The Grid: Auction will allow you to make many more decisions, weighing many more factors, in much less time than any other auction product. How is that possible? The key is placing both actual purchases and projected players in the same visual space: The Grid. How is it possible?
It’s truly amazing what the brain can comprehend when given a purely visual expression of a problem.
You’ll see patterns and make decisions you never could have trying to fuss with multiple printout, magazine, or web pages. In just seconds you can comprehend all of the following in the heat of a live auction. At the same time, don’t be intimidated by the list below; when expressed visually, the brain is equally adept at ignoring what it doesn’t want to use until it’s ready.
Where tiers of players at each position begin and end
Relative value of players from different positions
Who’s still there for future bidding, filtered by position, and at what price.
Who your competition is on any given bid -- whether they need that position, how much money they have left, and how many total players they still need to buy.
Visual indicators of where your sleepers are and how much you can expect to spend.
Which positions are largely filled by other teams already, so you can scoop up a remaining option with little competition
What it takes to buy elite players at scarce positions, and what caliber of player you could still afford at deep positions
How to avoid big problems with bye weeks (NFL only)
Your value of a player in comparison to his value on average; execute a flawless Value Based Auction
Keep a close eye on the balance of big-name players left and your budget compared to other teams -- this will prevent you from jumping too early or waiting too late
Full customization for anything else you can think of!
Here's a quick example of a possible scenario where Chase Utley is up for bid and you have to decide whether to go after him (from 2009 baseball):
