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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 — 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
2014 Fantasy Baseball Week 4 Waiver Wire: 3 to Catch, 3 to Cut, 3 to Keep
In the Week 4 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re sighing about Khris Davis, smiling about Wily Peralta and Nick Castellanos, and joining Billy Beane in giving Sean Doolittle’s new contract a Cheshire Cat grin. There are plenty of waiver wire columns out there that provide an exhaustive list of
2014 Total Run Index: Catchers
For those of you that saw the sneak peeks, this will be a bit of a review. Total Run Index is a statistical platform exclusive to TheFantasyFix.com. We took a look at the 2013 results, but did not forecast to 2014. This is what this series is all about. Of
2013 Fantasy Baseball, TheFantasyFix.com Podcast: Scott Barzilla
In what will be the final baseball podcast of the 2012 season, host Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) is joined by fellow Fix contributor, Scott Barzilla (@sbarzilla). Brett and Scott talk catcher replacements for Yadier Molina and Salvador Perez, the potential September call ups with the most value, guys about to come
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Daily Fix: July 25, 2013
Yesterday was one of those days you love to have. You try a new strategy and it worked. I spent most of the evening on top of the leader board. Several players jumped out and had productive evenings and I walked away with nearly twice as much as I wagered.
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Plate Discipline: Catcher
Admittedly, plate discipline is only half of the offensive equation, but it is probably the most important half. With the advent of pitch f/x data, we have learned a whole lot more about plate discipline than we used to know. It used to be about strikeouts and walks, but those
Imagine Turning $5 Into $50,000 Playing Fantasy Baseball?
The season just got started a week ago, and if you are anything like me you are ready for some serious action. I enjoy playing the small games, but every once in a while you get that itch to do something a little bit more. Enter the DraftKings $150,000 Walk-Off
The Platoon Advantage: Catcher Edition
Leave it to our readers to give us the best article ideas. Someone read my article on the platoon advantage and reached out to me via Twitter. He asked if I had a listing of which players had the biggest splits. Of course, I didn’t because I hadn’t bothered with