• You can’t beat the classics. The tried and true are tried and true for a reason. In fantasy, there’s one time-tested piece of advice that everyone knows about, and that’s buying low and selling high.

    For the uninitiated, buying low refers to the act of acquiring a player at a discount because their recent performance — which is below their standards/expectations — has changed their perceived value for the player’s current manager. Essentially, it’s trying to trade for a player that you know is going to be a lot better than he has been lately, and capitalizing on his current manager’s anxieties to do so at a lower cost than you would normally anticipate.

    On the flip side, selling high is the opposite; trading away a player at the height of their perceived value thanks to a recent run of good fortune. That could be the result of several things, but at the end of the day you’re trying to get off at the top and extract more value than you would normally anticipate from your trade partner. It’s a simple concept but hard to do, especially if you’re playing with seasoned competition who know the tricks of the trade.

    Every couple of weeks we’re going to look at a few buy-low and sell-high candidates — there’s no sense in doing a seven-day check-in unless your leaguemates have goldfish-level attention spans — as well as a few other names who might be tempting to deal away. Less than two weeks into the season, you’re going to see a lot of noise, but that doesn’t prevent people from getting antsy. That high-cost pick who is floundering might be keeping an overeager manager up at night, and you’ll have opportunities to strike.


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