Vlad Sedler's Articles

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 work in cash games where we’re looking to finish in the 51st percentile of a […]

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 […]

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 work in cash games where we’re looking to finish in the 51st percentile of a […]

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 […]

What a wild ride.   We pour our hearts and souls into preseason research, draft strategy, roster construction, ADP, projections, setting lineups and 27 grueling weeks of FAAB. And just like that, it’s over. There are going to be a couple of days of emptiness. Like when you instinctively click an app on your phone […]

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 work in cash games where we’re looking to finish in the 51st percentile of a […]

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 (OC). It’s the perfect framework for our […]

SUNDAY UPDATE How sad, my last FAAB update of the season. I’m sure you are stressing over priority bid orders like me right now. First thing I’d recommend is to take Alec Marsh and Martín Pérez out of your bid groups. It looked like they might pitch twice next week but both pitched today. Perez […]

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 work in cash games where we’re looking to finish in the 51st percentile of a […]

Welcome to my weekly free agent bidding strategy column – Trust the Gut. The by-position list only includes hitters and pitchers available (roster%) in at least 10% of 12-team and 15-team leagues. I use the 12-team NFBC Online Championship and the 15-team NFBC Main Event as the roster% guidelines. Most of the players covered should […]

SUNDAY UPDATE   PITCHERS First things first: Spencer Strider is sick and his start is pushed back until Wednesday now. A gut punch for me needing 2 starts from Strider this week as I battle for the overall in NFBC Cutline. Okay, enough about my teams. Charlie Morton was skipped last week and is now […]

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 work in cash games where we’re looking to finish in the 51st percentile of a […]

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 Many of us are working with less than $20 in our FAAB budget and need to be mindful on how to deploy it tonight with consideration to the final three weeks of FAAB. You damn well know that no matter how much fun spending it on 4 weeks of Jasssson or Ronny sounds, […]

Our last couple of picks in fantasy football drafts outside of DSTs and kickers can be utilized in a variety of ways, but the best path to do so is to chase upside. These are offensive players with undefined roles who can become impactful parts of their respective offenses and might command a high percentage […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Let’s jump right into some notes: Freddy Fermin (C/KC) has been losing his consistent playing time and is a drop in 15-teamers if playing him there. Teammate Drew Waters (OF) has moved up to middle of the lineup. Matt Beaty has started the last four games but isn’t worth an add. Akil Baddoo […]

The 2023 fantasy football season is less than three weeks away. That means draft season is in full force. Playing it safe in fantasy football is the best way to finish in the middle of the pack. To compete for a championship, we need to sprinkle in some calculated risk.   Here are my 13 […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Not too much to update on but there are a few names to add. Allan Winans (SP/ATL) will be called up to pitch on Monday. Winans is 28 and a former 17th round pick of the Mets (the team he’s facing.) In two spot starts for the Braves, Winans has 14 K, 3 […]

The Golden Zone is the ADP range of fantasy football’s fourth and fifth rounds (37-60 overall), and it has been a bevy of fantasy goodness at the wide receiver position for many years. The Golden Zone is where Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR7) and Jaylen Waddle (WR8) were drafted from last season, and it’s where I […]

Sunday Update Most everyone is going to want a piece of Trevor Story today. I’m not trying to talk you out of it or keep the price down, but there are a couple of things to be mindful of. First of all, how much $$ do you have left and how much do other competitive […]

SUNDAY UPDATE   So many thing happening this weekend. New York Yankees’ rotation is falling apart. Domingo Germán is suspended for the remainder of the season, Luis Severino continues to get pummeled as is Carlos Rodón who is getting an MRI as he dealt with hamstring tightness in his Sunday start. They just demoted Jhony […]

In baseball, an “opener” has a simple job – help the team get off to a good start by limiting the opponent’s production in the first inning or two. He essentially paves the way for the rest of the bullpen and the offense to do their thing. This fantasy baseball article is similar – since […]

One of the most popular mid-stakes national fantasy football contests out there is NFFC’s RotoWire Online Championship. The high-stakes version ($1,750 entry fee) is the NFFC Primetime. They are 12-team redraft leagues that utilize PPR scoring and a couple other unique features: third-round reversal and KDS.    Third-round reversal simply changes the direction of the […]

This year’s MLB trade deadline is essentially an arms’ race, with competitive teams trading prospects for superstar arms to help them get into the playoffs and make a run at the World Series. This is a quick rundown of the fantasy-relevant players changing teams and effects on their rest-of-season value.   AL West The Astros […]

SUNDAY UPDATE BOMBSHELL UPDATE: C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk traded to the Angels! Bye bye Trey Cabbage bids. A wild weekend with so much going on. I’ll do my best to cover it all in this update. Starting Pitchers Removing Anthony DeSclafani from 15tm bid groups Adding the following (all under $5): Wade Miley (LHP/MLW) […]

In baseball, an “opener” has a simple job – help the team get off to a good start by limiting the opponent’s production in the first inning or two. He essentially paves the way for the rest of the bullpen and the offense to do their thing. This fantasy baseball article is similar – since […]

Training camps are underway and fantasy football draft season is in full swing, with Week 1 only six weeks away. Over the last decade, I’ve been playing mostly over at NFFC – the preeminent site for mid- and high-stakes fantasy football. Among the most popular contests is the RotoWire Online Championship with an entry point […]

SUNDAY UPDATE   Nick Pivetta pitched a clean inning in relief on Saturday as it doesn’t look like he’s getting the bulk work in the Sunday Night matchup. It’s possible Pivetta will pitch in bulk relief against Atlanta on Tuesday.  Sal Frelick was called up right after this article was published. He’s clearly one of […]

There’s no fantasy football feeling more rewarding than drafting those breakouts – players underpriced by the draft market (ADP) who end up providing hefty returns on investment. So here are the top best ball targets in 2023 to give you that feeling.    You felt it with veteran RB Jamaal Williams last year. Williams was […]

In baseball, an “opener” has a simple job – help the team get off to a good start by limiting the opponent’s production in the first inning or two. He essentially paves the way for the rest of the bullpen and the offense to do their thing. This fantasy baseball article is similar – since […]

SUNDAY UPDATE   Grayson Rodriguez and Oswald Peraza promoted. Peraza is only 45% rostered in Main Events and should be priced right in or behind the Gelof range. Grayson is fully rostered in 15’s and only available in 1% of OC’s. Should command $150+ where available. Also, Endy Rodríguez (C/PIT) was just promoted as well! […]

There are numerous layers to best ball draft strategy. One of the more notable ones we hear about is correlating team and game stacks specific to Week 17, the best ball championship round. Most know that Underdog Fantasy’s prize pools are incredibly top-heavy. The Best Ball Mania IV with its $25 entry fee and 677,376 […]