Analyzing AL- and NL-Only Standings Data
As much as I love the standings gain point approach to valuing players, it does have an a couple of inherent weaknesses. First, it’s dependent upon some form of league history to work. The whole ranking and valuation process is derived from previous standings data! Those starting new leagues, or joining an existing league, don’t […]
My Recent Writings… at Rotographs!
If you just happened to stumble upon this site (hopefully a Google search for fantasy baseball spreadsheet brought you here), you’re probably thinking to yourself, “How can I trust a fantasy baseball website that has only published one article since January 2016?”. And that’s a fair question. Instead of going it alone, as I’ve done […]
How to Analyze SGP Denominators from Different Sources
Do you know if the SGP calculations you’ve done for your league are accurate? Are you concerned that your home run SGP denominator is 8.87 and Larry Schechter’s book Winning Fantasy Baseball suggests using 5.93 for a 12-team league? Or that your RBI calculation shows 22.31 and the 12-team NFBC history I just calculated shows […]
How to Get Reliable SGP Data
I’m an SGP guy. Standings gain points are what I first learned. The approach has been good to me. And it seems I’ve been fairly successful using the approach. But SGP has a weakness. It’s a big weakness that prevents a lot of fantasy baseball players from using the approach. Where Can I Get Reliable […]
How to Add Average Draft Position Info to Your Spreadsheet
I think you’re gonna like this one. In this post I’ll show you how to link live average draft position information from the web into your draft spreadsheet. Every time you open your rankings file it will pull down updated ADP information. Bam! How We’re Going To Do This We will use a powerful feature […]
How To Use SGP To Rank and Value Players During the Season – Part 5 – Update the Player ID Map
Welcome to the fifth part in a series of posts in which I’ll go through the process of plugging Steamer’s Rest of Season (RoS) projections into your existing ranking/dollar value spreadsheet so you can make informed and objective roster decisions during the season. If you register as an SFBB Insider (it’s free), you can receive the entire series in an easy-to-use e-book […]
Why Does Everyone Hate Alex Rios?
I don’t like Alex Rios. I’m not sure if it’s because he used to go by the name Alexis. Or maybe I owned him in 2009 when he hit .247. Or maybe I bought into some hype telling me he would hit 30 HR in a given season and he stuck me with 17 instead. […]
Create Your Own Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Part 2 – Understanding Player IDs
Welcome to the second part of the “Create Your Own Fantasy Baseball Rankings” series. If you missed Part 1, you can find it here. You can start at the beginning or if you want to start here at Part 2, you can download the Excel file created during part 1 here. A few notes about […]
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