Rolling in the deep (really deep)
We’re just days away from the start of the NFBC Main Event, the premiere high stakes fantasy baseball event in the industry. The Main Event has a $200,000 grand prize …
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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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A little hype for the post-hype sleepers
As I work on my strategy for a 30-round NFBC draft, I divide the draft into three parts – the beginning, middle and end (pretty creative, huh?) The first 10 …
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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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Respect ADP
Last week, I gave you seven principles for building a winning team in your fantasy baseball draft. This week, we’re going to dig deeper into Principle 1 – respecting ADP. …
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Fantasy baseball draft principles
As the new year dawned, fantasy football enthusiasts were waking up to the reality that their season was over. The baseball season is still three months away, and the casual …
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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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The Dominoes Begin to Fall
Shohei Ohtani’s move across town in Los Angeles is a win-win for the two-way MLB superstar and the Dodgers. Your initial reaction to the 10-year, $700 million was probably that …
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Memo to fantasy baseball managers: Free agency is here
At 9 a.m. ET on November 2nd, I was wiping sleep from my eyes in California and preparing to board a plane and return to Texas. Meanwhile, scores of major …
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What we learned from the 2023 baseball season
Brian Slack of Los Angeles, California earned the distinction of being the best fantasy baseball manager in the country after winning the 2023 NFBC Main Event title and the record …
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