Posts Tagged ‘BABS’
READER SURVEY: Responses to your comments
Your survey comments are insightful and help shape the content on this site. Rather than have those comments just sit in a file on my computer, I thought it might benefit everyone to take a peek behind the curtain. In this way, you can see how others view BABS and the website, and what issues…
Read MoreReader Survey: Is BABS here to stay?
I introduced the Broad Assessment Balance Sheet (BABS) back in January 2016. It arrived as the logical evolution of the Mayberry Method and other “embrace imprecision” philosophies that I have written about for four or five years. BABS has made some noise. It seems that nearly every radio interview I do includes some discussion of…
Read MoreCould we have planned around the injury problem?
This is my ESPN Insider column for the week. Back on May 11, I received a trade offer in the Tout Wars Mixed Auction league. At the end of the email, the owner added this P.S.: I’m jealous of how healthy your roster is. I hadn’t really thought about it at the time, but he…
Read MoreCan BABS really be used during the season?
In the recent readership survey, I received no fewer than a dozen comments about using BABS during the season. “How do I use it? How can it help me? Is it even a viable tool?” These are difficult questions. We want to be able to use BABS during the season. Most of you have bought…
Read MoreBABS Database Update – May 2017
Six weeks into the season, we would normally expect the dust to start clearing on player performance. However, the excessive number of disabled list stays is wreaking havoc with that. I’ll be writing more about it in my ESPN piece this week. In the interim, I updated the BABS database over the weekend – a…
Read MoreA BABS-eye View of the 2017 Pennant Races
I hate trying to predict which teams are going to win. Opening Day is just a starting point for a season full of activity, so to project what October will look like based on today’s rosters is pointless. But here’s the thing… BABS loves doing these predictions. Frankly, the balance sheet perspective does offer up…
Read MoreGo Big or Go Home: My Tout Wars Team
Last year in Tout Wars, several of the participants decided that a conservative approach in these redraft leagues did not get the job done. More often than not, the winner was the owner who drafted the most risky plays that paid off. A report card of surprising “A’s” and “F’s” often bested those with “B’s”…
Read MoreInsights from the BABS Database Player Scans
The new BABS Database provides us with a bit of historical perspective on players. The end-of-season Asset ratings from 2014, 2015 and 2016 have been loaded in, giving us a nice three-year scan that helps provide insight into the 2017 ratings. Here are several players with interesting scans, along with some commentary. Players are listed…
Read MoreEmbracing the grey
For those who have spent most of their adult life married to the numbers – like me – the Broad Assessment Balance Sheet (BABS) is a mindset that takes some time to understand and accept. Completely divorcing yourself from the numbers is tough. When I make statements like, “Evan Longoria and Nick Castellanos (pictured) are…
Read MoreThe skewed value of sophomores
This year, members have access to all the columns I write for ESPN Insider. They appear here every Thursday or Friday. Many will include a BABS-relevant postscript. Enjoy. Trea Turner posted an amazing set of numbers in just 307 at-bats last summer. He is being selected in the first round of most drafts, usually ahead…
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