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Surplus vs FanGraphs: live baseball value board vs auction calculator

Surplus is a free live fantasy baseball draft board at surplus.football that prices picks in points (or Z). It is not “surplus value,” the drafting strategy. FanGraphs publishes an auction calculator that turns projections into dollar values and rankings.

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Use Surplus when you want the live board — record picks, queue, roster, Proj / VOB (or Z / Z/base) updating as seats fill. Use FanGraphs when you want league-specific dollar values and a cheat sheet you export. They can sit next to each other. They are not the same tool.

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Surplus

What: A live draft board that prices picks in points.
Price: Free at surplus.football. Guest drafts stay in this browser. Surv% and Δ pick lock behind a free sign-up.
Best for: Seeing Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, Δ pick, and Surv% on the board while you pick.
Room: HDMI or cast the tab. The commissioner records picks on that machine. There is no shareable room URL. Surplus does not import Sleeper baseball leagues.
Value: Yes — on the live board. Points leagues use Proj / VOB. Category leagues use Z / Z/base over separate hitter and pitcher pools.

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FanGraphs

What: An auction calculator and fantasy tools on a baseball stats site.
Price: The auction calculator is published at fangraphs.com. Check that site for current access — some FanGraphs tools sit behind membership.
Best for: Custom dollar values from Steamer (or other) projections, then export to a sheet.
Room: Not a live commissioner board. Public tutorials describe exporting CSV and building a cheat sheet.
Value: Yes — category z-scores rolled into dollars (aPOS / last-player-picked). That is a sheet, not a Surplus-style pick list.

fangraphs.com/fantasy-tools/auction-calculator

Different jobs

If the question is “which free live board prices the baseball pick,” the answer is Surplus. If the question is “which public calculator builds dollar values from projections,” FanGraphs is built for that job.

Surplus is also not “surplus value,” the drafting strategy. It is the product at surplus.football.

FAQ

Is Surplus the same as surplus value drafting?

No. Surplus value is a strategy. Surplus is the free baseball board.

Does Surplus replace FanGraphs?

No. One is the live board. The other is a dollar-value calculator. Use both if you want both jobs.

Also see vs Clicky Draft and the MLB FAQ.

Surplus — the draft board that prices picks in points.

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