Fantasy baseball keeper leagues may be nice for some people, but I am one of those who feel it takes the fun and excitement out of the draft and fantasy baseball overall.
Non keeper leagues. Imagine going to your family's fantasy baseball draft and having the whole gambit, all players to choose from in rounds 1 and 2. Imagine looking at names like Jose Reyes, Alex Rodriguez or Albert Pujols not to mention pitchers like Johan Santana or Jake Peavy as your possible first round pick. Imagine looking at players like Jimmy Rollins, Hanley Ramirez, or pitchers C.C. Sabathia and Brandon Webb as your potential 2ND round picks. That's the exciting part of each and every fantasy baseball draft. The possibility of drafting a real fantasy baseball stud.
Now imagine going to your family's fantasy baseball keeper league draft. Imagine having players like Jose Reyes, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, or pitchers like Johan Santana, Jake Peavy, C.C. Sabathia and Brandon Webb off the board. Not only can you forget about drafting any of those stud players this year, but in keeper leagues, you can never draft them. Granted, 2 or 3 of the best players may be on your team, but it eventually gets to the point where a few competitors in your league, perhaps you being one of them, lose their elite players to age or injuries and are left handicapped. They would usually have to pick from the board some replacements to fill out their initial roster before all can draft from the rest of the field. So not only is the excitement of a new fantasy baseball season diminished by not being able to have a chance at the best of the best, but a few participants may find themselves in a hole to start out their new season.
I say out with keeper leagues and in with the original system of drafting from the entire fantasy baseball field. Give everyone a chance to start their new season completely fresh and anew, with chances at any of the big time fantasy baseball studs.
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Now here is where I'll agree with you. I hate keeper leagues. I like salary leagues that you play on Sporting News and USA Today.
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