So what exactly does a “secondary target” entail? I equate it to being a hunter out in the wild. You need to do your research, figure out what your team needs, figure out what lengths you’re willing to go to acquire said needs and find the right time to pounce.

I mentioned at the end of the previous post that we were finally at the end of “Stage 1” once the initial trades/free agent moves were completed.  Well, Stage 2 starts right now – and to be perfectly honest, it’s much less romantic and spastic than Stage 1. However, it’s

Clearly, the initial trades are the most important part of this process, but it continues on with establishing a direction for your team and rooting out the players who don’t fit in. This is the most time consuming, and occasionally frustrating, part of the rebuilding process. In a dynasty league

I’m going back and writing an addendum to The Opening Trades piece just to use what happened with this league as an example of an important point.  If you wait unnecessarily, you may find the window for your opening trades to be smaller than you originally thought — and this

It’s not easy to be a new owner in an existing league. Often times a number of the owners in a league will know each other from either other corners of the internet or from real life, so it’s not unusual to feel left out at the beginning. But if

We all enter our own drafts and auctions with personal philosophies and biases. If you’re weren’t a believer that Yu Darvish was going to be successful enough to off-set his pre-season price tag, then you would have just dropped out of the bidding. If you had no confidence that Jake

With dynasty leagues, along with pretty much everything else in life, the biggest successes come when you are realistic about both how and when you go about it.  In this respect, you really have to operate like a major league front office.  When an MLB team in the rebuilding phase

Dynasty leagues are the ultimate form of fantasy baseball.  A dynasty league championship is not just the culmination of a great draft or a great year; it’s the culmination of a successful process which spans across seasons.  It’s the closest you can get to being an actual GM without leaving