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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Fantasy Draft Schizophrenic Blues
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 …
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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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In Defense of Joey Gallo
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 …
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From Micro to Maxi-Brew
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 …
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Early Takeaways From an Early Mock
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 …
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Eight Quiet Late Picks for the FSTA Draft
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 …
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One Man’s Pick Is Another Man’s Pan
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 …
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The Strange Paths to Rebuilding
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 …
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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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FIP Your Wig
Sabermetricians commonly preach regression to the mean, and to that end FIP is used as a common indicator of regression candidates. Some prefer xFIP because that stat attempts to ‘normalize’ …
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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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