For those wonks like me who think too much about fantasy rules, this has been the most interesting off-season in years — and it is about to go completely haywire …
Fantasy Impacted by MLB’s Free Agent Slowdown, Too Read More
With the eighth pick of the third round of the NFBC Main Event, I select … Kenley Jansen, relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A relief pitcher in the …
Kenley Jansen: Fantasy Gamechanger 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
Mock drafts and preview magazines are useful draft preparation tools, but there’s nothing like the real thing. For as long as I remember, the annual Fantasy Sports Trade Association draft …
FSTA Drafting Beyond the Surface Read More
The topic of today’s tome is so personal — and confusing to me — that I kept thinking about the issue, and then I would begin doing other things. You …
Fantasy Draft Schizophrenic Blues 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
I have taken a lot of grief during drafts — both mock and actual 2018 season leagues — because I think a lot of Joey Gallo. “A strikeout machine” @cwsoxfan …
In Defense of Joey Gallo Read More
Those of us who have virtually every Star Wars line committed to memory will remember Grand Moff Tarkin telling Darth Vader The Empire will “now crush the rebellion with one …
From Micro to Maxi-Brew 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
Tomorrow evening the FSTA Experts Draft concludes as part of the organization’s annual Winter Conference, with coverage live on Sirius-XM. Thus far, we have drafted through eight rounds within a …
Eight Quiet Late Picks for the FSTA Draft Read More
For some owners, the day after the Super Bowl marks the official beginning of the fantasy baseball draft prep season. For other owners, also known as the procrastinators, the draft …
One Man’s Pick Is Another Man’s Pan Read More
The beauty, I suppose, of rebuilding is that when the process works, tis truly a thing to behold. When the Rays years back deconstructed and pioneered, rebuilding via youth while …
The Strange Paths to Rebuilding Read More