Hey Aaron, I have some questions regarding the B150.
When you apply your projected ranks on the players, what does the rank mean exactly?
For example, let's say, hypothetically speaking, in 9 cat you had Carmelo Anthony at 58 in the B150, and the usual (Yahoo!, ESPN, etc) ADP is 46. What would your rank mean here? Is it simply your own ADP, final season rank, or something else? How do we apply your rank to our drafts? Does the rank also account for punting strategies or other strategies? Does it take games played / injury risk into consideration?
In another example, hypothetically speaking, in 9 cat, you had Marquese Chriss at 78 and the ADP is 98 - Same questions as above.
Also in the B150, do you give us the ceiling/floor ranks of a particular player? I really like seeing ceiling/floor ranking, as it gives me a good idea of how much of a risk or non-risk I'd be taking.
Can't wait to see the B150! Thanks Aaron 🙂
Hey guys ...
So I will break down the ground rules for it in the article itself that are more extensive ... but to answer your questions here the rank itself is an end-of-season rank based on cumulative value. It's the purest form to rank players in a one-size fits all list because of the massive number of formats out there. Head to head players will need to make adjustments based on their punt builds or views on head-to-head value (I believe in pure values and don't discount players for low popcorn stats). Playoff format owners will want to consider season-trajectory, for example, a younger player that's more of a stash will be more valuable than the rank late in the year and less valuable early on.
Owners will definitely want to become students of ADP because that's half the battle using this list. You're going to be sitting on a ton of targets and need to figure out how late you can get guys (or what you have to spend). As for games played and risk, I use a proprietary (fancy word alert) blend of methods that do take into account those factors. I don't do ceiling and floor analysis for a few reasons, but I'm not going to rule it out in the future. Mostly, the draft season and preseason is about 500 hours long and it's a bit of an art to figure out where to allocate those minutes. In the future as our tools get more sophisticated I might start to produce more data -- just not at the expense of the ranks themselves. B150 comes out soon here ... thanks for the feedback!
If we purchased the draft guide, will we get access to the Bruski 150 on October 1st included in the draft guide?
That is correct, if you're a Draft Guide or Season Pass purchaser you will get access to the B150 on 10/1 at no charge as a part of your membership. We go with the early early version to give those that need early access an angle on it while we can still protect these rankings from moving the market too early for you guys to fully benefit from them.
