Fantasy baseball
Q&A with Jeff Euston of Cot’s Contracts
Jeff Euston (Founder of Cot's Contracts) has built one of the most referenced baseball resources on the Internet. Want to know how long Jose Reyes is still cost controlled? What about the special perks associated with Zito's 7/$126M.M? All of this information can be found at Cot's Contracts. Can you share some information about yourself: background, career, etc? "I'm a baseball fan [read more...]
Questions and Answers with Tom Tango of Inside The Book
Tom Tango, (aka Tangotiger) runs the Tango on Baseball website, where you'll find a large number of research devoted to sabermetrics. He works as a consultant for major league teams in hockey, and has worked as a consultant in major league baseball. Born and raised in Canada, he now resides in New Jersey with his family. Q. Can you tell us about [read more...]
6 Questions With Shawn Hoffman of Squawking Baseball
Shawn Hoffman's Wall Street analysis of major league baseball is one of my favorite reads. I was thrilled when he agreed to answer some questions for us, and share a little bit about his background, and the correlations between fantasy baseball and Wall Street. Q. Can you tell us all about your background – your career, where you're from and [read more...]
Getting ready for fantasy baseball - Third Baseman
We are in the golden age of the third baseman. This year there are quality offensive players at the hot corner of all types: vets (Chipper Jones), prospects (Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Braun and Alex Gordon), base stealers (Chone Figgins) and of course, power guys (Alex Rodriguez). Four guys (A-Rod, David Wright, Braun, Miguel Cabrera) look like they will go in the [read more...]
Getting ready for fantasy baseball-Second Baseman
Aside from catchers, second baseman look like they'll be the weakest position in fantasy baseball this year. Other than Chase Utley, there are few guys that have enough history of major league success to be considered safe picks. Only Utley, Brandon Phillips, Brian Roberts and B.J. Upton ranked in the top 100 of ESPN's player rater last year, and Upton [read more...]
Getting ready for fantasy baseball-Tommy John and Francisco Liriano
After watching the 2006 Francisco Liriano I want to say that last year was just a bump in the road--no big deal. I want to say 2008 will be the year he surpasses Johan Santana as the Twins top starter (if Santana is still a Twin, that is). I want to believe Liriano when he says he's 100 percent healthy. But, [read more...]
7 Bits of Information you Should Always Ignore
There's hundreds of metrics that give us clues about any given players worth. As value detectives we want to pay attention to the right clues. We want defining evidence, not superfluous excess. So what data matters? What clues tell the real story? In this article I'm going to answer those questions by identifying the opposite. 1. Spring Training Cliches We've all heard [read more...]
Getting ready for fantasy baseball-First Basemen
While first base is often the deepest position in fantasy baseball, there can be a lot of pressure in that distinction. If you wait too long and get stuck with Todd Helton or Kevin Youkilis, you'll spend the entire season trying to find another source of home runs. Then again, if you take Albert Pujols in the first round and [read more...]
Getting ready for fantasy baseball-Catchers
I'd like to preface this by letting everyone know I drafted Brian McCann (.270, 18, 92) in the third round last year, so I'm an idiot. The only guy this year worth a pick that high is Victor Martinez, and that's because he gets quite a bit of time at first base. Catchers are the hardest position players to read, [read more...]
Getting ready for fantasy baseball-THE SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Do you think the sophomore slump really exists? The guy in your league who's set on drafting Ryan Braun in the first-round doesn't think it does, but you won't even look at the second-year 3B/LF (multiple-position eligible this year!) until the middle of round two. Which one of you is right? In typical FSR fashion, let's look at recent history and [read more...]
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