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Why I Hate The League E-Mail Trade Solicitation 2007-10-31 09:03:00 Why do people use the league email to solicit trades? This is poor strategy in my view and here's why.
In one league I am in, a keeper dynasty draft league, I am a background adviser with a co-owner. He is my partner in the high stakes league, and since I run that team, he essentially does the day-to-day management of this other team. So I essentially act as a consultant for this team, and get Read more:League
, Trade
Fact or Fluke? 2007-11-06 07:52:00 At First Pitch Arizona, Baseball Prospectus' Joe Sheehan had some thoughts on various players and whether their 2007 season was a fact or a fluke. Here are some of my thoughts.
In a Baseball Prospectus "Unfiltered" post (their blog) Joe Sheehan, one of my favorite baseball writers, discussed his participation in a "fluke or fact" presentation at Ron Shandler's First Pitch Arizona. I wish I
Who To Keep Among NL Hitters? 2007-11-12 09:30:00 Looking at my NL roster and deciding who should be kept. Next up will be NL pitching and then my AL roster. It is an interesting group of players, since considerations other than the mere fact of whether they will be profitable next year are the key factors to consider.
We are getting close to the beginning of winter trading season in my high stakes league, so it is time to start dusting off the
A Reader's Keeper Question-Braun, Pedroia or Lincecum? 2007-11-14 09:37:00 Answering another reader's keeper question on these three players.
A reader posed the following: he is in a 12-team mixed league, with two keeper slots. Each team can keep two players and can keep two rookie players (those that were rookie eligible in 2007) by replacing their ninth and tenth round picks with the kept rookie players. Which do you keep?
To me clearly the answer is Braun and Read more:Reader
, Keeper
, Question
Not Even One Vote??? 2007-11-13 12:48:00 One of my free agent pickups got completely hosed in the AL ROY voting.
Which of these two pitchers do you prefer? Which do you think had a better season?
Is there any great difference here? The seasons are almost identical except in a few respects; K rate, xERA and Wins. But by any account, if you were choosing who had a better season or which season you would prefer you would be hard
Scouting reports on Hughes, Bailey and Gallardo 2007-11-13 10:35:00 As promised, from Keith Law, Director of Scouting
for ESPN.
Thanks again to Keith for helping me out with scouting reports. Keith is one of the best at his job, and you should be reading his work over at ESPN. Here they are:
Hughes
: Before he pulled a hamstring back in May, Hughes would typically work at 90-94 mph with an above-average curveball with a sharp downward break. Wednesday night ( Read more:Bailey
, Gallardo
Divide and Conquer? 2007-11-21 09:07:00 What are the costs and benefits of adding divisions to your fantasy league?
We have taken some time to discuss keepers and trades in planning for the next year in our young fantasy league, all with an eye toward keeping the league as competitive and fun as possible for all teams from top to bottom. I will be talking more in the future about bread-and-butter items like these, as well as about Read more:Divide
Bottom Feeding for Pitchers 2007-11-19 13:31:00 Examining my NL pitchers and who should be kept for 2008.
As usual, I pursued a "stars and scrubs" strategy when dealing with my NL pitching staff. There are legions of articles dealing with this the stars and scrubs model, so I won't delve too deeply into it here. But the aspect that bears discussion is the tactical execution of the strategy.
In my high stakes league it is very difficult to Read more:Bottom
, Feeding
, Pitchers
Stats in the Balance 2007-11-30 09:35:00 One shortcoming of a standard 5x5 setup: imbalance.
Last year, as we inaugurated our league with a more-or-less cookie-cutter setup on a free online host, we used the classic 5x5 for our head-to-head matchups: R, HR, RBI, SB, and AVG on the hitting side, and W, SV, K, ERA, and WHIP on the pitching side. These categories provide a fine enough introduction to the basic terms of fantasy baseball, Read more:Stats
, Balance
A Note to Readers and Latest Hardball Times column 2007-11-29 11:02:00 I will be going on vacation until 12/12 so I won't have any posts until then. This would be a good time to go back into the archives for some of our older stuff! And who knows, maybe the con-contributors may have a post or two. If you are looking for my latest hardball Times
column, it is posted herein.
