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Position Tiers Overview: Catchers
Welcome to my preseason series on position tiers. The plan is to break up the positions over the next several weeks and provide you with a deep overview and thoughts on each. Here is when you expect to see them: February 5 – Catchers (below)February 12 – Corner Infielders (1B, 3B) + DHFebruary 19 – Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2020 LABR Mixed League
The LABR event is one of the highlights of the baseball season each year (special thanks to Steve Gardner). For years, I would read about the event in the USA Today newspaper, enthralled at the analysis of how the drafts unfolded. For years, I’ve been part of the auction events, but this season I pivoted…
XFL Week 1 Fantasy Rankings
Tyler Buecher provides Week 1 XFL Fantasy rankings at every position. You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 MVP Pass – Monthly $59.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (Daily) $269.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Review: Isolated Power
Baseball is a simple game that has gotten a wee bit complicated of late. With the turn of the 21st century, copious amounts of statistical data has started to flow for the game we love, and at times it can be overwhelming. I mean, have you seen the formula for WAR? I can save you Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Super Bowl 54 Recap
The 2019 (I know it’s 2020, but you get the point) NFL playoffs are over, and while the games are behind us, it’s a good idea to recap yesterday’s action and give some context to how things shook out. You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Building The Perfect Hitter
How to you build the perfect hitter? If you were in a lab you would create someone using Mike Trout as the template. However, there is only one Mike Trout to be taken on draft day so the better question for our use is – how to we distill all the data in our preseason Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – 2020/2021 Super Bowl Contenders
It’s never too early to start looking ahead in the NFL. The Chiefs played a terrific fourth quarter to claw their way out of a 20-10 deficit and take home the Lombardi trophy last night. Critical third down conversions by Patrick Mahomes and multiple late game heroics paved the way for the Chiefs to take Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Rundown – 2/3/20 – Draft vs. In-Season
THE DRAFT VERSUS IN-SEASON MANAGEMENT 1 – Everything in here about players in preseason: Rookies, PT, health, skills etc. 2 – IN SEASON: * Understand how free agency works (FAAB, priority, can you add minor leagues etc.). * How does the trade marker work? Buy low, sell high plans – how to do that? Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
MLB ADP Market Report 1
Over the next few weeks, expect to see this weekly summary of recent ADP (average draft position) risers and fallers, per NFBC data. NFBC will be our go-to marketplace since there have been over 100 paid drafts that we can gather information from and because it has become the industry standard. Each week, leading up Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Is Punting a Good Idea?
In the majority of instances punting seems inherently wrong to me. However, there are a couple instances in which punting might not just work, it might be a viable strategy. WHAT IS PUNTING? In baseball, to “punt” a category in fantasy baseball means you just give up on it. You simply ignore the category and Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Optimizing KDS
For those not familiar, KDS (Kentucky Derby Style) is a feature for fantasy baseball leagues where owners can set their draft day preferences. It allows fantasy managers to rank their order of preference for a draft prior to a league’s draft order being randomly selected. Whereas traditional leagues may pre-set their draft order or allow Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Rundown – 2/2/20 – What Is Tiering?
WHAT IS TIERING? Ray Flowers discusses what the Tiering Model is, and why it’s a vitally important tool on draft day. 1 – How to use ADP Properly. 2 – You can tier players in a multitude of ways: (A) By position, (B), By skills, (C) By health, (D) By playing time. 3 – Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Relievers to Avoid in 2020
In 2019, relievers threw 18,265.2 innings which means that relievers threw forty-two percent of all the innings last season. Think about that folks – 42 percent. Starters don’t go deep into games anymore, that’s discussed elsewhere in our preseason product, and the result is that relievers are soaking up an astounding number of innings each Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Relievers to Target in 2020
In 2019, relievers threw 18,265.2 innings which means that relievers threw forty-two percent of all the innings last season. Think about that folks – 42 percent. Starters don’t go deep into games anymore, that’s discussed elsewhere in our preseason product, and the result is that relievers are soaking up an astounding number of innings each Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Rundown – 2/1/20 – How To Uncover Hidden Gems
HOW TO UNCOVER HIDDEN GEMS? Ray Flowers gives some tips of the trade to aid you to find those hidden gems on draft day, the players no one is talking about but should be, and please, don’t use the term sleeper. 1 – What is situation of team? Strength/weaknesses. 2 – What type of Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
The Home Run: Part III
Part III of the homer study will look into the distance of the home run. We will also look at one of the leading indicators of homer prowess, that being the opposite field homer. Part I deals with the history of the homer, the growth in the long ball of late and the 3-year results Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Mind of Marsal – Super Bowl LIV Breakdown
Happy Friday my Fantasy Guru fam! By now you should already know, it is that time of the week where we take a tour through the Mind of Marsal. It’s been a hell of a season and it will come to an end this weekend when one of two teams come out victorious, holding up Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
The Home Run: Part II
In Part II of our homer study we will look directly at the 2019 campaign. Which players exploded last season, and why? Which players slumped, and is there an explanation for the downturn in this era of power bosting? Part I deals with the history of the homer, the growth in the long ball of Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
The Home Run: Part I
We will be looking at the home run with a three-part series starting off with this article that puts the leagues 2019 effort into the context of homer hitting the last decade. This piece will also list the big-league leaders in homers and HR/FB ratio the past three seasons. THE LAST DECADE Here are the Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Projecting Super Bowl Game Script
Tyler Buecher projects how Super Bowl LIV’s game script will be played out and the fantasy implications that come with it. You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Super Bowl LIV Staff Picks
Just like we did during the regular season, our staff has you covered with their picks for Super Bowl LIV. Each of our guys has shared with you who they think will win, as well as what their prediction of the final score will be. This can be helpful for those in pools or even Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Review: wOBA – Overall Performance
wOBA or Weighted On-Base Average, is something that you can’t help but come across when you do any level of fantasy baseball analysis. What is wOBA and why should you care about it? Here’s a quick primer on the measure before we look at how player performed in 2019. wOBA DEFINED Created by Tom Tango, Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Expected Weighted On-Base Average
In Weighted On Base Average, we broke down what the measure records and who did, or didn’t, perform admirably last season. In the current piece, we will take things even further by moving along to Expected Weighted On-Base Average (or xwOBA). xwOBA DEFINED This measure takes into account wOBA and then add in exit velocity Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Review: Weighted Runs Created
At Fantasy Guru, we try to hit on as many types of analysis as possible. We also try to do so in a simple manner. By that I mean, we try to show our work. It’s not always easy, some of the measures we review are damn difficult to figure out if you’re trying to Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.