Posts Tagged ‘rotisserie’
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.…
Read MoreBABS rates Ron’s 50-round D&H team
I just completed a 50-round snake in an NFBC “Draft Champions” (Draft & Hold) format, with 14 other speakers from the First Pitch Arizona conference. I used the BABS spreadsheet published late last month, although I veered a bit from the plan. I fully embraced the BABS ratings, but opted to eschew the targets. Instead,…
Read MoreA high level accounting of the BABS player pool
By Patrick Cloghessy In our quest to set roster targets and assess our ability to meet those targets, it is helpful to have a good sense of the composition of the player pool. From a BABsian perspective, that means taking an accounting of where she is allocating her assets and liabilities. Here is a high-level…
Read MoreThe Rotisserie Hall of Fame – A Reboot
In the earlier part of this decade, I embarked on a pet project to create a Baseball Hall of Fame based solely on fantasy league merit. This is different from the BBWAA process that leads to a plaque in Cooperstown. The BBWAA awards reverence based on objective performance criteria, but also subjective criteria like “character.”…
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 MoreWho’s joining the $30 Club?
This is my weekly article for ESPN Insider. In a world where head-to-head games and snake drafts have become fantasy baseball’s standards, the industry began nearly 40 years ago as AL/NL-only Rotisserie auction leagues. Millions still play those games and there is an artifact from that format with utility for every style of play. Dollar…
Read MoreThe major impact of a minor rule change
Over its two decade existence, Tout Wars has been known to tinker with established rules in order to test different directions for our competitions. We were the first experts league to go 5×5, allow $0 FAAB bids and use the Vickrey Method for free agent acquisition. These were changes with major impact; however, even the…
Read MoreFive Named to Rotisserie Hall of Fame
While the baseball universe waits for the always-controversial Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) Hall of Fame announcement, the fantasy industry has named its 2018 picks for the Rotisserie Hall of Fame: Carlos Beltran, Cliff Lee, Joe Nathan, Alex Rodriguez and Johan Santana. They are the 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st and 102nd members of the…
Read MoreHow will your league handle Shohei Ohtani?
It looks pretty certain that Japanese star Shohei Ohtani will be making his way to the States in 2018. As a legitimate 2-way player – talented as a hitter or pitcher – fantasy leagues must decide how he is going to fit into their roster structure. The upcoming Baseball Forecaster devotes an entire page to…
Read More2024 Annual Disclosure Statement
An Op-Ed columnist in my local paper once wrote a piece that she called her Annual Disclosure Statement. She said, “I have regular readers and new readers, but I can’t assume that everyone knows where I stand on the issues. Someone reading me for the first time might pass judgment on my work without knowing…
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