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Yahoo! opened up today so fantasy baseball is officially back. Put your keeper questions, sleeper questions, jeepers and creepers questions. They all go here. If you ask a question, you better put your league settings or else it'll probably get ignored. News/Advice Stolen word for word from Last Year's OP weas, "Draft Mookie" genius Razzball - I typically draft using Grey's rankings, and I actually pay money for access to their Stream-O-Nator and HitterTron tools. Grey's daily summary posts are the first thing I read each morning during the season. In my opinion, this is the best fantasy baseball site out there. FantasyAlarm - Ray Flowers gives very good advice and his rankings are typically solid. Can also follow him on Twitter @BaseballGuys, where he is very active during the season. FanGraphs - The site you should all be using for your baseball stats. Lots of good articles as well, and the host of Ottoneu (see below.) Rotoworld - General injury/transaction news geared towards fantasy players. FantasyPros - Fantasy rankings aggregator (Spoeank Note: They are branching out into writing too, some good stuff there). Ottoneu - I started playing Ottoneu last year and I love it. It's 12 team, 40 player MLB/MiLB dynasty with a $400 salary cap. If you are interested in doing a $50 FanGraphs Points startup league, let me know and I might start a goon league with enough interested parties. Pitcher List - Amazing pitcher info, amazing pitcher .gifs. Good Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter CBS Fantasy Baseball Today ESPN Fantasy Focus (not that dumbfuck Matt Berry anymore) Flags Fly Forever (Baseball Prospectus) Sleeper and the Bust (Fangraphs) MLB.com Fantasy 411 is technically good but I boycott it because they're no Cory Schwartz or Mike Schiano GOOD AND COOL AND FUN STATISTICS YOU SHOULD USE BABIP - Measures good or bad luck. League average is somewhere near .300, but different batting profiles can sustain higher or lower BABIP. Look to a player's career average. Look for high pitcher BABIP and low batter BABIP for sleepers, basically. K-BB% (pitchers)- combines K% and BB%, which are better than K/9 and BB/9 for various reasons, and makes them into one number. LOB% (pitchers) - A high LOB% with a low K% probably means the pitcher got really lucky and may be due for ERA regression. Hard% in conjunction with ISO (hitters) - they have a strong enough correlation, and if someone has a good Hard% but a bad ISO, that could be bad luck (WELINGTON CASTILLO I'M LOOKIN AT YOU) WRC+ (hitters) - easy to sort by to start from to figure out who is really good. It's a decent enough short hand. I write an article every year about pitchers looking at BABIP, K-BB% and unusually high ERAs. Last year I predicted Rick Porcello, American Fuckin' League Cy Fuckin' Young Winner, would have a good year. ... But then again I said the same thing about Ian Kennedy so what the gently caress do I know. Here's the article for this year: http://theinscribermag.com/fantasy-baseball-sleeper-pitchers-and-advanced-statistics/ Nola is my fave baby this year out of that list. Spoeank fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Mar 3, 2017 |
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Kennedy did have a good year
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Jan 28, 2017 06:49
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IcePhoenix posted:Kennedy did have a good year Huh you're right. His June and July were such a mess it clouded my judgement on him (I haven't finished reviewing last year's numbers yet). So I guess... that's another reason to look at those stats in conjunction!
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Jan 28, 2017 07:41
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Chris Davis is the #15 1B off the board per FantasyPros. That's kind of silly for two reasons. One: his AVG fluctuation is 100% BABIP driven in Baltimore. AVG 0.270 0.286 0.196 0.262 0.221 BABIP 0.335 0.336 0.242 0.319 0.279 Two: even if he has bad AVG, his worst season in Baltimore pro-rated to 162 games is 33 dingers, 83 R, 92 RBI. His average since coming to Baltimore is 39, 88, 92. So even if his average craters, he's between great and elite in the other three categories. He's a prime CI option at 82 overall.
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Jan 28, 2017 09:07
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Good stuff. I don't think I can get on the Juan Nicasio train of pain again though.
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Jan 28, 2017 14:48
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Everyone is really high on Trea Turner.
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Jan 29, 2017 07:01
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I followed Grey's pitching rankings and imploded. I don't blame him though, last year's pitching was unbelievably random.
