Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 4)

Welcome to Trust the Gut, my weekly FAAB strategy column.

This article will help guide fantasy baseball managers in confidently identifying hitters and pitchers to acquire via free agent bidding or waivers. Our weekly focus is on players available in 15-team and 12-team standard 5×5 roto leagues.

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FAAB tables are compiled on Fridays: 15-Team FAAB, 12-Team FAAB

Trust the Gut comes out on Saturdays between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET.

My Sunday Update comes out on Sundays by 8 p.m. ET.

Mike Mager’s Drops tables: Hitter Drops, Pitcher Drops

Mike Mager’s Disaster Pitcher Starts to Avoid table

Lucas Biery’s The Week Ahead (with platoon splits & stash grid) released on Mondays

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire – for shallower/more mainstream formats

Joe Orrico on Mondays, Adam Young on Fridays; Yahoo’s Roster% listed

Rankings & Projections Tool – Powered by the FTN data model; Customizable

Playing time projections by Jenny Butler, Dan Thompson and me.

Over 10,000 simulations: skill level, advanced data and ballpark factors

Rankings and projections can be sorted by Daily, Weekly, Mon- Thurs, Fri- Sun

VDP$ (values) can be accessed by clicking ‘x’ next to Weekly

Please reference the Preseason FAAB Primer for general strategies and tactics.

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Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 4)

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