ROTISSERIE: HQ-WONK—Where am I? (Learning the room)

HQ-WONK is a 15-team mixed keeper league with a 23-round auction and a 17-round reserve draft. (Rosters can be found here if you’re interested in the results.) Owners may keep players rostered at the auction for $5/year more than their salary, and they can keep reserve-round picks at a cheaper contract ($3/year increase). Since this is a first-year auction, not having any history to judge owners' tendencies adds more difficulty to creating an auction plan. With so many unknowns in mind, I mapped out three different strategies for the HQ-WONK league:

1. Strong Offense Plus Santana Plan: If I dedicate $195 towards hitting and $35-40 for an ace, that would leave $3-4 for each remaining pitcher. The plan would allow for at least three...

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