Calibrating for the Short Season
Fantasy Baseball isn’t easy. It’s so much more than drafting a team and setting a line up once a week on Sunday evenings. You can’t put in the minimum effort …
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Missing Bats
Continuing our theme of alternating hitters and pitchers, this week we’ll investigate pitchers’ BB% and K% as we did last week with batters. There are a few different approaches to …
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Walk Like a Man
There are three main ways for a trip to the dish to end without a ball being put in play: a walk (BB), strikeout (K) or hit by pitch (HBP). …
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Understanding Fielding Independent Pitching
ERA (earned run average) is familiar to all baseball fans. In 2019, the league average ERA was 4.51. Starting pitchers with an ERA under 4.00 and relievers under 3.00 are …
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Hitting Regression Candidates
Every season is rife with players whose actual numbers differ from their expected stats. These deviations can stem from a variety of factors, including limited at bats, unfavorable metrics or …
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The Effect of an Abbreviated Season
It’s been over two months since the 2020 MLB season was set to begin back on March 26 and, especially with the recent announcement that the NBA will resume play …
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Points Leagues: Know Thy Scoring System
Last week, some under the radar points league players were highlighted while touching on the general principles that walks are underrated and stolen bases aren’t as important compared to roto …
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Points Leagues Risers and Fallers
As the 2020 Major League Baseball season remains in limbo, many Fantasy GMs (including myself) have chosen to postpone their drafts until a start date is announced. A delayed draft …
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From Project GOAT to CREATiVESPORTS
Hello all, I would like to introduce myself as Andrew DeStefano, a new contributor to CreativeSports. While I have not been around the sports world nearly as long as other …
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