Avoiding Information Bias
A funny thing happens with the sequence in which we are given information to process. In psychology, the “anchoring” effect is a cognitive bias in which we rely too much …
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The Deadline Dust Settles
Whew… what a week that was. If you weren’t paying close attention (and truthfully even if you were paying close attention), it is entirely possible that you may have missed …
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On the Move
With the MLB trade deadline approaching, and presumably your league’s own tradeline trailing not far behind, it is a good time to look at what players are going to be …
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Category Specialists
We did it! We made it to the All-Star Break and remained competitive enough to still be interested in fantasy baseball, and consuming content thereof. Congrats! That means we are …
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An Ode to Chris Bassitt
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what people think Chris Bassitt is, and perhaps even more difficult to figure out what he will be going forward. But what on one can’t argue …
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Don’t Miss the Forest
Breaking with tradition in these parts, I will for the first time in this weekly column not be diving deeply into any specific players. There have been a number of …
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Waiting Their Turn
We’ve now reached mid-June and service time considerations are no longer as impactful in delaying the call-ups of otherwise big-league ready prospects. Further, injury concerns and lack of depth on …
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Lords of BABIP
To get this out of the way, it is entirely appropriate to sometimes be inspired by other writers and content creators. In this particular case, I was particularly inspired by …
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Let’s Turn This Thing Around
We all want our fantasy players to get off to the best start possible. April success gives us hope that our convictions will be rewarded, and that we will be …
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It’s a Team Sport
What I’m going to write about is counter-intuitive in the context of fantasy sports as we are generally concerned with individual performance and its derivatives that the aggregate performance of …
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Perception and Reality
We’re far enough into the season now that we have an idea of who players are and what we can expect from them. Slow starts and blazing starts alike, performances …
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Where Did That Come From?
At minimum, you did plenty of research in the offseason before putting that into motion with multiple drafts and are likely tracking the fluctuations on player performance and bidding on …
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