FANALYTICS: The Mega-Rebuild, part 1

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the advice I have been doling out this winter. In particular, I wrote about the need to make a "contend or rebuild" commitment when you are assessing your team for the future and deciding on keepers.

In some leagues, particularly shallow formats, you can do both—contend and rebuild. But the deeper you draft into the player pool, the more you have to have a firm goal going into the season.

If you're playing to win, you have to be willing to trade Kris Bryant for the missing piece of your championship. If you're playing to rebuild, you can't be rostering players who have more earning power in 2015 than they will in 2016 or beyond.

That's the tough part. We are not programmed to go into a season embracing the...

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