RotoChamps.com - March 1st Newsletter

March is here, Spring Training is underway, the World Baseball Classic is about to begin, what a great time of year. March is also the Time that we start putting all our offseason research into action as it is Draft and Auction season! Hopefully you all have found our projections and draft kit helpful in your preparation. We still have more new content on the way to help you out towards Opening Day. I will cover some of that here.

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PROJECTIONS UPDATES

Don't forget we update the projections file every Sunday. Last week we had alot of changes to make with things like the Brian Lawrence and Kip Wells injuries, the signings of Erubiel Durazo and Richard Hidalgo, and some other minor news out of spring training. Already this week we have more changes in store, so make sure you have the latest projections prior to your draft or auction.

CHEATSHEET COMPILER AND DRAFT BUDDY

We have a great FREE tool available to help everyone with their drafts and auctions. The Cheatsheet Compiler and Draft Buddy is an excel application developed as a collaboration between rotochamps.com and Mike MacGregor of FFtoday.com. We debuted it at rotochamps in 2005 and have made some enhancements for 2006. The most important change is the ability to choose your own scoring categories.

DOWNLOAD THE CHEATSHEET COMPILER AND DRAFT BUDDY HERE

DRAFT KIT ARTICLES

One of the most request articles we get is for us to publish how to create your own custom rankings and dollar values. Finally we have made that available with two excellent articles.

Percentage Valuation Method (PVM) - use this method for first year leagues.

Standings Gain Points Method (SGP) - use this for ongoing leagues.

UPCOMING CONTENT

Coming this week:

Mock Drafts for AL-only, NL-only, and Mixed 5x5 leagues based on the latest data.

Next week:

We will have Expert League Mock Auction results for AL-only, NL-only, and Mixed Pool from the Expert League Auctions hosted by FantasyAuctioneer.com