GM's OFFICE: LABR-Mixed Draft recap—Introducing the Zunino plan?
Feb 17 2017
Earlier this week, USAToday sponsored the annual LABR Mixed League draft.
LABR is the grand-daddy of the industry/expert leagues, although this is only the sixth season of the mixed league format. I've been a participant in LABR-Mixed since its inception, with one (co-)championship and two second place finishes over five seasons.
To recap the format and particulars, LABR-Mixed is:
- 15 teams, standard 5x5 scoring (using BA, not OBP).
- 29 rounds (6 reserve spots; unlimited DL).
- I had the 4th pick in the snake draft. (Draft order was set randomly.)
In terms of league setup, this is my preferred format. For more than a decade now I've been laying out my approach to these mixed straight drafts in our annual Straight Draft Guide (2017 edition...
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