2022 BABS Draft Game Plan – Update #2

BASEBALL IS BACK!! Our third update, originally scheduled for March 10, will remain postponed to March 17. Our March 24 update will now be scheduled for March 31. As noted in our recent newsletter, we are encouraging private leagues to delay their drafts until the weekend of April 9/10, or later, in order to  capture all the player movement that will occur between now and then. We will publish a final update to the BABS database, spreadsheet and FISH List on Opening Day -- April 7 -- for those who take us up on that recommendation.

Update #2 focuses on game strategy and prospects. We have a few extra articles on Best Ball games, which seem to be a format right in BABS' wheelhouse. And with the official announcement of the designated hitter coming to the National League, we've made a few minor tweaks in the ratings, but BABS' broad ranges accounted for most of them already.

2023 Dashboard

(* Asterisked links are free content.)

Reports

Report Tutorial
*Variables Cheat Sheet (PDF)

BABS DATABASE 
Complete Major League BABS ratings, current and historical, with sorts and filters
Database (Mar. 23 - FINAL)
*How to analyze the player history scans
*How BABS is handling MLB's new rules
*Report Key

BABS DRAFT SUITE
Your draft aids -- cheat sheets, software support
Master Spreadsheet (Mar. 23 - FINAL)
RotoLab Unlock Key
*ADPs from NFBC
*Blank roster grid

THE FISH LIST
A tool that integrates BABS ratings into the marketplace. *Description
Current FISH List (Mar. 23 - FINAL)

INTERACTION

BABS BASEBALL LEAGUES 
A fantasy competition based on BABS philosophies. 10-team leagues, 50-man rosters.
*The BABL Concept
LEAGUES FILLED. See you in 2024.

MAILBAG
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REFERENCE

The BABS Project 3.1 (FREE PDF files)
*Chapter listing
*Book 1 - Why we need a new system
*Book 2 - The Broad Assessment Balance Sheet
*Book 3 - BABS in practice