by Pat Cloghessy
Two months into the baseball season, and it’s not uncommon to encounter the malaise associated with poor fantasy performance.
This fantasy “depression”, as it were, can seep into the consciousness any number of ways. A fire start to the season has been put out in recent...
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by Doug Gruber
Several MLB teams are hoping for success from some highly regarded prospects who have been called up this month. How did BABS rate these newcomers before the season? Do they have the skills to keep their jobs through the summer and help our fantasy teams?
BABS was...
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Those who read me regularly know that I am not a fan of FAAB – the Free Agent Acquisition Budget – specifically, the blind-bidding process that uses it. For all the effort we make to try to accurately value players during the draft, we are seemingly fine with throwing away...
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by Pat Cloghessy
Raise your hand if after seven weeks of baseball, your league standings have you in the money. Congratulations. You probably did not draft Corey Kluber, Aaron Judge or Trea Turner. It’s possible you rostered Cody Bellinger or Christian Yelich (maybe both!). Lucky you. Justin Verlander, Hyun-Jin Ryu...
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by Doug Gruber
The MLB season hasn’t yet reached the quarter turn, yet owners are already doing the proverbial dropping of certain players like hotcakes. Many who were promising enough to be drafted on almost all fantasy teams have now fallen out of favor for various reasons. Some of course...
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by Doug Gruber
BABS has updated the database for her first in-season rankings. If you are like me, you will spend hours looking at the file. “No surprises with Yelich and Bellinger.” “Wow, I didn’t realize Hunter Dozier was doing that well.” “That rating seems very surprising.” And so on…
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