This week, the CBS NL-only analysts league honed in on the current National League landscape. (Find the full results here.) My plan was to spend big on Trea Turner — an …
Buy! Buy! Buy!: Five Takeaways From an NL-Only Auction Read More
Ranking starting pitchers by K-BB% — strikeout rate minus walk rate — is a good way to mine for overlooked and undervalued arms. It makes sense that this stat is …
What’s Not to Like About Kenta Maeda? Read More
Last season’s barrage of home runs is reshaping the way we approach our drafts this year. Power is available up and down the draft board, and it’s going to take …
The Case for Cheap Batting Champs Read More
This week I looked for players who are capable of vastly outperforming their current ADPs based off one particular metric: weighted on-base percentage. The point is to compare the draft-day …
Five wOBA Outliers Read More
On Tuesday CBS’s Scott White organized the first of what will be weekly industry mock drafts leading up to MLB’s regular season. Tim McLeod spent literally all of five seconds choosing …
Early Takeaways From an Early Mock Read More
Starting pitchers are getting the hook quicker than ever these days as teams invest more heavily in bullpens, while managers increasingly use specialists and high-strikeout relievers early in games. Last …
Waiting on Starters in a Bullpen-Friendly World Read More
Baseball’s offseason has moved unusually slow this winter. With just six weeks remaining before pitchers and catchers report, the vast majority of the game’s top free agents are still hanging …
Bullpen Reinforcements Read More
The agenda for 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17 was only a thinly veiled secret. When my girlfriend asked me to carve out a couple hours at this particular time …
Relaxing During the Fantasy Playoffs Read More
Continued from yesterday, Part II begins with the last few paragraphs from Part I for context. Pacman’s latest run-in with the law was nothing compared to the surveillance video that captured …
She Fantasy Football League Bans Abusers, Part II Read More
Evangeline Bauerle is by all accounts a benevolent ruler. The two-time defending champion of She FF, an all-female fantasy football league, refuses to subject her vanquished foes to demeaning tasks …
She Fantasy Football League Bans Abusers, Part I Read More
So, you were the one who swooped in after a dejected leaguemate reluctantly dropped Aaron Rodgers back in October. Real cool. You sat on him all these weeks, rooting for …
To Play or Not to Play Aaron Rodgers Read More
The Fantasy playoffs are finally here, and those who made the cut probably have the depth to consider benching a good player in a bad matchup. It’s time to test …
Playoff Week Wide Receiver Problems Read More