J.West 3.0 (Keeper System)

Here is how my keeper system works, even though Josh probably laid it out in one paragraph far better then I can.

At the end of the year we use some sort of player rankings based on performance (either yahoo rankings, or espn player rater) and then we divide the players up by 6s. Thus the players who are ranked 1-6 = a first round pick players 7-12 are worth a 2nd round pick, ETC...

At the end of the year, you can keep 5 players, no salary cap or anything like that. The only catch is that you can only keep one 1st rounder. If you have two 2nd rounders you want to keep, you can keep both of them, only you have to take one of them with your 1st round pick.

This continues throughout the draft, if you have two 4th rounders you want to keep, you can keep them, but you have to take one of them in the 3rd round and the other in the 4th round.

Like I said in my post yesterday, don't stress if you have 2 guys worth 1st round picks, as you can see just because a player is a 1st rounder this year does not mean he will be next year.

The advantage of this system is it will give different managers different philosophies when it comes to keepers. For example Aaron might decide to keep more of his elite talent, Like Reyes, Wright and Ichiro in the first three rounds, where as I'm going to keep some of my injured or under preforming players like Sheets (19th round) Atkins (12th) Pujols (4th).

Sorry this post was so long, any questions please post them and we can work them out.