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Tout Wars Draft & hold is a 15-team, 50-man roster “Draft Champions” style slow (the slowest) draft. Once the draft is complete there are no FAAB periods – your team is your team for the entire season. Tout Wars, similar in fashion to LABR, is a room full of some

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here are any number of formats we could evaluate, but my personal favorite has always been total points. It has a number of advantages. First, it is a growing format in that daily fantasy sites use it exclusively (although they may have different formulas). Secondly, it apportions an appropriate weight

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The second base position brings us to a bit of controversy. As everyone knows, the sign stealing scandal has dominated the offseason and that is nowhere more true than here in Houston. No one is really busting down any doors to select Martin Maldonado for their fantasy team and the

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As I write this, Game 7 is just underway. The end of the 2019 season is coming to an end tonight wherher we like it or not. Before we dive into 2020 we should take a look back of what was 2019. As someone wise once said, “past is prologue.”

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There is never a more fun time in fantasy sports then draft time. Fantasy football players are certainly gearing up for their drafts right now. It’s easy to place all of your eggs in that draft basket, but any good fantasy player knows that how you navigate the waiver wire

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We have gotten to the virtual halfway point in the season. When you get to these landmarks it is always a good time to look back and forward at the same time. So, we are ranking the position players according to total points. Total points is the preferred platform for

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The midway point is always a good time to take a look at back and see how positions are shaping up. I like to use total points for a number of reasons. First, it is a growing format due to the popularity of daily fantasy sports. Moreover, more and more

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2018 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Last time we took a look at the disappointments in the fantasy season. Now, we should take a look at the players that have come out of nowhere to have brilliant seasons. Some of them are young players that are emerging and others are veterans that have picked up their

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Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA projections always come at a time of year where it is a good idea to reboot the rankings. The first round of rankings are based largely on past performance in the various formats. Past performance can be valuable, but sometimes it is inappropriate for the future. So,

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The crop of second basemen coming up through the ranks is a potentially exciting group. It’s hard ranking young players when they first come up. You don’t want to use their pure numbers because they will almost always come up on the short end of the stick. Yet, you don’t

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