Jorge Polanco
2021 Fantasy Baseball: Shortstop Tiers
Every once in awhile you get a good suggestion from a reader. Total points is a newer format, but it is growing immensely in popularity. It is used exclusively in daily fantasy formats and some year long fantasy formats are using them as well. It brings a number of different
5 Category Projections: Shortstops 2020
We continue our series with the top 15 shortstops according to the various projection systems found online. We take five such systems and develop a composite projection Most of these projection systems produce fairly similar numbers, but tt can be hard to know which one to trust. Additionally, we note
2019 Fantasy Baseball: Final Shortstop Rankings
We are moving immediately into awards season. These couple of weeks where Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, MVP, Cy Young, and Gold Gloves are awarded just serves to whet our appetite for the Hot Stove season. Of course, this is the perfect time for web sites like
2019 Fantasy Baseball: Total Points– Shortstops
The all-star break is just around the corner, so it is always a good time to take a look back at each position and see where we are at. Total points is a relatively new format normally seen on the daily fantasy sports scene, but some full season leagues are
2019 Fantasy Baseball Rest of Season Rankings: Hitters on the Rise
We published our rest of season rankings this past weekend and there’s some standout changes since the preseason ranks were published around six weeks ago. There’s obviously been injuries which have impacted them but also some surprising performances, interesting call-ups and unusual usages. Therefore, it only seems right that I
2019 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Review: High and Low guys outside the Top 100
The regular season has technically begun, and official opening day is within touching distance. Drafts have been in full swing and starting to wind up. The rankings on the site continue to be updated (probably more frequently than we’d hope due to the late rash of injuries) and it’s the
Ottoneu Batter Fades using Statcast data
The Fangraphs and SABR linear weights point formats most of us play on Ottoneu closely correlates with weighted on base average, or WOBA. Thankfully, the “expected statistics” section at MLB’s Baseball Savant offers us an x-WOBA, which uses exit velocity, launch angle and historical data to “tell the story of
2018 Fantasy Baseball: Shortstop Rankings 11-20
The calendar has switched over to 2018 and all 30 teams are trying to turn over a new leaf. Millions of fantasy owners are doing the same. Here at the Fantasy Fix we are always trying to improve as well. In honor of that we have decided to add as
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Total Points– Shortstops
Head to head leagues are well into the playoffs now and daily fantasy players have their attention divided between fantasy football and the end of the baseball season. In many ways, it is perfect timing to take advantage of those divided loyalties. We’ve taken a bit of a break in
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Three to Add, Three to Keep, Three to Drop– Shortstops
The three by three by three series continues into the dog days of August. The pennant drive is amping up for most teams, but the fantasy season is considerably shorter for teams playing in head to head leagues. September usually brings the fantasy playoffs, so you might have time for