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Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Strategy Guide and Expert Tips (2025)

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Kudos to those of you who have registered for the intense experience of auction drafting! We're here to help you dominate with strategies and tips to make you the sharpest drafter in the league. Many of you grew up on "snake" drafts and though the experience will serve you well, this is a different beast.

Now it's time to discuss helpful steps to take leading up to the draft itself, as well as walk you through 10 tips to gain value and avoid pitfalls. Newcomers and veterans alike would do well to read on, be it for a crash course or to simply refresh your mindset. Let's get it!

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Step 0: Know Your League Settings and Leaguemate Tendencies as Intimately as Possible

Have you ever played with someone who didn’t realize it was an OBP or OPS league, rather than batting average? Ignored setup men in a Saves+Holds format? Or maybe your league employs an extra UTIL slot, or has no SP/RP designations and instead leans on a bunch of “P” slots. You aren’t ready to draft until you understand the parameters.

If you play with the same group each year, scrape historic auction data from your league to identify leaguewide or specific owner tendencies re: hitter/pitcher $ splits. You should also inspect your results in terms of hitter/pitcher spending splits, waiting on closers, and so on. What were the winning category targets to aim for moving forward?

 

Step 1: Use Our Staff Rankings to Create $$ Valuations

We’d welcome your blind trust but no matter how you blend them, be sure that you have a tiered ranking system with dollar values. Be aware of how these relate across different positions given the multi-position eligibility, especially with short benches. Get a sense of how big a drop exists between tiers and don’t lose sight of positional scarcity.

Some have said that tiers don’t help and can obstruct one’s ability to be fluid during a draft, so you’re going to want to test out mock drafts with and without tiered rankings. I am firmly in the tiered ranks camp, but I recognize there are many paths to victory. It is recommended to set a maximum and minimum value for each tier in case you need to swiftly reevaluate.

The general rule of thumb for splitting cash between hitters and pitchers is 65/35 in favor of the bats. Remember that you have stat targets, not player targets. The names on the jerseys are fun but this is a bottom-line business.

You'll note that it isn't necessary to pre-assign salary ceilings to particular positions ($32 for OF, $23 for 1B, etc.) In fact, I’d discourage that, as you run the risk of tying your own hands when a potentially excellent bargain comes up at the table - bidding dies out on Corey Seager at $18, whom you have down as a $23 value, but you don't have a $23 spot open. Go for it early. Value is value. Ending your $260 auction with $260 worth of value makes you an average contender.

And while most thinking relates to how one gets their targets, but don’t lose sight of plus value even on players you don’t necessarily like. I understand avoiding high-tier players that would still cost $25+ as you have to like your team at the end of the day, but that $8-12 range could yield profits. If you believe Jose Altuve is over the hill and have him at $16, but the entire room does as well and he’s sitting at $12, then you should strongly consider pouncing.

That said, you can trim the overall player pool if considering more than 300 players is daunting. You can mentally group positional pools into “Green” (Strong, Preferred Targets), “Yellow” (In Consideration If The Price Is Right), and “Red” (Full Fade). Color code your sheet for full try-hard success.

Here are some hitter templates to go into drafts with, but I’d urge you to use the second:

2025 Auction Draft
Plan Player Purchased
50
35
25
21
19
13
10
7
4
3
2
1
1
$191 Total

 

POS Name Cost R HR RBI SB AVG
C
1B
2B
SS
3B
MI
CI
OF
OF
OF
OF
OF
UTIL
Current Total 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Target $260 1050 295 1025 180 .260

 

Step 2: "Mock" Draft 

There’s no way to fully mimic an auction draft as there are simply so many permutations to account for, but you can test out tons of strategies and see if spending big early on studs leaves you satisfied more often, or if you like to wait and then pounce on a plethora of mid-range picks. Adjust your dollar values as you mock draft and read up on expert auction drafts (such as Tout Wars) to bounce your own budget off of others.

This is all with the general aim of becoming flexible and prepared. The drafter that walks to the auction block with several plans ready, with each sporting several branches worth pivoting to, is the victorious one. Nothing is set in stone. Paul Skenes might be bid up over $50 or somehow hover around $35, and you need to be ready.

 

Step 3: You Need to Track Your Spending...and Everyone Else’s

One can feel overwhelmed by having to take care of your wallet and continuously refresh your resource allocation, but it’s going to be necessary...for you and everyone else. This is where draft software is paramount, though paper-pen warriors can certainly pull it off at a live draft.

You need to know whether Steve=’s team is still without a 1B/3B/CI and there are only two options you consider startworthy in a 12-teamer at CI left. You need to know whether Linda has six roster spots left to fill and only $6 left to do so, which leaves her at a max bid of $1 per player. Be aware of folks who started like this:

 

Step 4: Dominate! (And Use The Following 10 Tips)

Tip 1: Never Stop Re-Assessing

The player pool is constantly changing and you always need to stay abreast of how many players are left in the highest tier, or perhaps one player is hanging around at Tier 3 while Tier 4 is also being drained. Blink and that Tier 3 player is two tiers better than your next best option and may draw additional attention.

This starts well before draft day, as projections constantly change throughout the offseason as players sign, trades are made and playing time is won or lost, especially in the spring. Is the auction room heating up and steaming players, or have values dipped? Know how to identify when to bid.

 

Tip 2: League Size Informs Roster Construction

Playing in shallower leagues, such as 8- or 10-team formats, means you should typically spend more money at the top. You will have more mid-tier options left undrafted than in 14-teamers, so spending up on top-50 meshes with enhanced free-agent maneuverability due to more talent in the FA player pool.

