With the season giving us a quirky Thursday start, just a little over a week past this year’s advent of spring, there appears to be a lot of champing at …
Pre-Season “Sleepers?” (Week 0, March 25, 2018) Read More
The nice thing about playing in a large number of fantasy leagues (five in my case) is that you have the chance to own a lot of different players. Can’t …
I’ll Be Missing You Read More
Gad, what a wild conglomeration of weeks, peppered with four games at the Cactus League culminating with the American League LABR auction, after which I shot to Pt. St. Lucie …
Pre-Season Thoughts and Machinations Read More
Projection systems have a hard time with young players because computers can’t extrapolate 300 plate appearances into a full year’s worth of statistics with much confidence. Too many variables; too …
Boring Vets Are Here to Help Read More
Christmas came on St. Patrick’s Day, and while Santa brought me some cool gifts (Clayton Kershaw and Christian Yelich), he also left a whole lot of coal (Chris Davis and …
Christmas Comes on St. Patty’s Day in Vegas Read More
If the LABR drafts are Christmas, the Tout Wars drafts are New Year’s Eve and the New Years’ Day football games all rolled into one. This past Saturday, March 17, …
National League Tout Wars Draft Recap Read More
I think this is going to be a slightly different review of my Tout Wars team for a few reasons. First, I seriously was trying to go after more offense …
A Different Road to the AL Tout Crown? Read More
Shortly after 6 PM ET this past Monday, the slow draft was over. Kolten Wong rounded out my first completed “real” fantasy roster of 2018, and The Great Fantasy Baseball …
You Can’t Always Get What You Want Read More
It is Tout Wars Weekend, and I am in New York City! Actually, this has been the busiest spring for me yet, having hit the Cactus League and LABR a …
Tout Wars Wish List, 2018 Read More
This week’s advice is based on a couple of separate problems I was having early in draft season: losing track of steals and waiting too long to fill outfield slots. …
Steals in the Outfield Read More
The ‘Last Year’s Bums’ concept has served me well over the years. Recency bias sometimes weighs recent performance disproportionately, especially if we know of certain circumstances that contributed to the …
Last Year’s Or This Year’s Bums Read More
As any regular follower of mine will know, I play in a lot of mock drafts. Mocks are fantastic practice for the real thing, in addition to being a lot …
What IS Best Ball? Read More