On the flip side of the mostly undrafted guys who had great first halves, there is the list of the worst pitchers in the first half of this year.
The 20 Least Profitable Pitchers of 2014
I recently wondered what to do about my Tout Wars pitching staff. During the auction I had followed my plan (one derived from empirical evidence) to spend about $55 on pitching, planning (more…)
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You probably knew that the top pitchers of the month were Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez and Masahiro Tanaka, but did you know that three very cheap ptchers finished 9-11? Yes, they would be Jake Arrieta, Sean Doolittle and Danny Duffy.
On the hitting side the month’s leaders (more…)
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In the last two weeks my Tout Wars NL team has ascended, from 11th place on June 1 to fourth place today (yesterday I was in third).
Then:
Now:
That’s a (more…)
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Who were the Top Roto Hitters in May?
Who were the Top Roto Pitchers in May?
Lots of power hitters had a great May, but so did surprise hot start speed guy Dee (more…)
We’re full on in production on the Fantasy Football Guide 2014, which should be out around the end of June. Which explains why we’ve been neglecting Rotoman’s Guide. But we’ll be back next week with May earnings and in Mid June (more…)
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Reading Ron Shandler’s story at USA Today yesterday, Fantasy’s First Round Has Been Filled With Busts, I realized in my recent series looking back at how fast starters and slow (more…)
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5×5 prices for hitters and pitchers for April 2014, along with Consensus preseason prices. How are your guys doing versus expectations?
The Hardball Times is running a series of articles by their writers about what they learned doing a project. Dan Szymborski wrote about projecting player performance and Mitchel Lichtman wrote about defensive statistics. Very good stuff.
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We’re looking at the April 2013 earnings of hitters. When we slice and dice the cheap guys, those who sank in the auction because no one felt the need to bid them up, we come up with 25 such hitters (more…)
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Projecting X is Mike Podhorzer's excellent description of how he makes his very successful player projections. You can learn more about it at projectingx.com.
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