Latest Hardball Times Column
What Is The Most Important Auction Principle? 2007-12-17 08:21:00 When dealing with auctions against tougher competitors in continuing leagues there is one characteristic that is paramount.
When it comes to auctions in leagues with tough competition and where the same owners are involved year after year, it is of vital importance that the Fantasy General cultivate one area of strategy that is usually overlooked. What is the most important characteristic Read more:Auction
, Principle
Knowing Your Enemy 2007-12-12 08:28:00 Looking at what you can do to examine your decision making process.
This year I have to admit I am particularly depressed. Not only did I return to work after vacation (depressing in itself) football is winding down, baseball is far off and now there is the possibility that there will be no new TV shows to tide me over until February! I already am starting to feel the pangs of not seeing new Read more:Enemy
Josh Beckett Slowed by Back 2008-03-11 20:40:00 Josh Beckett
was scratched from his scheduled start on Monday due to a bad back. The injury has picked up attention now, and it appears Beckett will not make the trip to Japan. First Curt Schilling and now Beckett face injuries in the Red Sox rotation, which was believed as invincible.
Beckett is expected to be back in early April, but was scheduled to be the Sox opening day starter in Japan Read more:Slowed
Spring Speedsters 2008-03-11 19:20:00 Spring training stats aren't always the best way to judge a player, but when it comes to speed, it can help gauge a players stolen base potential for the upcoming season. Experts have been telling readers time and time again, avoid paying for speed in the beginning rounds and find some late steals (pun intended).
Hereyou can see the stolen base leaders in spring training so far. At the top you Read more:Spring
New Poll on the Fantasy Baseball Search Expert League 2008-03-11 08:50:00 A new poll has been posted on the League
's homepage in the lower right hand corner. Feel free to check it out and vote! So far we are running in the lead but don't vote for us unless you really think we had the best team. Read more:Search
, Expert
H2H League Draft Analysis 2008-03-11 08:16:00 A recap of my first draft of the year!
I know every blogger loves to write about their own drafts and I also know that you probably don't really care to read about our teams and a rundown of every single pick. So what am I going to do? Bore you with another post about my draft with a rundown of every single pick! Because it's fun and this was my first real draft of the year, so you're going to Read more:League
, Draft
, Analysis
Five Players--Cincinnnati Reds 2008-03-11 07:34:00 Five Players
from the Redlegs.
This is a very interesting organization right now, and they seem to be at a fork in the road. The next five years will be very important for this organization since their division is easily winnable in any given year. I think they made a terrible choice for their managerial spot that is already hurting them on the field. Because of Baker they may start out with
Who in the World is Jair Jurrjens? 2008-03-10 22:08:00 Back in October, the Braves sent Edgar Renteria to the Tigers for what seemed like a few prospects with goofy names, pitcher Jair Jurrjens and outfielder Gorkys Hernandez. Sure Renteria was no longer needed due to the emergence of middle infielders Kelly Johnson, and in particular Yunel Escobar. Reports from Braves camp had manager Bobby Cox touting the success of Escobar over the winter, and Read more:World
Thanks for Your Time 2008-03-10 21:49:00 Hey guys, my name is Kevin Orris and I am the newest addition to the Fantasy Baseball Generals. I wanted to take a quick minute of your time to give you a little background of who I am, and what I do and know. I began writing at www.mlbfrontoffice.com from the start in November. I have been playing fantasy sports for years, and got my start in head to head points leagues (yay! no strategy needed Read more:Thanks
The 3,000 Hit Speculation 2008-03-10 19:53:00 Running the numbers with The Favorite Toy
One of the commenters to this article from Baseball Think Factory ran our suggestions through Bill James' Favorite Toy. And the winner is:
Cabrera 35%
Cano 18%
Zimmerman 11% (but he hardly played in '05...might be more accurate if you use an MLE hit total for that season)
Reyes 31%
Wright 26%
H. Ramirez 16% (again, based on 0 hits in '05, which hurts
The Number One Ranking in the Expert League 2008-03-10 10:11:00 On the radio show last night the three of us had a great difference on my number one ranked team. Here is some more detail.
