Doug Gruber

1 month ago | baseballhq.com | Ron Shandler |Doug Gruber

Shadow drafting is an exercise you can participate in as a spectator at a fantasy auction. The goal is to assemble your own team from the players you would have been willing to bid $1 more than their actual cost. In other words, if Jacob deGrom is drafted for $20, you would roster him if you were willing to go to $21. (But don’t. Okay, maybe.)There are two ways to shadow-draft. The easy method is to take final draft results and cherry-pick those players you'd want for $1 more.