Derek Norris
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Plate Discipline — Catchers
View image | gettyimages.com Everyone that studies baseball even in their spare time has pet projects and numbers they love to explore. For me, I love to explore different fielding metrics and plate discipline numbers. I’ve talked about fielding numbers on this site before, but that has a very limited
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Catcher VORP Revisited
View image | gettyimages.com The calendar has finally flipped over to March. Spring Training games are beginning and fantasy drafts are finally taking place. Earlier this offseason I took a look at value over replacement player (VORP) and catchers. This time, I focusing on Yahoo rankings and adding a little
2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide: Catcher Over/Unders
View image | gettyimages.com In years past, we’ve taken a look at my stat, total run index, and used it to forge our position rankings. Somewhere along the way I made a stark discovery: sometimes advanced mathematics and fantasy sports don’t mix. First, it was hard to make those figures
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Fun with VORP –Catchers
View image | gettyimages.com One of the more interesting debates in the fantasy sports world is the appropriate place for advanced metrics. I’ve tried relying on them before and they’ve landed me in last place. So, there are two keys to using advanced metrics. The first is to find the
2015 Fantasy Baseball: It’s Never Too Early — Center Fielders
As it turns out, there is no position as volatile as center field. A part of that volatility comes in the form of picking which outfield position in which to put some players. Nine times out of ten it’s easy. Most players play one position and stay there. However, that doesn’t happen
2015 Fantasy Baseball: It’s Never Too Early — Catchers
Some publications are getting a head start on the competition. With the college football season coming to a close and the NFL headed to the playoffs, some of you are looking for things to do to fill your budgeted fantasy sports schedule. You might as well get the jump on
2015 Fantasy Baseball: The Wild, Wild NL West
It has been a wild winter in the NL West, and we haven’t even approached the new year. It’s hard to keep track of everything and how it will affect the upcoming fantasy season. Normally, we would simply list the moves, but there are just too many to simply list.
2014 Fantasy Baseball Week 23 Waiver Wire: 3 to Catch, 3 to Cut, 3 to Keep
In the Week 23 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re running with Jordan Schafer, moving on from Joe Kelly, and settling in with Travis d’Arnaud. There are plenty of waiver wire columns out there that provide an exhaustive list of the most added players in fantasy leagues. This isn’t one
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Players — Catchers
For most fantasy baseball players, the season is winding down. It is one of the few peculiarities in fantasy sports. The season still has a couple of months to go, but most fantasy leagues have a playoff system that lasts the full month of September. So, we are down to
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: June 19
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