Rotoman's Guide

Hey Duda. The death spiral of relative values.

Posted on January 14, 2015 | Leave a comment

I was on Baseball Prospectus’s Flags Fly Forever podcast last night, with Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and Mauricio Rubio, talking about first baseman rankings, among other things. We had way too much fun with it, and what was scheduled for an hour lasted two, and I don’t think we (more…)

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End of Season Roto Prices for 2014.

Posted on October 3, 2014 | Leave a comment

These are 5×5 BA prices for a 24 team mixed league. The top 336 hitters have positive value, as do the top 216 pitchers. These are the prices you would pay if you were having a retrospective draft, buying the 2014 stats today.

These are first pass prices. They have (more…)

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INTRODUCTION: I’m A Loser

Posted on September 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

A couple of years ago I received a call from the accomplished and winning fantasy baseball player, Larry Schechter, who had it in mind to write a book that told all he knew about Winning Fantasy Baseball. Those last (more…)

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Roto Prices Through the End of August!

Posted on September 3, 2014 | Leave a comment

The latest monthly earnings report is posted here.

Remember that these are 5×5 (BA) prices based on the full league budget of $3120 per team in a 12 team only league.

These are made on the fly, so they give positive values to the Top 108 pitchers and the Top 168 (more…)

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End of July Roto Prices Posted.

Posted on August 15, 2014 | Leave a comment

A new format, for a good reason. This month we present the preseason price for each hitter and pitcher, and the end of month earnings for each. You can access the sheet here.

They’re sorted by biggest dollar gains to biggest losers, which is a rough approximation of last month’s (more…)

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Pitchers: Are Slow Starters Doomed?

Posted on July 4, 2014 | Leave a comment

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

Screenshot 2014-07-04 11.29.11 (more…)

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Pitchers: Does A Surprising Start Persist?

Posted on July 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

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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The JUNE fantasy baseball earnings report is here!

Posted on July 3, 2014 | Leave a comment

You can access it here.

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…)