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Auction Keeper League Inflation Rate Math Question

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Written by Ares

Monday, 19 July 2010 23:15

So I am in a 12 team, fairly standard ESPN Auction League with 2 keepers for each team. Our keepers are just getting finalized, so I am working out what the inflation rate is for our league, and what I should expect to have to bid over estimated value for any given pick.

I know the inflation rate formula, which is (Total Projected Salary - Total Keeper Salary) / Total Salaries. For our league this simple formula gives us an inflation rate of 10.55%. Here is my question, shouldn't I take that 10.55%, and multiply the Total Projected Salary in the above formula by the inflation rate? Now this will give me a new inflation percentage, but using Excel I can plug it in, get a new number and repeat 3-4 times to get a new number that really isn't moving.

The reason I ask is because using the first method I have a 10.55% inflation rate, but using Inflation Adjusted Value's for players I have a 14.25% inflation rate.

Also, when calculating how much to overbid in an auction league based on inflation rates, do you go with the league wide inflation rate, or the inflation rate specific to your team. What I mean is should I take the same above formula, but instead of applying it to all keepers in the league, just apply it to my team, and that is my team specific inflation rate. The reason I ask is if I have really good keepers in the 20-25% range, my inflation rate is much higher, thus I can afford to overbid quite a bit more than others otherwise I will be stuck with fistfulls of wasted cash at the end of the auction. Conversely, if my keepers are just middling keepers that only get me about a 5-7% inflation rate, then if I am overbidding at the 14% rate I will quickly run out of cash before the end of the auction.

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