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Kenneth Le
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MLB
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Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/25)
This is the fourth installment of our offseason transactions roundup. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings. Our fourth segment is covering transactions from March 21 to March 24. I’ll be using the most recent week of NFBC Draft Champions ADP data. NL […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022: Who is This Year’s Yelich?
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/21)
This is the third installment of our offseason transactions roundup. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings. Our third segment is covering transactions from March 17-20. I’ll be using the most recent week of NFBC Draft Champions ADP data. NL East Atlanta Braves: […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball ADP Market Report (3/21)
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 5)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Spring Training Updates (March 18)
With spring training at last underway around baseball, we’re starting to get some clarity about bullpen situations for fantasy baseball. Now that we’ve had a few days to monitor and seen a few more signings come down the pike, let’s check in on the closer situations around the league and see what might have changed […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/17)
This is the second installment of our offseason transactions roundup. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings. Our second segment is covering transactions from Tuesday and Wednesday. Buckle up, there were a lot of them. NL East Atlanta Braves: Eddie Rosario (OF), Collin […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/15)
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) […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball ADP Market Report (3/12)
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Adam Wainwright vs. Kyle Hendricks
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Baseball Preview: OBP League Strategies
The majority of fantasy baseball leagues use batting average, not on-base percentage, as the main statistical category to measure the effectiveness of hitters in today’s game. But of course, there are leagues that consider things like slugging percentage, OBP plus slugging percentage, or other alternative metrics. A growing number of leagues (counting Tout Wars and […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Max Muncy vs. Brandon Belt
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (R$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Relief Pitchers
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 4)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Frank Schwindel vs. Miguel Sanó
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
The Prospect Vault: Fantasy Baseball’s Top 100 Prospects of 2022
With football season now a distant memory and weather starting to warm, much of the fantasy community’s attention has turned to MLB. While there is already an unfathomable amount of content available for your consumption here at FTN Fantasy on the known quantities of big-league talent, we’re going to aim to do something different here. […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Starting Pitchers, Part 2
This is the sixth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Interactive Chart
Welcome to an interactive tool to support Kup’s Closer Corner! The closer landscape is ever-changing, and quickly. We’ve gone through divisional previews for what we saw in the closer market, and how to accumulate fantasy baseball saves. On a consistent basis, we will update the chart as this plays out. Hopefully, the owners get […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Austin Meadows vs. Ian Happ
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
3 Hitting Sabermetrics You Need to Know to Win Your League
Unless you have an advanced math degree, baseball is one sport where the proliferation of acronyms and new data can be wholly overwhelming. Just when you get your arms around some of the more straightforward metrics like strikeout rate (K%), a new metric like Pitcher List’s Called+Swinging-Strike Rate (CSW) comes into play. It can be both […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Starting Pitchers
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Luis Urías vs. Brandon Crawford
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 3)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Dylan Carlson vs. AJ Pollock
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
Broc Miller
MLB
Fantasy
Differentiating 12-Team and 15-Team Targets in Fantasy Baseball
When constructing teams and doing research on players before you draft, you really need to prepare for the format you are going to play in. Player evaluation is talked about widely on Twitter and in articles all around the web, but what is forgotten most of the time is the league context toward that specific […]
Dustin Wagner
MLB
Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Outfielders
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Brendan Rodgers vs. Kiké Hernández
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Ian Anderson vs. Jordan Montgomery
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Strategy for 2022 (NL West)
Each week, we are going to be analyzing each MLB division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think or expect the closer to be, but what if we are desperate for saves? Who is the next person up, and who’s the dark […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
NFBC DC Strategies — Relief Pitchers in 2022
In this preseason series, I will be identifying and reviewing the top 450 picks (per ADP) for late-round values in Draft Champions leagues on NFBC. This week: Relief pitchers. In rounding out the list of later-round targets by position, I’m left to analyze how we can best use our late rounds to try and […]
Broc Miller
MLB
Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Kyle Schwarber vs. Hunter Renfroe
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 2)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
Matt Kupferle