Young & Old

As teams are still processing the draft, a league study reviewed average age by team shows potential directions of the teams.

As expected, Fobsters and Athena Nike are by far the league's youngest teams. Both teams signaled pre-draft that they were building for the coming years by accumulating premium picks. Jimmy and Frank have the only two rosters that who average twenty-six years old or younger (btw, league average across all 180 players is 27.2 years old).

On the flipside, teams clearly gunning for this year are the Jammers and Buffy. Jammers are the de facto favorite to win it all this year while Roger has long known been an opportunist to mine undervalued veterans. Interestingly, the Jubas, last year's champion, have found a way to stay relatively youthful despite a championship-now caliber team. Lei and Roger are potentially facing a narrowing window (they also have the oldest keeper core, Vu's also up there) at 28+ years old...makes sense to see the push this year.

Another interesting look to examine each team's youth is to look at their first five picks.  The first five picks are often times most important and signals likely starters or high potential keeper players.  Jimmy and Jon drafted youngest early. In fact, Jimmy's first 5 picks averaged the ripe old age 22.4 years old - go class of 2017! Jon's sent muddy messages by trading for multiple keepers early but kept his draft varied with an emphasis on youth early and experience later. Interestingly, Frank, who despite openly voiced his intention for this year to be a rebuilding year, mined youth only towards the end of the draft.  Roger and Ping went with the most veteran heavy with their top picks.