June 2019 BABS Update – Pitchers
by Doug Gruber Which pitcher doesn’t belong in this threesome…Jacob deGrom, Stephen Strasburg or Matthew Boyd? If we were talking 2019 player salaries, Boyd at only $2.4 million would be the poor boy in the this group. In the June 2019 update, BABS says that all three arms belong in the same asset group, possessing…
Read MoreJune 2019 BABS Update – Batters
by Patrick Cloghessy Is it really June already? Here’s what’s up with some of the batters from the BABS June 3 update. Entering 2019, David Dahl (p,A+) was a desirable commodity. After returning from injury in late 2018, Dahl (pictured) posted a huge September. That, and a mile-high home field made a recipe for selection…
Read MoreRuminations of the early cellar-dweller
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 weeks. A rash of injuries derailed…
Read MoreBABS assessment of the recently promoted rookies
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 not surprised that several skillful…
Read MoreA baby step towards dealing with FAAB
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 gobs of money in FAAB.…
Read MoreBABS looks at the early upstarts
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 and Luis Castillo lead your…
Read MoreBABS offers second look at out-of-favor players
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 have gotten hurt and needed…
Read MoreMAY 2019 BABS UPDATE – PITCHERS
by Pat Cloghessy I drafted major skills, and got minor results. Top-shelf starting pitchers who stink. Fun with playing time projections. It must be the first BABS pitching update of the season! Where are all of the top names? Move down the freshly minted update. Now keep going…right…there. The good old (M,KK | -ER) group.…
Read MoreMay 2019 BABS Update – Batters
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… Let’s mention a couple of…
Read MoreEarly season power outages: Is BABS concerned?
by Doug Gruber Most teams have now played 25 or more games, and full-time players have logged approximately 100 plate appearances. That’s about 15% of the season in the books. Still early. We all know the players who are off to incredible starts. Christian Yelich has been amazing with 13 home runs already. Cody Bellinger…
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