June 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…

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Ruminations 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…

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BABS 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…

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A 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.…

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BABS 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…

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BABS 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…

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MAY 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.…

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May 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…

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Early 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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Playing time churn could force BABS to change

As of this past Sunday, 45 players who had been ranked among the pre-season Top 300 have already visited the Injured List. That’s 15 percent of the top players hobbled in little more than 10 percent of the season. This is important because the more players who get hurt, the more pointless our pre-season playing…

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