Blind Bidding for Minor League Players - In Seaso

I totally see a need to benefit the teams who put in the work researching in some capacity, but I think that benefit comes from being better able to accurately judge how much of an impact a prospect will have, and prevent overspending on an overhyped dud. those of us who piggy back may end up paying much more than is necessary (or logical) if we solely rely on input from others.

in real life professional sports, teams don't really have an opportunity to bid on a player and win the rights to him before other teams have a chance to bid. the players agent, if the player is any good, would shop around, market his ability, listen to multiple offers, etc.

I don't personally care much, but I've never really enjoyed silent bidding, even for silent auctions at school. it just seems like a way to benefit the person who spends the most amount of time on fantasy baseball, instead of the person who makes the BEST DECISIONS with his or her team. I had a friend who would wake himself up at 3am to abuse a waiver wire system in one of his leagues. they didnt have WW priority so he would just snag all the best players that were dropped. I realize this isn't close to the same scenario. I only mention it as a caution to avoid benefitting the person who puts in the most work (not that benefitting that person is a BAD thing at all, just that we shouldn't be going too far in that direction because we all have jobs and families and that would help prevent burnout), because (at least for me) this isn't a way to spend many many hours, but instead a way to test my knowledge of base all against 19 other intelligent baseball fans with a different idea of how to craft a winner. we do need to find a to incentivize people to WANT to start the bids, though.

either way, if we have a two day or three day window, I'd prefer to not have thenough big weekend be on July 2nd. because, for example this year, I'm camping until July 6th, and won't have access to a computer or the internet (and I imagine because it's a federal holiday many people have similar circumstances, and even if they have internet, do we really want people having to check their phones on vacation?). does that mean I'm just unable to participate in the bidding this year on those players? with the big name prospects the auction goes for much longer than 2 days, so I'll be able to get back in time for most if not all the big name guys..

anyway, just my two cents

In a league that permits 800 minor league players, plus another 800 on MLB and reserve rosters, we might have it covered.

Given the huge failure rate, when we consider all the guys playing loA baseball vs the number who actually have impact MLB careers, is this really necessay?

From personal experince, I picked Eloy Jimenez in the initial draft, pick 7.06... now he is one of the best prospects in baseball. Am I that brilliant, or are teenaged prospects so unpredictable that ratings can wildly swing from year to year.. he was pick 127 a year ago...

The vote will be the vote, I voted no.. I dont see any rational arguement that supports this level of complexity..