We have arrived at an interesting point in the fantasy baseball season. Some teams are trending upward, others downward. Some owners find themselves at the top of the standings, while others have already started their countdown to fantasy football season. Many standard leagues are also coming up on their trade deadline, a time where owners…
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Some fantasy owners develop an emotional connection to players over the course of a season. In baseball, this is understandable as the season stretches over months and months. When a player is performing, the emotionally connected owner labels him something along the lines of “my guy” and credits him for carrying the team to where…
This is a time in the fantasy baseball season where your email becomes full of league alerts about trades proposals. The midway point of the season signals a time where owners need to examine their roster, figure out where they are sitting currently, and begin to make moves to get that team to where it…
I hope everyone is enjoying their last week of fantasy baseball before the all-star break! While it is pretty fun having a 10 day scoring period coming out of the break, four whole days without any baseball is always quite difficult for me. For the most part I use that time on more fantasy baseball.…
July is always an interesting month in the world of baseball. First, we have the All Star break which can be fun to watch with the Futures Game, the Home Run Derby, and finally concluding in the All Star game itself which will be played July 12th. Just a couple of short weeks after that…
A good fantasy owner uses equal parts aggression and patience when managing their team. Sure, you have to be quick to open a roster spot when a top prospect is recalled or when picking up a trending player based on a recent hot streak. However, sometimes the best thing to do with a struggling player…
via Roaring Resurgence: Justin Upton Has Returned — Fantasy Assembly
Jurickson Profar? That guy who was on the top of every prospect list you could find back in 2012? Yup, that’s him. The same Texas Rangers prospect who came up late in the 2012 season to help with the team’s postseason push, and was later given a significant role the following season before having his […]
If you play fantasy baseball on ESPN, you have heard of the player rater. It provides fantasy mangers with the ability to view the 898 Major League Baseball players who have made their way onto a field in the first month of the 2016 season. I will take the time here to say that I am not a statistics expert, nor do I have any actual knowledge of how ESPN calculates their player rater formula. ESPN, as a corporation, does a pretty good job at keeping these kinds of things on lock. This article, essentially, is my thoughts on the player rater and its hits and misses.
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