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Monthly Archives: March 2014
A Question of Value
Between updating the Patton $ projections and preparing for Tout Wars and the XFL 17 round reserve draft, and just a little bit of civilian life, time is speeding past. I wanted to talk briefly here about the idea of value. In Tout Wars I bought a team that is (more…)
Top 10 Most Misunderstood Fantasy Baseball Concepts: No. 1. The Salary Cap
$260 per team. $3120 per league. These are the bedrock facts of Rotisserie baseball pricing. The NL screwed things up for a while, when 16 teams led most roto leagues to play with 13 teams. $3380 doesn’t resonate quite the same way, but the principle is quite the same when (more…)
Posted in Games, Math, Top 10 Misunderstood
Are Component Pitching Measures Leading Indicators?
I don’t want to dwell on this too much right now, because it will take a lot more work to tease out more meaningful results. And lots of work has been done elsewhere (this is a good place to start), that does a far more comprehensive job than I’m taking (more…)
Posted in Data, Projections, Stat Projections
Top 10 Most Misunderstood Fantasy Baseball Misconceptions: Leading Indicators
When I think of a Leading Indicator I think of something that changes ahead of a change in results. Like when a player reports to spring training in the best shape of his life. Kidding, at least some of the time. One of the first of these I looked at (more…)
Posted in Basics, Free, Top 10 Misunderstood
Park Factors and Handedness 2013
I’ve been meaning to take a look at special Park Factor situations. Park factors are of interest, of course, because they help us understand which ballparks are easier to hit in (and worse for pitchers) or easiest to pitch in (and worse for hitters). Take the stats of a team and (more…)
Posted in Ballparks, Basics, Free, Projections
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