The Fabulous World of FAAB
There is no way to minimize the importance of your fantasy baseball draft. The deeper the league, the more important the draft is in winning a championship. With that said, …
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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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There’s No Relief from the Closer Conundrum
Always wanting to be the dutiful husband, I’ve watched my wife put together a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle over a period of a week. It’s a painful process. She’ll start …
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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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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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Four Undervalued Hitters
Welcome to my inaugural column for CREATiVESPORTS. The focus will be on the high stakes arena, most notably the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, but I’ll dabble in other contests like …
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Overpaying on Odorizzi
I spent a fortune this weekend. Well, not real money, but FAAB in the NFBC Main and $1,400 auction leagues. While it’s too early to begin looking at standings in …
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