Welcome to the weekly Free Agent Acquisition Bidding/Budget (FAAB) column where my goal is to have you confidently prepared to acquire the hitters and pitchers off free agency or waivers to make your team better. Like most everything else in life, … Continue reading about Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 11
(1) Rankings update for the rest of the season. Highlighting guys like Ryu, Colome, Greene and Smith. (2) Play the game of what is instead of what could be. Overvaluing rookies versus the here and now. (3) Breaking down Adalberto Mondesi. (4) … Continue reading about Ray’s Rundown – 6/1
How’s it going, everyone? I got a lot of feedback over the last couple weeks about my Superflex mock draft, most notably, that it wasn’t 1QB. While I do think the principles are the same, I figured running through one of my own 1QB dynasty rookie … Continue reading about 2019 1QB Dynasty Rookie Draft Review
We don't draft as well as we think we do. As a group. I'm sure some of you are from Lake Wobegon and are above average drafters, but the rest of us aren't that good. The next few charts show that. If we really knew what we were doing, this is the … Continue reading about Average Draft Position and Fantasy Points Per Game
The NFL is built upon what college football provides. Every year, there’s a focus on incoming rookies and players who are going to make impacts for their new teams, but where did those players come from? What did they look like as underclassmen in … Continue reading about Future NFL Draft Prospects: May 29
With about one-third of the season completed we should have a good idea of our team strengths and weaknesses in roto categories. Understanding the overall makeup of our rosters and identifying those weaknesses even as early as late-May can help steer … Continue reading about From the Gut – Category Management
Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever … Continue reading about BURR 2019: Week 10
The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations … Continue reading about The Closer Chart – May 29th, 2019
Shaun Anderson isn’t stepping up. Archer used to. Can he again? The million-dollar question is… what is wrong with Trevor Bauer? Chirinos and Eflin are solid hurlers, but which one, if either, should be dealt? Flaherty has not met expectations this … Continue reading about Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 29th
We’re about to get into the heat of the offseason, and with rookies on NFL rosters, prospect evaluation is about to become less important (until next offseason). However, before we send off the rookie evaluation process, I did want to throw out an … Continue reading about Teammate Scores