It seems that there is a great difference in the rankings of my number one ranked team from the Fantasy Baseball Search ExpertLeague
. My number one team, Tim Dierkes' team from Roto Authority was flatly dismissed by my two co-hosts RC Rizza and Todd Farino.
Let me start Read more:Number
, Ranking
Radio Show Recap 2008-03-10 09:36:00 Sunday's show was a tremendous show, very contentious and entertaining. It featured sweet vindication for my Expert League strategy; RC ran his statistical model which resulted in The Generals coming in second by a scant one point, and winning ERA, WHIP, Saves, RBI and Runs.
We also went through, in detail, each of the teams in the expert league. There was some great disagreement among us on Read more:Radio
, Recap
, Radio Show
The General's Roundtable-What Player 25 and Under Has The Best Chance at 3,000 hits? 2008-03-10 07:53:00 This is hopefully going to become a regular feature. We are going to have a "roundtable" response on one interesting question every week. To start: Which player 25 and under has the best chance at 3,000 hits? This is pure speculation but good speculation.
To the General
s I posed the following: What player age 25 and under has the best chance at 3,000 hits? Here are the responses:
Andrew Cleary Read more:Roundtable
Five Players-- The Pale Hose 2008-03-10 07:26:00 Here are five interesting fantasy players from the White Sox.
Alexei Ramirez I have been touting him since the very first radio show, and so far it all looks good. He is only facing down Danny Richar and Juan Uribe. Just take my word for it and go get him. He will be a solid player with 10 HR 10 SB and a .290 average.
Jermaine Dye The alleged bad year last year was really just a bad first half Read more:Players
Last chance to compete against a General!! 2008-03-09 17:20:00 I am commish of the Devout Followers of Paul (named in honor of the legendary Paul Konerko) league and we need just 1 last owner. Our 12th recently had to drop out as he was no longer able to make the draft. The league settings are as follows:
-Mixed, 5x5, Roto scoring
-Standard 23-man active roster w/5 player bench
-Live in-person auction draft
-Non-keeper
-Medium stakes (not free!)
The draft Read more:General
, chance
, against
First Pitch Forum on Sat. in Saddle Brook, NJ 2008-03-09 17:12:00 So I attended Ron Shandler's annual FirstPitchForum
yesterday in NJ. I enjoyed myself as I always do and even got to meet and speak to Lenny Melnick and also to Ron after it ended. There was a ton of info presented with some interesting tidbits. I was too lazy to take notes though, because we'll be receiving the powerpoint slides and speaker notes in an e-mail this week. So once I receive those Read more:Saddle
Take a Chance on Me 2008-03-08 14:23:00 A new writer joins the Generals.
Take a Chance on Me Writing an article for Fantasy Baseball is both challenging and fun. It is challenging, because there are so many opinions and ideas out there, that as an author writing a unique and interesting piece is vital. That is, when picking a sleeper or strategy the author needs to spend equal energy dissecting their rationale in picking said player,
Five Players--Chicago Cubs 2008-03-07 12:35:00 Five interesting players from the Cubbies.
Mark DeRosa Despite his heart scare, it will be a shame if he loses out on a starting job to Mike Fontenot, an Orioles cast off. DeRosa is the NL version of Mark Ellis, he is just solid and will put up a .290 BA. his 80% contact rate and 10% walk rate should limit any downside on the BA front. He is not a great player but for deeper auction leagues Read more:Players
, Chicago
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