A couple of weeks ago, I posted another lookback article comparing start-up league ADP to season ending rankings based on Dynasty Sports Empire (DSE) scoring. Today, this article is essentially the same idea but for the DSE First-Year Player Draft (FYPD) ADP across all 58 DSE IDP leagues. We also … [Read more...] about Football First-Year Player Draft: ADP Lookback
NBA in Review: Week 7
Welcome back, everybody! I had a huge week in DFS as well as in my dynasties on dynastysportsempire.com. I have been using this write up as one of my main tools to help construct my everyday lineups. These rankings show which teams are top 5 in points, and points were given up by position. If you … [Read more...] about NBA in Review: Week 7
Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 3: xwOBA and Determining Good and Bad Luck
Welcome to the third article of my series discussing methods to evaluate hitters for fantasy baseball using Sabermetrics. Part one examined OPS and why it is a flawed statistical measure for individual hitters. In part two, I discussed wOBA (weighted On-Base Average) and showed how it was a better … [Read more...] about Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 3: xwOBA and Determining Good and Bad Luck
Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 2: wOBA Explained.
This is the second article of my series discussing methods to evaluate hitters for fantasy baseball using Sabermetrics. Part one examined OPS and why it is a flawed statistical measure for individual hitters. In this article, I will explain wOBA (weighted On-Base Average) and explore its usefulness. … [Read more...] about Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 2: wOBA Explained.
Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 1: OPS and Why It’s a Bad Statistical Measure
This article is the first in three exploring ways to evaluate batters for fantasy baseball using Sabermetrics. Part One will examine what makes up the commonly used statistic OPS (On-base Plus Slugging) and why it is a flawed statistical measure for fantasy baseball. Part Two will explain wOBA … [Read more...] about Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 1: OPS and Why It’s a Bad Statistical Measure
Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategies
As we enter into my favorite part of the fantasy baseball season, draft season, I find myself watching dozens of draft boards and strategies, wondering why certain teams implore certain strategies or lack thereof. Hence the reason for this article. Over my 20+ seasons of playing fantasy baseball, I … [Read more...] about Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategies
NBA in Review: Week 6
Welcome back, everybody! I will focus on all the injuries and weekly thoughts on how teams have performed the last 7 days. This will be very important for playing matchups as well as waiver wire pickups. I will list my favorite free agent pickups at the bottom of the article as well. If you want to … [Read more...] about NBA in Review: Week 6
Football Start-Up Leagues: Draft ADP Lookback
Now that the fantasy NFL season is complete, I thought it would be interesting to see how the Average Draft Picks stack up against the NFL's fantasy top-scorers. In the below table, you will find the top 50 scoring players in the NFL - according to the DSE scoring system - and where they were … [Read more...] about Football Start-Up Leagues: Draft ADP Lookback
Evaluating Ugly Orphans: Dynasty Baseball
Recently, I have fielded a lot of questions about how I evaluate an orphan team to decide if I would want to take it over. Why now, more than in the past? I generally do not know the answer to that question, but since the question has come up a few times, I figured an article on this very topic … [Read more...] about Evaluating Ugly Orphans: Dynasty Baseball