Vlad Sedler's Articles

FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 9 of the fantasy baseball season.

FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 8 of the fantasy baseball season.

FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 7 of the fantasy baseball season.

FTN's Vlad Sedler breaks down the starting pitcher landscape around fantasy baseball as the month of May gets going.

FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 6 of the fantasy baseball season.

It’s Episode 11 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) as the duo discuss a variety of topics from the recent string of oblique injuries, small sample sizes, FAAB woes and players they regret not having more shares of.  Players and Topics Discussed: – New Daily Projections […]

FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season.

FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 4 of the fantasy baseball season.

  TUESDAY 4:10pm ET UPDATE Added a certain AL East outfielder to that table (towards the top) Added a certain NL Central OF who hit 2 HR today (they count!) Removed Aaron Ashby (sent to minors today) —– NFBC’s Best Ball Cutline contest only has three points of manager control – the draft and the […]

SUNDAY UPDATE A brutal week we’d like to forget but its effects will resonate with us for a long time. Nothing to stew on though as doing so takes up unnecessary energy we can be using for our FAAB decisions. There’s no replacing Spencer Strider. STARTING PITCHERS There will be some Main Events where the […]

Sunday Update Let’s get right down to the nitty gritty – y’all want to talk closers. Here are my thoughts: Kevin Ginkel (ARI) Three punchouts in a non-save opp today for Ginkel. Paul Sewald is out for at least three weeks and he might not have a job to come back to. I do think […]

Opening Day of the baseball season is finally here, which means we bid adieu to the best part of the season – draft season! These last four months of researching, creating/maintaining projections and multiple sets of rankings, and of course, drafting, has been quite grueling. Now let the fun begin, and let’s play ball!   […]

Welcome to FTN’s weekly free agent bidding (FAAB) strategy column, Trust the Gut. This article will be published every Saturday of the fantasy baseball season, and I will usually release an update/addendum to Trust the Gut on Sundays, two hours before NFBC’s 10 p.m. ET lock period.   The goal of the article is to […]

FAAB stands for “Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or Bidding).” It is the process of adding new hitters and pitchers to our fantasy baseball rosters in exchange for hitters and pitchers we have chosen to drop. Most fantasy sites, including NFBC, run FAAB once a week, Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last decade, […]

“The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.” – Pliny the Elder No matter what format we play, the name of the fantasy baseball game is profit.  We set ourselves up for league championships by correctly identifying ADP/AAV (market) inefficiencies – targeting the positive and letting our opponents fall for the negative. Our […]

This is the seventh and final part of my preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different from VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP rankings […]

This is the sixth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]

This is the fifth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]

This is the fourth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]

This is the third part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]

This is the second part of my special fantasy baseball preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while […]

This is the first part of my special fantasy baseball preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while […]

In our Ultimate 2024 Fantasy Baseball Guide, I planned to break down all of my late-round hitters to target in fantasy baseball drafts in 2024. Brevity has never been a strength of mine, though, so after 3,000 words, we made the decision to break it into two parts. Here are the rest of my late-round […]

(It’s fantasy baseball draft season! The FTN Fantasy baseball team and a host of prominent guest anlaysts present our Ultimate 2024 Fantasy Baseball Guide. Check it out and prepare for the 2024 MLB season!) Pitchers and catchers have not yet reported, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to unveil our 2024 fantasy baseball rankings. […]

(It’s fantasy baseball draft season! The FTN Fantasy team and a host of helpful guests present our Ultimate 2024 Fantasy Baseball Guide. Check it out and prepare for the 2024 MLB season!) In 2023, we were blessed with a plethora of profitable fantasy baseball hitters who had an average draft position between 250 and 450 […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer – my weekly column that will serve as a guide for twice-weekly FAAB for mid and high-stakes leagues and national contests such as NFFC, FFPC, FFWC, and RT Sports. The basis for our weekly bid review will be the $350-entry NFFC RotoWire Online Championship. It’s the perfect framework for our purposes […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Replacing A.T. Perry and Gerald Everett for: Jahan Dotson and Taysom Hill — The path to winning DFS GPP tournaments is typically aided by diamonds in the rough. These are the players often overlooked and considered to be contrarian, looming under 10% rostered. Building chalky lineups filled with popular plays over 20% can […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer – my weekly column that will serve as a guide for twice-weekly FAAB for mid and high-stakes leagues and national contests such as NFFC, FFPC, FFWC, and RT Sports. The basis for our weekly bid review will be the $350-entry NFFC RotoWire Online Championship. It’s the perfect framework for our purposes […]

Sunday Update   Taking out of my top-10 (Tanner Hudson, Alvin Kamara, Greg Dortsch) Entering into my top-10 (Khalil Shakir, Saquon Barkley, Jerome Ford) – big on Ford this week. — The path to winning DFS GPP tournaments is typically aided by diamonds in the rough. These are the players often overlooked and considered to […]

WEDNESDAY UPDATE:  Running Backs Removed James Robinson, added Patrick Taylor. Taylor was promoted from Green Bay’s practice squad and should serve as A.J. Dillon’s change-of-pace back with Aaron Jones / Emanuel Wilson trending towards inactive. Increased range on Royce Freeman since Darrell Henderson was waived. With Salvon Ahmed now on IR, Jeff Wilson (91% in […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Removing Jalen Guyton (Out/Groin) Brian Robinson (WAS) has become projected chalk since this article published Adding the following sub 10% Matthew Stafford, QB, Rams (with Kupp and one of Metcalf / JSN) Austin Ekeler, RB, Chargers (in Jordan Love stacks) Raheem Mostert, RB, Dolphins (leaning more him than Achane now) Deebo Samuel, WR, […]