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Jan 30, 2017 04:41
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Here's an early mock draft to chew on. From Rotoballer (not familiar with this site tbh. Also, keep in mind it's a snake draft. i.e. Blackmon went 2.1, not 2.12): And here's ADP from the National Fantasy Baseball Championship: http://hosted.stats.com/mlb/adp.asp?pos=all
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Jan 30, 2017 22:40
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Hot take: I'd draft Kershaw at 1.1 in standard leagues. Borderline game-breaking talent and I would be loving thrilled if he dropped to me in the late first round.
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Jan 30, 2017 23:00
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Cano late 3rd round oh wow. This is a very interesting draft year, so many high upside late ranks.
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Jan 31, 2017 01:36
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The Pussy Boss posted:Hot take: I'd draft Kershaw at 1.1 in standard leagues. Borderline game-breaking talent and I would be loving thrilled if he dropped to me in the late first round. Nooooooooooo I got Hendricks super late in my draft and he ended up being the best pitcher last year. Three years ago I went super pitcher heavy, which was nice, but having dead bats is the most frustrating experience, even moreso than dead pitching.
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Jan 31, 2017 02:56
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Rand alPaul posted:Cano late 3rd round oh wow. After Trevor Story lol
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Jan 31, 2017 05:00
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Death to all pitchers
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Jan 31, 2017 13:45
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Is Yahoo not doing pro leagues for baseball this year or did they not put them up yet?
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Jan 31, 2017 18:50
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They're just not up yet. I'm in Missouri though and I have no idea if I'll be able to do pro leagues, because of some new regulations on fantasy sports 
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Jan 31, 2017 19:29
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poo poo, I've been counting down to ST without even realizing it means fantasy baseball time is here again! I learned a lot over the course of last year and ended up coming in 2nd, which of course means I will step on my own dick and totally gently caress myself in the draft and cellar-dwell all season now. Then again, I have some cheap-rear end/good pitching I'll be keeping, plus I picked up El Gary as soon as he got called up  EDIT: Also PitcherList is a pretty great resource, especially when looking at streaming options in their daily updates. Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Jan 31, 2017 |
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Jan 31, 2017 22:06
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Teemu Pokemon posted:Death to all pitchers Yup. I actually targeted them last season and hovered around .500. It was sad as gently caress, I hate them all.
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Feb 1, 2017 08:19
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How to play fantasy baseball: 1) bats 2) bats 3) dingers 4) bats bats bats 5) baaaaattttsssss
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Feb 1, 2017 11:11
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Teemu Pokemon posted:How to play fantasy baseball: Totally wrong 1) dingers 2) dingers 3) dingerssssss 4) people who hit home runs 5) draft mookie betts
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Feb 1, 2017 16:20
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I came in 2nd last year in a pro h2h 12 5x5 5-teamer, with kenta maeda and random streaming pitchers 
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Feb 1, 2017 16:38
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Teemu Pokemon posted:How to play fantasy baseball: You mean... MASHERS?! http://theinscribermag.com/fantasy-baseball-draft-strategy-m-a-s-h-e-r-s/ (forgive the formatting, they transferred the backend and hosed everything all up on old posts)
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Feb 1, 2017 16:42
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Doghouse posted:I came in 2nd last year in a pro h2h 12 5x5 5-teamer, with kenta maeda and random streaming pitchers I got Maeda for $1 in one of the last rounds of the draft and I still feel pretty fuckin  about it.
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Feb 1, 2017 16:52
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I would take Kershaw 1.1 in a points league, because often times a stud pitcher is unfair in that format, but otherwise take all the bats take bats, bats bats bats, all bats all the time bats
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Feb 1, 2017 19:48
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My league is the opposite in that EVERYONE drafts pitching and then just streams off of their bench. There is almost never a decent pitcher available to pick up. But on the other hand, you can usually find a serviceable hitter no problem since most people only have like 1 or 2 bench bats at the most. And now that I'm thinking about my roster, I'm once again bummed about losing my best keeper Jose Fernandez  .
