2023 Mid-Season BABS Ratings

At the All-Star break, Ronald Acuna, Jr. ($58) is the Roto earnings most valuable player and on a historic pace. Far behind in his rearview  are Shohei Ohtani ($43) and Freddie Freeman ($39). On the pitching side, Nathan Eovaldi ($30), Zac Gallen ($29) and Felix Bautista ($28) are neck and neck at the top. But in BABS-land, such rankings obscure the fact that there is actually a larger [...]

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is considered one of the pioneers in the baseball analysis and fantasy baseball industry.

Ron was the first to develop sabermetric applications for fantasy play. BABSbaseball.com is his latest project, following his eponymous Baseball Forecaster annual (1986-), the ground-breaking BaseballHQ.com website (1996-), and the First Pitch national conference series (1996-). Also:

Columnist, TheAthletic.com (2019-), ESPN.com (2007, 2015-2018), USA Today (2008-2014)

26 Top Three finishes in national experts leagues since 1994

Advisor, StL Cardinals (2004)

FSTA Lifetime Achievement Award

FSWA Hall of Fame

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Look for Ron's new historical memoir, Fantasy Expert in Fall 2023.

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DOUG GRUBER has been playing Rotisserie and CDM for nearly 30 years. He has won overall contests in baseball, golf and football.

PAT CLOGHESSY has been a sim gamer for nearly 30 years and has  played competitive fantasy baseball for over 20 years. He's been involved in sports radio with WFAN and Sirius/XM.

GREG FISHWICK founded a fantasy league that will enter its 30th season in 2023. He won RazzSlam Best Ball Leagues in 2020-2021, taking 3rd overall in 2020.

CURT BROOKS has been playing fantasy baseball since 2004 and was an early BABS adopter. He has used BABS to win two titles in the past three years.

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Early 2023 BABS Ratings

On a Rotisserie earnings basis, Ronald Acuna, Jr. ($49) is far and away the most valuable player in baseball, leading No. 2 Freddie Freeman by $14. On the pitching side, it’s a neck-and-neck race so far, with Joe Ryan ($31) edging out Shane McClanahan ($30). In BABS-land, Acuna does pace...

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2023 BABS DRAFT GAME PLAN – Update #4

In our final update for 2023, BABS takes one last look at what’s going on in spring camps. We prospect for potential sleepers at the bottom of the talent pool. Our annual Longshot Caucus assembles some conditional, speculative possibilities for surprises. We’ve scanned all our previous articles to revise any...

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2023 BABS DRAFT GAME PLAN – Update #3

Our 3rd update focuses on strategy. Since the foundation of BABS is in skills assessment and roster construction, it has applications for virtually any type of game format. We provide some tips and analysis for several of the most common, and some new ones.

We also look at a few...

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