Much appreciated, Desmond!

I guess it would come down to what kind of players you can typically get in your draft/auction for $500k-2m or whatever. In my 12 team dynasty, I was able to grab Rich Hill for a dollar and keep him for 3 years, and there are other guys like that out there every year. If you can only get the deepest of long shots in a deep league, I would probably prefer the minor leaguer.

The most obvious factor would be if I was rebuilding or not. If I didn’t think I had a serious chance to win, I wouldn’t worry about more of my roster going to minor leaguers who I really like, but at the same time, there might be just as much value trying to grab those post hype or overlooked guys on the cheap even in a rebuild.

Quick strategy question I’d be interested in your take on – where do you stand on the balance between depth in a minors system v its cost in leagues where you have salaries for minor leaguers?

Eg, you can have, say, upto 20 minor leaguers who all cost a minimum salary of $500k in a league where there is, say, a $140m budget in total which covers both minors and major leaguers. Do you always pack out the minors slots up to 20 because the potential payoff is great (you get x years of cheap player when they graduate), or do you tend to only want players in/around your top 100/200 (depending on league size) with a few high-upside flyers and save the space and budget for your major league production now?