ROTISSERIE: Profit, replacement cost keys to keeper lists

As we move towards spring training, owners in Roto keeper leagues are starting to look at their rosters, weighing which players to keep and which to throw back.

There can be no actual rules about how best to figure out your keepers, because there are too many variables: how many keeper slots your league allows, salary-increase rules, your intentions for the season (play to win or build for the future) and, the biggest of all, what the other league owners do.

That said, there are some steps you can follow to give yourself a good chance at making optimal keeper decisions. We’ll outline them as a series of steps.

First, Mock Your League

To get started, you have to “mock” your league’s keepers. This doesn’t mean hanging your mouth...

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