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Feb 1, 2017 22:08
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I usually like to draft one league at the start of spring before the rankings are adjusted, I just finished that draft. I had the 12th pick. Here's what I ended up with: Yahoo 12 team H2H standard 5x5 C: Kyle Schwarber 1B: Anthony Rizzo 2B: Jonathan Villar 3B: Evan Longoria SS: Trevor Story OF: Trea Turner OF: Andrew McCutchen OF: Stephen Piscotty UTIL: Javier Baez UTIL: Aledmys Diaz BN: Hunter Renfroe BN: Yoan Moncada SP: Carlos Martinez, Aaron Sanchez, Alex Reyes, JA Happ, Marco Estrada, Blake Snell, Lance Lynn RP: Seung Hwan Oh, Tony Watson, Brandon Maurer, Neftali Feliz
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Feb 1, 2017 22:25
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That's... a lot of Blue Jays pitchers
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Feb 2, 2017 00:13
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Spoeank posted:That's... a lot of Blue Jays pitchers Yeah, that was unintentional. I didn't do much mocking before this to prepare.
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Feb 2, 2017 00:16
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Schwarber has catcher eligibility??????? I'm not in any Yahoo leagues this year but that's HUGE
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Feb 2, 2017 04:20
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The Pussy Boss posted:Schwarber has catcher eligibility??????? I'm not in any Yahoo leagues this year but that's HUGE Yes, I was shocked too.
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Feb 2, 2017 04:24
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gently caress I traded him because I thought he'd lose it
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I still think going after Schwarber for your catcher position is hurting your value. Schwarbers going in the 4th/5th in most drafts this year probably and Grey from razzball has him projected as a 81/26/90 guy with a bad average. I'd much rather wait a bit until the 9th or 10th round to go after Lucroy or Posey and just lose out on a handful of dingers.
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Doltos posted:I still think going after Schwarber for your catcher position is hurting your value. Schwarbers going in the 4th/5th in most drafts this year probably and Grey from razzball has him projected as a 81/26/90 guy with a bad average. I'd much rather wait a bit until the 9th or 10th round to go after Lucroy or Posey and just lose out on a handful of dingers. I got him in the 6th.
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Feb 4, 2017 20:21
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I don't know if that beefy lummox is going to play enough games to justify going that early.
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Feb 4, 2017 20:30
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Personally I'm waiting on Realmuto, you can get him like 11th round or later. Last year he had double digit sbs and hrs with ~ .300 average. Yeah I'll take that at the catcher position and at that price.
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I had Schwarber as like a 16th round keeper but I was offered a great haul for him in May and took it but then I didn't win the championship and now I'm angry
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Feb 5, 2017 14:43
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Is Xander really not getting that much hype this year? I see him going in the third in yahoo and I thought I'd have to spend an early 2nd on him.
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Feb 5, 2017 18:49
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Doltos posted:Is Xander really not getting that much hype this year? I see him going in the third in yahoo and I thought I'd have to spend an early 2nd on him. Well, he's got 5 other shortstops ahead of him: Machado, Seager, Turner, Correa, Lindor. That being said, some idiot in the league I drafted already took him in the first round.
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Feb 5, 2017 19:39
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ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:Well, he's got 5 other shortstops ahead of him: Machado, Seager, Turner, Correa, Lindor. I think he's going to be better than Seager the Younger this year because Corey's BABIP was way too high for me to trust him again. I just wish Xander could hit more HRs but I guess that's why I'm targeting Story this year.
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Feb 5, 2017 20:40
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I have no willpower and drafted another league just now. I waited too long on pitching, I am aware of this. yahoo 12 team H2H 5x5 C: Stephen Vogt 1B: Matt Carpenter 2B: Rougned Odor 3B: Manny Machado SS: Carlos Correa OF: Giancarlo Stanton OF: Andrew McCutchen OF: Mark Trumbo UTIL: Aledmys Diaz UTIL: Eduardo Nunez BN: Randal Grichuk SP: Greinke, Harvey, Keuchel, Reyes, Paxton, Estrada, Eickhoff, Glasnow RP: Oh, Watson, Maurer, Bedrosian I think I like my other team better, not crazy about this pitching.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:14
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Anybody looking to do a goon league this year/any with openings? Prefer H2H cats over roto or points but I'll play whatever
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