I was having a discussion with a fellow Capra owner and - after years of riding the IFA train as if it were heroin - I've gotten to the point where I think that I'm going to give up. What I wanted to do was to determine how much it costs to acquire an IFA. Now, the cost for particular teams varies based on any number of factors including luck, but I figured that I had average luck and had pursued a fairly optimal strategy. My strategy was this: If I was going to be in on IFAs, then I would maximize the amount of dollars available so that I wouldn't be outbid by other teams for players that I could see. If you look back, I'd imagine that I've got the most or second most budget dollars available in well more than half of the seasons where I made a big push. Avoid getting stuck with nothing. Before the All-Star break I would pick and choose and try to get the best IFA possible. After the All-Star break I would select the first ML quality IFA that I saw. Be...
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." --A.Bartlett Giamatti on Baseball