Buying Opportunity at Shortstop
Another week, another look at undervalued players based upon the NFBC early ADPs. This week, I’m turning my attention to shortstop, a position that has in the past been, at …
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It’s Not About Projections, But Rather How You Use Them
The basis of the column is simple. I believe that while projections are important, the managers who best construct their teams are the managers that most often cash at the …
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Deshaun Watson — Overrated?
I’ve heard some pundits I have a lot of respect for pan Deshaun Watson as overrated. A moot point, but they didn’t stop there. They went on to imply that …
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Hippocrates, Einstein and Jon Lester
Greek physician Hippocrates is credited with the phrase, “For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.” That phrase led to the more commonly known advisory, …
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The Curious Case of Jon Lester
There are a number of things that I just don’t understand. Modern Art and the Bitcoin come to mind. Why the words bike and trike rhyme, but Nike doesn’t is …
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FAAB Now or Forever Hold Your $$
We’ve now reached the two-thirds of the season mark, meaning that each team has about 55 games left to play. At first glance that seems like a lot of time. …
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Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs. Can’t You Read the Signs?
I’m constantly looking over the draft, trying to figure out what I did right, and equally if not more importantly, what I did wrong. Each year, there are a handful …
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Niko Goodrum – Fantasy MVP?
Ok, now that I’ve got your attention, I don’t really believe that Niko Goodrum is a fantasy MVP, but he does have some significant value, value that goes far past …
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Is It Luck?
There are a lot of sabermetricians that eschew FIP in preference of xFIP. I am not a sabermetrician and I don’t. Both are useful tools, and any notion that any …
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Winning Through FAAB? Yes it is Possible.
Winning a high stakes league is challenging. It takes a reasonably good draft, a lot of luck, avoidance of multiple major injuries, and significant good fortune on the waiver wire. …
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Open Those FAAB Wallets Now
In some respects, the FAAB process is like a fantasy auction. Often, in auctions, owners spend freely early on. Thereafter, there is a lull, and near the end, owners with …
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Closing Time
I’ve always liked Wily Peralta. Certainly more than I ever should like someone with a career WHIP of 1.45. The repertoire always included a good mid to high 90’s fastball, …
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