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BABS Triple Asset Threats
by Mark Simmons When Branch Rickey first used coined “5 tool player”, his phrase separated Mays and Mantle as players in the game who could do it all. In BABS parlance, these elite, across-the-board talents are “triple-asset players.” In the August update, there were 22 players who are credited with possessing at least some of…
Read MorePotential early 2019 sleepers
by Chris Doyle With the bulk of the 2018 fantasy season in the rearview mirror, you’re likely in one of two camps: competing for a title or throwing in the towel. (There’s also a purgatory where you realistically don’t have a chance at winning but aren’t near the bottom either. Let’s hope you’re not there.…
Read MoreAn August Infield BABS Report Card
by Mark Simmons The August BABS update provides a chance to compare her preseason draft rankings with the in-season skills she’s observed. Were there clues that led to breakout seasons? Were there warnings that foretold of coming flops? What can be learned and applied to 2019 draft prep? Let’s take a trip around the infield.…
Read MoreBABS: Meet Statcast
by Patrick Cloghessy By the time you read this, it will have been days since David Bote (pictured) slammed the Cubs to a walk-off win last Sunday night. You will have seen it, read stories about it, bought the tee shirt. Inevitably, these stories will reference Bote’s newfound swing. His swing is (of course) tailored to…
Read MoreHow are these three players together?
I am going to tell you right up front that this article is about First Pitch Arizona, the event that BaseballHQ.com has been running for the past 24 years. If that fact has you lunging to your mouse to click way, I ask you to hold off for just a few minutes. Many folks have…
Read MoreBABS August 2018 Update – Pitchers
by Chris Dowd One of the most important things to remember about BABS is that she is purely analytical. Her strengths lie in assessing past performance, not predicting the future. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Despite all the statistics out there, no tool can present a player’s true skills quite like BABS (check out…
Read MoreBABS August 2018 Update – Batters
by Patrick Cloghessy Now would be a good time to remind ourselves that BABS’ in-season reports are dynamic, not static. The monthly database updates are part of a larger picture. In short, we should heed Ron’s advice in the comments of a recent Mark Simmons piece: “BABS has always worked best as a full-season rating…
Read MoreA BABS trade analysis
by Chris Dowd With most fantasy trade deadlines approaching this month, we thought it was a good time to tackle a very real trade offer sent in by a reader and break down how BABS can be used to evaluate a deal. We tend to lean on BABS most heavily at draft time when all…
Read MoreThe BABS Forgotten
by Mark Simmons Below are profiles of several players who BABS has been virtually ignoring but whose ratings may be on the rise when the next update is posted. Ownership % are based upon ESPN leagues at the time of writing. Considering the vitriol posted on several message boards regarding Tommy Pham (F, no assets),…
Read MoreThe benefit of waiting on BABS under-performers
by Patrick Cloghessy Javier Baez, Andrew Benintendi and Eddie Rosario are top 10 fantasy bats. Eugenio Suarez, Scooter Gennett and Jesus Aguilar make it inside the top 30. Blake Snell, Trevor Bauer and Blake Treinen are top 15 pitchers. Should we have known? Could we have known? We miss on players all the time. Without…
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