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House of Shlain: Fantasy Baseball Thoughts and Trends (4/12)
Expectations can be everything in fantasy baseball. Under promise, over deliver. It’s a common refrain, and that’s where we start the Week 2 edition of the House of Shlain. The first four days of the season (that’s all it was, most teams have played four games) predictably brought us overreaction theater. Fantasy managers with teams […]
Nick Shlain
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Hitting Primer
Welcome to my weekly fantasy baseball hitting planner. Each week I’ll dig deep into every team’s schedule, sifting through news, lineup trends, park factors and more. The rankings/tiers listed will reset each week as they are only specific to the upcoming week. Schedule Week 2: Monday, April 11-Sunday, April 17 (full week) Five Games: Arizona […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Pitching Primer
Each week, we will rank every starting pitcher slated to take the bump. Of course, these are subject to change, but this is what we see for now. Pitchers marked in blue are slated for two starts this week. Feel free to hit me up on Twitter if you have any questions. […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Sunday Update
SUNDAY UPDATE Baseball is back and the wild first Sunday FAAB of the regular season will likely leave us scratching our heads when looking at bid result screenshots on Twitter later tonight. Undoubtedly, someone will drop $150 on Jurickson Profar or $230 on Tony Santillan. Highly likely that most of those won’t winning bids of […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide Week 2
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
House of Shlain: Fantasy Baseball Thoughts and Trends
What’s up FTN fam? Are you ready to party? Well, welcome to the House of Shlain, where I’ll be chewing the season-long fantasy baseball fat once a week this season. The House is full this week, folks. We had a big ole trade during the last week of spring training and also four breakout players […]
Nick Shlain
MLB
Fantasy
2022 MLB Season Preview — Staff Predictions and Awards
The 2022 Major League Baseball season starts Thursday, so the FTN team (and a few visitors!) wanted to get our picks on the record. Today, we’re running through our picks for division winners, awards, and some key fantasy tidbits for the 2022 season. Check below to see what everyone thinks. (Best viewed in landscape […]
FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Closer Spring Training Updates (April 6)
With spring training winding down and the regular season set to start (as long as the weather holds off in a lot of cities), we’re getting some further clarity about bullpen situations for fantasy baseball. We’ve gotten some glimpses at usage in the preseason games and have some idea who will have the most […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Gut’s Guys — Vlad Sedler’s Top Player Exposures for Fantasy Baseball 2022
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide and Preseason Primer
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (4/1)
This installment will circle around spring training, gathering any news that provides us with fantasy baseball impacts. This segment is covering spring training news from Wednesday and Thursday. Now that NFBC Main Events have begun, I’ll be using the Main Event ADP data, which has 16 completed drafts for the sample size. NL East […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball ADP Market Report (3/31)
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/30)
This installment will circle around spring training, gathering any news that provides us with fantasy baseball impacts. This segment is covering spring training news from Sunday to Tuesday. Now that NFBC live events have taken place, I’ll be using the Main Event ADP data, which has 13 completed drafts for the sample size. NL […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Closer Spring Training Updates (March 30)
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
Buy the Bump — What Spring Training Pitcher Changes Are You Believing In?
One thing I’ve noticed as an avid consumer of both fantasy baseball analysis and financial/economic analysis is that the lexicon and parlance have a good bit of crossover. While I suspect this is due to many fantasy analysts having math or economics backgrounds, it is rare to be able to capture the collision of two […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
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