I would argue that many of these speculative breakout guys are successfully making the transition to true premiums though.
Look at Sicily, Hewett, Cripps, Brodie & Coniglio in 2022 - all discounted speculative options that successfully transitioned to top line premiums that year and put everyone that got them before price changes ahead of the pack. We also saw it last year to a lesser degree with Gulden, Ziebell etc.
The extra trades also allow you to take a punt on more midpricers - Hopper, Worpel, Setterfield and Sheed were all successful stepping stone options last season that made enough cash to be good cash cows whilst outscoring rookie priced options in the early rounds. Curnow, Witts etc. did the same in 2022.
You could finish a team with 20 trades when this game started in 2006 - 40 trades now is plenty to work with...