May 30th, 2021Comments (0)

Usual suspects dominate early BABS leaderboard

[MEMBERS ONLY] Memorial Day is the point in the calendar when I've typically advised readers to start taking the standings seriously. There is no magic to this day. In fact, from a statistical significance perspective, it's really a random, mostly insignificant marker. But BABS does like to take a peek to see how players are doing. We can't place a whole lot of credence in these early ratings [...]

The BABS Project 3.0

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Ron Shandler's landmark study that created the Broad Assessment Balance Sheet (BABS) has been updated and expanded for 2020.

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The Broad Assessment Balance Sheet (BABS)

 

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BABS in practice

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Ron Shandler

about

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

Complete bio

Annual disclosure statement

Where to find Ron now

THE EXPERTS


DOUG GRUBER has been playing fantasy sports for nearly 30 years. A long-time CDM Rotisserie player, he has won overall contests in baseball, football and golf. Doug is a retired automotive industry executive and has an MBA from Michigan State University. He played baseball at Hiram College, where he was elected to the Hiram Sports Hall of Fame and is currently on the Board of Trustees. Doug is an Indians season ticket holder and lives in Troy, MI.

PAT CLOGHESSY began drafting teams and simulating seasons in the early 90s when he discovered the PC games Earl Weaver Baseball and Tony LaRussa’s Ultimate Baseball. He has been playing competitive fantasy baseball for over 20 years. Pat has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Hofstra University and currently works in the aviation industry on Long Island. Prior to that he was involved in sports radio with WFAN and Sirius/XM. He finished his beer-league baseball career as a .400 hitter against former major-leaguer Dave Von Ohlen (small sample).

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BABS Draft Game Plan 2021

Everything you need to draft the optimal fantasy roster in 2021:

  • BABS database and spreadsheet with ratings, cheat sheets
  • Dozens of articles
  • Player history scans
  • Asset group analyses
  • Game strategies for multiple formats
  • BABS fantasy leagues
  • Mailbag, message boards and more!

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BABS 2021 In-Season

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