Vlad Sedler's Articles

VDP Projections are here! VDP stands for Vlad’s Draft Position – it is an annual draft season rankings system based on my analysis of individual hitters and pitchers and the overall player pool. VDP helps me identify my individual draft or auction preferences in relation to the market (ADP).    VDP projections are the underpinnings […]

Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 14.  Spring Training begins Feb. 24. Opening Day is March 30.   We are about six weeks away from spring training and less than three months from the start of the regular season. Though it may feel like eons from now, Opening Day will sneak up on us quickly. All […]

Welcome to the Week 18 FanDuel Breakdown, the last one of the season.   The final week of the DFS season is almost a season in and of itself. It’s incredibly important that before familiarize yourself with these two articles from Kevin Adams and Sam Choudhury: Fantasy Impact of Playoff Scenarios Player Incentives: Milestones & […]

Welcome to the Week 17 FanDuel Breakdown. Our second-to-last regular season DFS slate should be a wild one. Thirteen games, but with a twist – the Steelers/Ravens matchup that was flexed to Sunday Night Football will remain a part of the slate, while the Rams/Chargers game flexed out of SNF will not be included.    […]

Welcome to the Week 15 FanDuel Breakdown. It’s a 10-game main DFS slate Sunday without a standout game stack like we had with Vikings-Lions last week. No “Coors Field of the NFL” in Week 15 with the Lions visiting New York to face the Jets and their stout defense. There are no games this Sunday […]

Landing profitable late-round hitters was a difficult task in 2022.  It was the Year of the Late-Round Pitcher as there were a plethora of arms with NFBC average draft positions beyond 250 who provided tremendous profit. Tony Gonsolin, Nestor Cortes, Kyle Wright, Spencer Strider, Tyler Anderson, Cristian Javier and Miles Mikolas were all either drafted […]

Welcome to the 2023 FTN Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide! You know the old saying: The early birds win their leagues. It’s never too early to start preparing for a new fantasy baseball season. We’re still three months away from Opening Day, and there’s so much that will transpire between now and then – free agents […]

NFBC is the National Fantasy Baseball Championship — 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 set the […]

Welcome to the Week 14 FanDuel Breakdown.   With six teams resting on this final bye week, we have just 10 games on the Week 14 main DFS slate. There is one matchup that stands out from the rest and it’s the only one with a total over 50 – the Minnesota Vikings against the […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

Welcome to the Week 13 FanDuel Breakdown. We have a rare 12-game main DFS slate with most of the focus on two presumed competitive and high-scoring matchups: Chiefs vs. Bengals and Jaguars vs. Lions.    The KC-CIN game has the slate’s highest total – now at 53 after opening at 51. Chiefs are first in […]

UPDATE: Bumping Tyrion Davis-Price ahead of Jordan Mason as TDP is the RB most likely to back up McCaffrey. I’d consider TDP > Snell  for the stretch run/playoffs. ==== Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with FAAB for mid and high stakes leagues and national contests such […]

Welcome to the Week 12 FanDuel Breakdown. With no teams on bye in Week 12, the Thanksgiving hangover slate features 11 games where none have projected totals over 48 combined points. Here are the two games likely to be most popular from a game-stack perspective: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Arizona Cardinals (LAC -3, 48 total) […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

Welcome to the Week 11 FanDuel Breakdown. The biggest storyline of Week 11 is the Browns-Bills game moving to the dome in Detroit (Ford Field). Moving from an environment of several feet of snow in Buffalo to these friendly confines completely flip the script around this week’s builds. Undoubtedly, this will be the most targeted […]

WEDNESDAY UPDATE Running Backs Sad to think about how some of us spent $200+ on Deon Jackson just a couple weeks ago but that shouldn’t be a reason to hold onto him if there are better players worth bidding on. I’m personally in a pickle in one league where I need a starting roster spot […]

Welcome to the Week 10 FanDuel Breakdown. As we head into the winter season, it’s highly likely that we see even less scoring than the record-low pace we’ve witnessed thus far in 2022. It doesn’t help that seven of our 10 games on the main slate have game totals under 44 combined points and only […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

Welcome to the Week 8 FanDuel Breakdown. The season is flying by, as we conclude the second month of the regular season. We have 11 games on the main slate with the high-powered Chiefs and Chargers on bye while the Broncos and Jaguars face off early Sunday morning in London. The game with primary focus […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

Welcome to the Week 7 FanDuel Breakdown. It’s Bye Week Armageddon around the league, with the Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams sitting the week out. It makes for an odd slate with tougher decisions, particularly with our QB-WR pairings, with Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts unavailable and Patrick Mahomes with […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

Welcome to the Week 6 FanDuel Breakdown. Bye weeks are underway, so we have fewer games than usual – 11 for Sunday’s main slate. Expect this one to be backloaded with most of the DFS attention on two of the three games in the late window. We’re talking about the Bills-Chiefs (54) and Cardinals-Seahawks (50.5) […]

WEDNESDAY UPDATE A few changes and updates from Tuesday morning’s article: Moving DeeJay Dallas ahead of Tevin Coleman among RB priorities. Dallas will go for $100+ in many leagues as the clear #2 back behind Kenneth Walker II. Coleman was signed to the active roster but has a shorter shelf-life with third round draft pick […]

Welcome to the Week 5 FanDuel Breakdown. We have 12 games on the main Sunday slate with no game totals over 50 points. The Buffalo Bills have the highest team total (30.25) and are the only team favored by more than a touchdown (-13.5, hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers). The next-largest favorite with second-highest team total […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 Starting Pitchers Not much to add to the existing groups though if you absolutely must have more starting pitchers in the mix for 15-teamers, you can also consider Rich Hill (vs. TB) and Javier Assad (@ CIN). The 42-year-old Hill hit 100 pitches in a start for the first time all season last […]

Welcome to the Week 4 FanDuel Breakdown. There are just 12 games on the main slate since the Vikings and Saints will face off in London this weekend. Dolphins/Bengals (on TNF), Chiefs/Bucs (SNF) and Rams/Niners (MNF) are also off the main slate, which means no Tyreek Hill, Ja’Marr Chase, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Leonard […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with 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 […]

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- and 15-team leagues. I use the 12-team NFBC Online Championship (OC) and the 15-team NFBC Main Event (ME) as the Roster% guidelines. Most of the players […]

Welcome to the Week 3 FanDuel Breakdown. This week brings us a much spicier main NFL DFS slate that last week’s, with three of the 13 games on the main slate carrying totals over 50 points. Here are those games: Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings (-6), 53 projected point total Buffalo Bills (-6) at Miami […]