If you could pick up a Yandy Diaz -- a bat that plays nearly every day but is ranked around 200 by most sites -- then you can be bullish at the top and know your CI slot has flexibility should Christian Walker’s oblique not recover well. Whereas if you price yourself out of later bidding rounds and get stuck banking on Jackson Holliday getting consistent PT then you could have trouble.

 

Tip 3: Vary Your Bids

Don’t be a Predictable Patty in the war room! You don’t have to want each player that you nominate. Doing so creates a signal to the room and we don’t want them to have any inside information.

Mix it up between guys you want and others that represent pressure points for others. The latter pool of players become identifiable through tracking other’s teams and spending, as well as realizing that every top-25 starting pitcher is gone except for Shota Imanaga -- you can damn well bet that Imanaga will command a hefty price tag.

Side note: Don’t wait until you’re on the 30-second nomination clock to select a player to put up. Respect the room by not collectively wasting over five minutes scrolling. Practically speaking, you also rob opponents of time to re-collect their thoughts.

 

Tip 4: Manually Input Your Bids

It’s so tempting to fire off that +$1 click because it’s easy, or perhaps you just don’t have time to click and type. I get it, we’ve all been there and it usually isn’t a big deal. But when this misfires, it can be catastrophic. I’ll mix in a side-tip to illustrate my point.

You’ve probably been in an auction draft where top-25 players are initially nominated for $1. Let’s say we’ve seen Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Tarik Skubal, etc. all go for $40-50, but then Mookie Betts is nominated for $1. In general, don’t be that person who lowballs clear high-round players. It’s a waste of time as it’ll slowly grow to true value, instead of starting at $30 and saving a minute.

Anyway, so Betts is out for $1, or $10, something too low. Someone (me) likely rolls their eyes and manually types in $40 to drive the action. You don’t really want Betts, but he was only at $10 and you’re surely in for $11!

But I click $40 and hit enter, and now your +$1 click goes from $11 to $41 before you can react. Now you have a player you didn’t want and a big chunk of your budget committed.

 

Tip 5: Controlled Aggression

So we just hit on how it’s best to vary your attacks, but let’s be clear: You want to be the attacker. Whether it’s in your bidding choice to begin the round or pushing the dollars, you want others reacting to you. Make them return your shots, don’t be afraid to drive the action according to your values. Don’t go crazy and don’t bid on players you definitely don’t want, of course, but you need to be an alpha presence.

Stay involved and you won’t miss a thing. The first-mover advantage is a real thing. Reacting will always add a dollar in the war room. And if you nominate/bid quickly, it is simply less time on the table for folks to orient themselves and react. Preparation pays off and can separate you from the pack.

 

Tip 6: It’s Okay to Overpay, But Do It Early

Stars are far less likely to bust than those $5-10 range players. Even if your $30 Manny Machado “only” puts up a 90-30-90-.280 line then you’re alive for others to elevate your team, but putting the bulk of your faith in $15-20 players such as Lawrence Butler, Brenton Doyle, and Bailey Ober can leave you vulnerable to a low floor.

Remain disciplined and don’t overextend. We can’t account for big injuries, such as our highest-paid player suffering a freak slip down the dugout steps, but we can reasonably guard against performance-based liabilities.

 

Tip 7: Play Your Game

There is an entire league around you, but construct the team that you want. Bid for your own team, not to screw your opponent. Yeah, you may know that Jimbo over there really loves him some Oneil Cruz and should overpay for him, but that doesn’t mean you go beyond your means to squeeze him.

If you get saddled with a player beyond your valuation, then you’ve played yourself and Jimbo will beat you. Do you want that?

 

Tip 8: Throw a Screwball

Beyond nomination techniques, you must pay attention to general trends and lean into your opponents. Your opponents will take the draft where each of them wants to go. You must play your part to throw them off.

This is not to go against what I just advised, where you overbid or aim to get players you don’t like, but nudging a precarious player into the bidding or trying to start a run at a scarce position such as catcher or closer can pay dividends. Especially if you already have a star closer or catcher.

 

Tip 9: Don’t Be Afraid To Call Someone Out

This one is league-dependent, just as your table talk at a poker venue would depend on your familiarity. Hometowners shouldn’t be afraid to type out a subtle jab in the middle of a bid that deserves more activity. Here at RotoBaller, our own Real Talk Raph notoriously would exclaim that a player is going for “TOO CHEAP” in the draft chat. 

We all laugh and it’s good fun, but verbal price enforcement and signaling a bid check will unleash some psychological warfare. You don’t want to call attention to yourself in the process by making enemies, but if you sprinkle it in on critical players alongside your usual banter then you can make it count.

 

Tip 10: Line Up Your Final Bids Early

Yes, we’ve had a plan and ideally, it’s been executed. You came into this draft with plenty of end-draft targets and now you should hone in on a final attack plan. That’s not to say which specific players you will win, but how you’re going to use the remaining funds.

Do you need another middle infielder? A stolen base flier? Perhaps a couple of bullpen shots in case the primary stopper gets injured? You should easily know these things and not be frantically scrambling when auction fatigue sets in towards the end. Imagine this scenario:

The draft is winding down and you have $10 left with five roster spots to go. Most people are in similar straits and the bulk of nominations start at $1 as every dollar matters. But if you initially bid $2 on players you want, then suddenly you’ve made it $3 for someone to swoop in on players who you’re putting up. Identify your remaining targets and be ready to hit the $2 trigger if they’re nominated.

P.S. Taking notes during the draft on other bidders/teams/tendencies can be helpful if you're able to quickly jot on a notepad as the action unfolds!



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