Vlad Sedler's Articles

Welcome to my weekly free-agent bidding strategy column – Trust the Gut. This piece will focus on weekly FAAB strategies and targets to confidently prepare you in your quest to acquire players to help your fantasy teams contend for league titles. I focus primarily on NFBC leagues, but the strategies and players recommended will be […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

The MLB season is about to begin, which means the most fun part of the season is almost over: draft season. There is truly nothing quite like that stretch between January and late-March when we’re drafting like maniacs. I’m certain we’ve never had a winter like this one where more and more folks joined NFBC […]

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, on Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last […]

Main Event draft season is officially underway. It’s NFBC’s premier contest — a hefty $1,750 entry fee that pays the top three for each 15-team league and the top 22 of the 660 total entries. The grand prize to the overall winner is $175,000, and it’s the Holy Grail of fantasy baseball.    Though the […]

There is no such thing as a “league-winner” in fantasy baseball.  It does feels good to identify and draft breakouts, though. Profitable players positively impact our squads and assist in the end-goal of winning a league or national overall title. But we all know that championships are won through a multitude of factors: a solid […]

This weekly column will be a summary of recent average draft position risers and fallers around fantasy baseball. A review of the most prominent ADP movers based on completed drafts on NFBC.  With the lockout in the rearview, free agent signings abound and spring training in full swing, we are seeing extreme market volatility in […]

Today we’re introducing a new column for the duration of spring training through Opening Day. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings.  This first one will cover transactions from Thursday, March 10 through Monday, March 14.    NL East Atlanta Braves: Matt Olson (1B) […]

Underdog Fantasy is the premier site for quick-and-fun baseball best ball points contests.    Underdog was launched back in early 2020 by founder Jeremy Levine and has raised millions in funding from the likes of Mark Cuban, Adam Schefter, Kevin Durant, The Chainsmokers and Detroit Lions legend Jared Goff! Levine founded one of the original […]

This weekly column will be a summary of recent average draft position (ADP) risers and fallers. A review of the most prominent ADP movers based on completed drafts on NFBC.  For at least this week’s piece, I will be referencing NFBC Draft Championship (DC) results. These are 15-round, 50-round draft-and-hold leagues (no in-season FAAB). Beginning […]

This is the seventh and final part of my special preseason series breaking down each fantasy baseball position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting […]

This is the sixth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]

This is the fifth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into the […]

This is the fourth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]

This is the third part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]

This is the second part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into the […]

This is the first part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, I’ll fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into the two big weeks […]

This weekly fantasy baseball column will be a summary of recent average draft position risers and fallers. A review of the most prominent ADP movers based on completed drafts on NFBC. For the January columns, I will be referencing NFBC Draft Championship results. These are 15-round, 50-round draft-and-hold leagues (no in-season FAAB). Though we are […]

When it comes to fantasy baseball drafts, nothing is more important than correctly identifying, targeting and getting the players we believe to be underpriced while identifying and avoiding those who appear to be overpriced. The goal is to spot the inefficiencies on both sides of the value spectrum and adjust our personal draft rankings, positional […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview, recommended plays at each position as well as some GPP game stacks and best secondary correlations.     Week 17 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS multiplier contests. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview, recommended plays at each position as well as some GPP game stacks and best secondary correlations.     Week 16 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview, recommended plays at each position as well as some GPP game stacks and best secondary correlations.     Week 15 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from […]

Welcome to FTN’s 2022 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide! I am beyond ecstatic to have you aboard on this journey through the early part of the fantasy baseball offseason. The goal of our Draft Guide is to whet your appetite with sharp analysis from some of the industry’s most talented writers while also peppering you with […]

It’s a fairly common occurrence for us in baseball drafts. On the clock in the 25th round of a 30-round draft and a bit of anxiety seeps in as you try deciding which player to select. You were more confident heading into the draft with all the prep, but these last few rounds have been grueling […]

NFBC stands for National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and it is the preferred season-long fantasy baseball site of thousands of the best and most dedicated players. NFBC was created back in 2004 by Greg Ambrosius as fantasy baseball’s first multi-city, high-stakes event.  The NFBC hosts online and live (in-person) redraft and auction style leagues and have […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview, recommended plays at each position as well as some GPP game stacks and best secondary correlations. Week 14 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from the $100 […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests.  Here’s a quick primer and strategy guide. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview and recommended plays at each position.   Week 13 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from the $100 Gunslinger GPP. […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer, my high-stakes FAAB projection piece. This weekly column will serve as a supplement of our traditional FAAB column, but with its own spin. Specifically, for the many of you who play higher stakes at NFFC and FFPC. The basis for our weekly bid review will the $350 NFFC Online Championship (OC). […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests.  Here’s a quick primer and strategy guide. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview and recommended plays at each position.     Week 12 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from the $100 Gunslinger […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer, my high-stakes FAAB projection piece. This weekly column will serve as a supplement of our traditional FAAB column, but with its own spin. Specifically, for the many of you who play higher stakes at NFFC and FFPC. The basis for our weekly bid review will the $350 NFFC Online Championship (OC). […]

Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests.  Here’s a quick primer and strategy guide. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview and recommended plays at each position. Week 11 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from the $100 Gunslinger GPP. Red […]

WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE:   Plenty of valuable news has come out since this was published so let’s reshuffle the RB priorities.   Remove Jeremy McNichols / Prioritize Dontrell Hilliard McNichols (concussion) still has not practiced this week, D’Onta Foreman (tricep) was limited in practice on Wednesday and Adrian Peterson was cut. Foreman will likely play […]