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

Major League Baseball should have been creeping on our doorstep this next week however we will wait in vain. Earlier this month; my colleague, fantasy overlord and co-skipper Alan Harrison summoned my fantasy prowess to prepare a band of misfits that will qualify as one of the best squads in

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

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

In many ways, handicapping the Cy Young awards (and Rookie of the Year) is infinitely easier than handicapping the MVP award. All we have to do is determine who the best pitcher or best rookie is. The MVP award comes with its own caveats because of the disagreement over the

As we approach mid August we come to the end of the regular season for fantasy baseball players. The playoffs start in less than a month and in less than three weeks in some leagues. Some are celebrating great seasons while others are just playing out the string. Most will

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

We have passed the halfway point of the season and are rapidly approaching the all-star break. That is always a good time to take a look at each position to check in and see how things are going. We have updated the numbers through July 4th according to total points.

Spring Training games are in the books. When that happens it is usually high time to reboot the rankings at every position. Players have changed uniforms later this offseason than most and the first round of rankings took a beating. They always do because they are usually based on past

We always strive to do better as we move through the rankings at each position. So, we have added conventional rankings along with the total points rankings so you can get a better picture of each player. For shortstops, we are adding per 162 game data and Steamer projections to