NHL Trade Speculation
If you could go back and live in any time era, which would it be? These are the kinds of questions that arise during long field exercises or deployment. Inevitably, …
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What’s Not to Like About Kenta Maeda?
Ranking starting pitchers by K-BB% — strikeout rate minus walk rate — is a good way to mine for overlooked and undervalued arms. It makes sense that this stat is …
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Fantasy Impacted by MLB’s Free Agent Slowdown, Too
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 …
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Eight FSTA Reserve Leftovers
The Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s (FSTA) baseball experts draft has concluded — at least through six reserve rounds — for now. That means among the 14 teams, 406 players were …
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Eight Interesting NFBC Champions Picks
Greg Ambrosius, founder of the NFBC, induced a cluster of friends — who happen to be among the best fantasy players I know — to complete in a 50-round NFBC …
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FSTA Drafting Beyond the Surface
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 …
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Five wOBA Outliers
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 …
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Team Tweaking
Since the NHL is now past the half way point with the All Star break coming up, it’s time for some tweaking. Waiver wire additions who are no longer streaking, …
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Waiting on Starters in a Bullpen-Friendly World
Starting pitchers are getting the hook quicker than ever these days as teams invest more heavily in bullpens, while managers increasingly use specialists and high-strikeout relievers early in games. Last …
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Eight Interesting FSTA Draft Picks (Through the First Eight Rounds)
A week from today, the core of the fantasy world will congregate in Los Angeles for the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Winter Conference, where the organization’s expert draft will conclude. …
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Bullpen Reinforcements
Baseball’s offseason has moved unusually slow this winter. With just six weeks remaining before pitchers and catchers report, the vast majority of the game’s top free agents are still hanging …
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