Where Were They Then?
There is a wealth of excellent in-depth prospect coverage today with many terrific resources for dynasty and keeper managers to uncover new talent. However good the coverage, I find the …
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Bat Speed: A Preliminary Review
There has been a lot of digital ink spilled on the utility of Baseball Savant’s recently released bat tracking technology. Intuitively, there would seem to be a tight correlation between …
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Evaluating Quality of Offense
Last week, I made the ill-fated choice to bench Seth Lugo at Toronto based on my impression the Blue Jays lineup was a strong, albeit underperforming unit. Upon digging into …
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Looking at “Weather” Location Matters
Fantasy baseball players have a better understanding of advanced stats, granular data, and splits than ever before. Along these lines, most know that offense peaks in the summer months. Take …
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Diving Into Reliever Wins
A much-discussed topic within fantasy baseball is the increasing share of wins by relief pitching. In the chart below, you can see relievers won about 100 more games in 2023 …
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Getting to the Bottom of Barrel(s)
As Statcast analysis has become ubiquitous among fantasy baseball analysts, it becomes more important than ever to know what stats are, why they matter, and how they are being used. …
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Depth Chart Hunter Episode 1
One of my favorite ways to find undervalued targets in a draft is to examine the lineups of the best offenses and see if the market is mispricing any of …
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Tarik Skubal and Valuing Team Quality
Tarik Skubal has been a popular name to discuss this winter for a number of reasons. One prominent line of conversation suggests that Skubal will not return draft cost because …
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Out of Control
Good fantasy baseball analysis identifies which statistics and skills are predictive, descriptive, or neither. An oft-quoted rule of pitching analysis suggests focusing on strikeouts and stuff instead of walks and …
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Allocation of Innings for the NFBC Draft Champions Contest
As we enter the heart of draft champions season at the NFBC (50 rounds, no in-season moves) many fantasy team managers will find themselves filling out the back-half of their …
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Batting Average Still Matters (In Fantasy Baseball)
Fantasy baseball pundits often recommend punting or ignoring batting average due to the year-over-year volatility of the statistic. This simple commentary ignores, or misses the effect stacking multiple bad batting …
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