ALTERNATIVE: Top values in 2019 simulation pool
Jan 24 2019
It’s our favorite season of the year—draft season. For simulation gamers in formats like Strat-O-Matic, this time of the year we draft from last year’s rookie pool. The 2018 season brought only a few great rookies for an extremely shallow draft pool. This creates a very top-heavy draft—a few incredible players and then a mad scramble for mediocre roster fillers you hope can contribute for more than one year.
When approaching your 2019 rookie draft, you need to sacrifice quantity for quality. Trade up to a top pick even if you have to use several picks to get there. The players at the top are that good. More importantly, the players after the top two groups of eight look much worse long term. The talent pool falls off a cliff right...
Almost!
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