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2013 Fantasy Baseball Tools of the Trade, Week 3
TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league. The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis
A Look Back at the 2013 Draft: NL First Basemen
As we noticed with the catchers, positions are rarely balanced between the leagues. One league will have the upper hand and it will change depending on the position. The National League definitely dominated the catchers, but we are going to see the reverse with first basemen. The table coming up
What The Heck Is Wrong With Yovani Gallardo
Welcome into the Advanced Statistics Office. Coming into the 2012 season, Yovani Gallardo was a big sleeper for me. His improvements in walk rate in 2011 were excellent as he cut his BB% from 9.3 in 2010 to 6.8% in 2011. That 6.8% was the lowest mark of his career
A Look Back at the 2013 Draft: AL First Basemen
As we continue our journey through the 2013 draft, we find ourselves shifting gears to the most offensively dominant position on the diamond. Obviously, this means that more players will be owned than at any other position. Still, we must remind ourselves that we are talking about designated hitters in
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Week 2 Tools of the Trade
TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league. The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis
A Look Back at the 2013 Draft: NL Catchers
There are always little pecularities when you break down fantasy baseball into individual leagues. One of those is that each league has positions that are strong and positions that are weak. In the case of catching, we notice that the National League is considerably stronger than the American League. Of
J.A. Happ- Advanced Stats Support Sleeper Status
The industry has been going a bit stir crazy over strand rate and luck factors as excuses for pitchers not performing up to their standards. In the case of J.A. Happ though, he really was bothered by bad luck and variance in categories that he had large skill improvements in.
A Look Back at the 2013 Draft: AL Catchers
Everyone’s draft has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the analysis needs to end. In fact, looking back on the drafts this year can give us insight into what the various players in our league were thinking and are thinking about certain players and types of players. I will
2013 Fantasy Baseball: Week 1 Tools of the Trade
TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league. The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis
Projecting Stolen Bases Using SBO% and Success Rate
Last year there were many disappointments in the stolen bases department: Michael Bourn, Elvis Andrus, Erick Aybar, Alex Gordon, Aaron Hill, Austin Jackson, and Cameron Maybin. All of these players have one thing in common as the reason for their declined success on the base-paths – a decreased stolen base