And We Have to Draft Two of These Guys?
Position scarcity is a real thing. Generally, the concept refers to a position with only a few excellent contributors, a second tier of reasonably efficient contributors and then a couple …
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Early Thoughts on the Early Rounds of an Early Mock
Last week, CBS Sports convened a collection of the most intrepid fantasy analysts available to mock draft on a Tuesday in January. The premise: 12 team head-to-head league that uses …
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It’s Never Too Early to Take Starting Pitching
I’ve played in the NFBC since its very first year. Last year, for the first time ever, I took a starting pitcher in the first round. I had my sights …
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Is Bryce Harper Following the Le’Veon Bell Theory of Negotiation?
There are a number of rules in negotiating — one of the more important ones is not to overvalue your client’s relative worth. Bryce Harper has super agent Scott Boras …
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Second-Half wOBA vs Early-Year ADP
I’m still fine-tuning my use of wOBA as a predictor of fantasy success, as evidenced by last year’s cornucopia of misses based on the 2017 full-season wOBA leaderboard. But some …
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A Little Love for Yasmani
It’s early in the mock draft season, and the NFBC ADP from early January is likely to change dramatically prior to the Main Event in late March, but it does …
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Lawr Michaels: The Approachable Man from ‘Fantasyland’
I was first introduced to Lawr Michaels while I was a junior in college. It wasn’t an in-person introduction, but after reading “Fantasyland,” I felt like I knew him pretty …
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Keeper League Wintertime Decisions
Baseball’s hot stove has finally heated up, and that means we’re nearing decision time in our keeper leagues, too. I’m going to focus this discussion on auction leagues, assuming a …
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The Value of the Non-Tendered
This article was supposed to be about the biggest trades and free agent signings of the MLB offseason so far, but the events of this past Friday changed that. You …
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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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It’s a Wrap: Tout Wars Mixed Auction League 2018
There was a time, in late-April, when my 2018 Mixed Auction Tout Wars squad resided in first place. Mookie Betts, my most expensive draft day purchase at $44, had just …
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Set League Game 163 Plans Far in Advance
OK, I lied. Last week was not my final column of the season, after all, but I guess I could say it was, since the 2018 regular season is officially …
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