CAR
GB10/29 - 8:15 PM EDT
BAL
BUF11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
TEN
CIN11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
ARI
DAL11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
MIN
DET11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
LV
NYJ11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
CLE
PIT11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
ATL
TB11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
IND
JAX11/1 - 1:00 PM EST
LAC
LAR11/1 - 4:05 PM EST
KC
DEN11/1 - 4:25 PM EST
NE
MIA11/1 - 4:25 PM EST
PHI
WSH11/1 - 8:20 PM EST
CHI
SEA11/2 - 8:15 PM EST
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last season there wasn’t a single player who stole 50 bases. There wasn’t a single player who got there in 2018 either. We had two in 2017. So in three years we’ve had 50 steals occur twice. So, where have the steals gone, and how should you be handling the current landscape of speed in 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.
Ask any experienced or high-stakes fantasy baseball player their thoughts about 12 and 15 team leagues and you are very likely to get polarized opinions with a strong preference of one over the other. Sure, there are players out there who dominate both types, yet the majority do have a preference and comfort level in 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.
There are many ways to judge a player’s speed, and with each passing year we’re getting more and more Statcast data talking about all aspects of the running game That’s great info indeed, and something that we haven’t ever really had access to as fans and analysts, so we can certainly find interest in 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.
There is always some new measure to digest when it comes to trying to understanding how pitchers performed. One of the newer iterations is Deserved Run Average, or DRA. Let’s dig into what it is and why you should be aware of it, as well as it can help you with your analysis of those 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.
People ask me, frequently, if there is one thing I should be looking at with a player, what should it be? I always respond in a manner that certainly must frustrate many – there is no one thing. I don’t do this to be obnoxious but merely because there’s really no one trait that brings 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.
Everyone loves rankings, so much so that we’ve even considered not even putting out articles for you all to read because rankings is where everyone gravitates all preseason. Of course, we haven’t gone that far, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t gone further in the rankings than most. In what follows, you will see 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.
Who qualifies at what positions defensively in 2020? Well, the answer really boils down to the type of league you plan on entering in the coming season. PRE-SEASON In traditional setups, you need 20-games played at a position to qualify in the coming season. This is the benchmark that has been used for decades in 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.
As the years pass, our understanding of the game of baseball improves. Whereas it was the results that garnered all our attention in the past – homers, RBI, runs scored etc. – we are now in an era where we are continually digging deeper. We’re also in an era where we have more data than 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.
I often hear folks using wOBA (weighted on base average), and that’s a good thing. However, I nearly always, like 95 percent of the time, see folks use wOBA in relation to offensive performers. We can use it for the other side of the game as well, and that’s what we are going to be 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.
I often hear folks using wOBA (weighted on base average), and that’s a good thing. However, I nearly always, like 95 percent of the time, see folks use wOBA in relation to offensive performers. We can use it for the other side of the game as well, and that’s what we are going to be 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.
What is the NFBC? For me and a few thousand fellow fanatics, it’s more than just a hobby. It’s a lifestyle. NFBC (the National Fantasy Baseball Championship) is the preeminent place to play season-long fantasy baseball. Entering its 17th season of operation, NFBC hosts online and in-person drafts & auction leagues and has set 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.
There are plenty of fancy measures out there that play off ERA. Many of those measures are discussed at length in the Guide. This piece is meant to be a bit of a short-hand, simple look at some of the major measures, three in fact, that when combined together give a somewhat clearer picture – 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.
In our preseason product you will find articles about Average Bases Allowed (ABA), a replacement for WHIP, as well as SWIP (pitching dominance). They deal with different aspects of the pitching game, other than the fact that they both rely, at least in part, on walk totals (more on that later). In what follows I’m 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.
Everyone knows, uses and believes in WHIP. It works for what it is. As I’ve been saying for years though, there is a better way to do this, and it’s time that the fantasy universe catches on to the simple, yet vitally important change, that SWIP offers. WHAT IS SWIP AND HOW DO YOU FIGURE 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.
Everyone knows, uses and believes in WHIP. It works for what it is. As I’ve been saying for years though, there is a better way to do this, and it’s time that the fantasy universe catches on to the simple, yet vitally important change, that ABA offers. WHAT IS ABA? Created through discussions with Brandon 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.
I wish I could, but I can’t. I cannot sit there and help guide you on draft day. All I can do is present you the information and hope that enough of the data is accessible to aid you to put together the best squad possible on draft day. There are rankings, charts, tables, opinions, 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.
I wish I could, but I can’t. I cannot sit there and help guide you on draft day. All I can do is present you the information and hope that enough of the data is accessible to aid you to put together the best squad possible on draft day. There are rankings, charts, tables, opinions, 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.
In this entry to our 2020 MLB Draft Guide, Vlad Sedler reviews Average Draft Position (ADP): What it is, how you can find it, and how you can use it to your advantage in your upcoming season-long MLB fantasy drafts. 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.
This article is going to be all about league averages, from the batter’s perspective. What did first basemen hit last year? What did 6th place hitters do with the bat in their hands? Did offense increase or decrease as the season wore on. Were young hitters, or older ones, more effective? This, and other questions 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.