Quote:To be clear, I am not arguing against the proposition that the draft is the best way to build the team.

 

What I am questioning is why BAP vs. Need is only used in consideration for the draft, and not for free agents.

 

As to your closing statement, doesn't that presume the BAFA (Best Available Free Agent) is the most expensive?

 

Well, I told you already. 

 

BAP is only used for the draft and not for free agency because BAP can cause you to have crippling holes in your roster that you have to fill, and therefore, you use the other tool, free agency, to fill the holes.   If you use the BAP method with both free agency and the draft, you can often wind up with holes in your roster.   Too many WRs, not enough LBs, for instance.   Free agency is so expensive, you have to use it sparingly, not to load the team with talent, but to fill the holes in the roster and allow yourself the luxury of using BAP in the draft.  

 

Is best available free agent the most expensive?   Yes, in general.  

 

Your question was about the general philosophy of team building.   Of course you have to be flexible.   If you see Keenan McCardell available in free agency, and you think he is seriously undervalued by your competitors, of course you go get him.  

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