Bogfella's Notebook: Keeper Decisions

As most of you probably know, I play almost exclusively in keeper leagues. With my feeling that building a team over time is nearly as rewarding as blowing away your competition in any given year, and my passion for uncovering top tier pitching talent before other owners even have the guy on their radars, I focus heavily on both winning now, and compiling an overwhelming display of young pitching talent. This edition of the Notebook is called "The Pipeline Principle" and it provides some thoughts on building a long term pitching staff capable of winning now, and in the future. In most of my leagues, and particularly in my 15-team mixed deep keeper, the trading deadlines have passed, and access to the waiver wire has come to an end. Therefore, what I have right now is what I will get to choose from when I turn in my protections this winter. I think the best test of an analyst's commitment when asking who they value most, equates to who they would protect when the time comes to ta

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