positions is pretty negligible.
For example Kendrys Morales, despite a decent projected Steamer line of .266 70 23 80 is a $1 guy per FG in a 12-team league that starts 14 hitters - because he gets -$1 as a position adjustment when any other non-catcher gets a $6.50-$8.10 adjustment (and yeah to your point it looks like 3B is getting dinged about $1-$2 compared to any other hitting position).
Not saying Morales is elite but even at UT he's got some value, hell FG itself is basically saying he's a $9-$10 player if he was 1B eligible.