Posts Tagged ‘BABS’
BABL Exhibition draft results
Our group of 10 intrepid explorers have begun their journey, taking BABS Baseball (BABL) out for its initial voyage. We have just completed the first leg, wrapping up our slow draft last week. As a refresher, here are the basics of this new, BABS-inspired league format: 4×4 Rotisserie draft & hold Categories are HR, SB,…
Read MoreBABS evaluates the young crop
By Justin Cary Predicting a full year of a player can be a risky endeavor when you only have one year of historical data. BABS’ Experience liability tells you that the performance of these players is not set in stone and that their skill sets could look different a year from now. So which young…
Read MoreUsing BABS in deeper leagues
BABS is great, but she’s not perfect. She works best with players who generate statistically significant performance samples. BABS likes playing time. As such, she works like a charm in most standard mixed league formats. But once we start dipping into those batters likely to see just a few hundred plate appearances, or rarely-used pitchers,…
Read MoreNo need to overpay for closer roles
When it comes to the BABS philosophy of players being “more alike than they are different,” there is no better demonstration of this than with relief pitchers. There are about three dozen relievers who have a shot at about 10 or more saves; about 20 who are good bets for 30-plus. However, the top dozen…
Read MoreOutfielders provide big skill, but lots of health risk
The top of the outfield food chain is similar to last year – lots of skill, lots of risk. There is no shortage of power, good average and some nice extreme speed options. But seven of the top 10 players have injury risk, and five of those seven are rated as major risks. Dropping to…
Read MoreShortstop marketplace offers options at every draft stage
The top of the shortstop leaderboard offers an ample mix of power, speed and batting average. Here, as with 2Bmen, it is always useful to grab the speed when you can. But this group also is littered with health and experience risk, so you do need to exercise some caution. Multi-asset commodities run 20 deep…
Read MoreSecond base 2018: Focus on speed
With a scarce commodity like speed, second base is where you need to stock up. There are 10 multi-asset mid/full-time players who include speed as part of their skill set. You need to get at least one of them, even if that means bypassing an otherwise solid power commodity. You can get power anywhere. In…
Read MoreSpend deep, or not, for elite 1B skills in 2018
As always, this is a position loaded with excellent power options and good batting average foundation players. The nice thing is that you don’t need to pay big for the skills that this group offers. Sure, it would be nice to own some of the top names – and do feel free to invest, they’re…
Read MoreBABS Baseball 2018 (BABL)
Okay, let’s get started. The goal is to create a league format that: Captures the skill and risk categories of BABS Offers the best end-of-season report card on how well we did at assessing and projecting performance. Here are the basics: 4×4 Rotisserie draft & hold Standard snake draft 10 teams, both leagues 50-player roster:…
Read MoreThe true test of BABS
Success in any one season of playing fantasy baseball is a combination of two things: skill in drafting a roster plus skill in managing that roster during the season. At its core, this process might be described as the combination of: a) comprehensive off-season research and analysis, plus b) reactionary, small sample reflex decisions. For…
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