In the last edition of the starting pitching countdown, I introduced a term that really isn’t all that new. I simply applied an official sounding term called “substitution value.” The whole idea behind substitution value is to look at a player’s value as not an absolute value (above replacement, average,

There is no more controversial fantasy position than on the rubber. At least starting pitchers are more consistent than relief pitchers. This doesn’t remove the fact that fantasy baseball is still dependent on three statistics that most sabermetricians have thrown out of the window. In particular, wins simply don’t matter

The hot stove league breaks for no one. In the midst of Christmas parties and last minute Christmas shopping, the Texas Rangers gave themselves an early Christmas present by adding Shin-Soo Choo to an already potent lineup. It only cost them seven years and 130 million dollars. That comes out

The 2013 season is barely over, but work on the 2014 season is well under way. Last season, I rolled out Total Run Index (TRI) for the first time on this site. Now, I am in full offseason mode where I am working on compiling the data for 2014. Some

We finally reach the end of the series on rotters and sleepers. Right field might be the last position on the diamond, but there are some heavy hitters that reached the rotter and sleeper category. Of course, I am looking mainly at performance and not necessarily where these players are

Of the three outfield positions, left field could be the strongest when you count Mike Trout relocating to left field this season. Ryan Braun and Trout could be the consensus top two picks in most drafts even if experts don’t necessarily agree on the order. Beyond that, you have heavyweights

This is one of those times when headlines really don’t tell the real story. Most of the players profiled in this chapter really aren’t rotters. They are more like teasers. The overwhelming amount of potential that is displayed here would lead many to think that at least some of these

Pitching is the most elusive of all the positions in baseball. Whether it be starters or relievers, performance from season to season seems to be more fickle than most positions. Yet, real general managers and fantasy baseball managers will spend more figurative money (if you are in an auction league)

Third base is a weak position in terms of rotters and sleepers. Last season, some strong sleepers woke up at third base. David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman awoke from their slumber to turn in some very strong campaigns. Obviously, they are no longer in the sleeper category. Even if he

In the last edition, we saw that total run index can help us predict which catchers would continue to struggle and which ones would bounce back. I said help because nothing is 100 percent fool proof. Nothing ever could be 100 percent because that would take all the fun out