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Posted by dave on February, 21st 2012
Is there anything better than nailing your sleeper pick? Well, maybe winning your league, but the two often go hand in hand. To help put some sleeper candidates on your radar, we’re doing a series of posts that will reveal the top fantasy baseball sleepers from every expert we track. For this first of . . . read more »
posted in: Featured Pros, MLB, Sleepers
Posted by andrew on February, 15th 2012
On the heels of our Consensus Rankings launch, we’re happy to unveil a new product today that has been a top suggestion from readers: Consensus Projections. That’s right – You can now pick & choose your favorite projection sources & view their consolidated output (for free!). In the spirit of naming projection systems after . . . read more »
posted in: MLB, Site Updates
Posted by dave on February, 13th 2012
Our mailbag was full of great suggestions this past fantasy football season (thanks for all the kind words too!). Surprisingly, the top question we received was, “Are you going to launch fantasy baseball?” I’ll be honest and say that I was a little hesitant to jump into baseball. I mean, my MLB resume consists . . . read more »
posted in: MLB, Site Updates
Posted by andrew on December, 29th 2011
The results are in! If you’ve been following along all season, you know that our accuracy competition has been building towards this moment: The unveiling of 2011’s most accurate fantasy football expert. For those unaware of our process, we’ve painstakingly tracked the weekly player rankings of the industry’s top fantasy pundits. Using our PAY™ . . . read more »
posted in: Accuracy
Posted by dave on December, 29th 2011
I’m not going to lie, I like gambling (legally, of course). I just returned from a birthday weekend in Vegas and I’ll be heading back to Sin City in a couple weeks for a fantasy sports conference (to give out our accuracy awards, and to give back the money I took from Caesars). For me, . . . read more »
posted in: Accuracy
Posted by dave on December, 27th 2011
It’s a tough time to be a Chicago Bears fan. At least Indianapolis knew their season was lost after the Manning surgery news hit. In Chicago, it was a painful 5-game skid without Cutler, capped off by a playoff elimination at the hands of their NFC North nemesis, Green Bay Packers. Well, in true holiday . . . read more »
posted in: Contests
Posted by Jenny on December, 23rd 2011
This is the moment I’ve been waiting for ever since I discovered this fascinating world of fantasy football six years ago: For the first time ever, my brother’s team is in the fantasy finals. I can’t recall a time when I felt this nervous and excited. I’m nervous because his opponent has the scariest team, . . . read more »
posted in: Roundup
Posted by neumann on December, 23rd 2011
Welcome to the week 16 edition of Top 2 Experts vs. The Field. Each week, I examine the consensus rankings of the 2 most accurate experts at each position and see how they compare to the remaining experts. As always, the players featured below represent the guys the top experts notably “like” or “dislike” compared to their peers. RB . . . read more »
posted in: Start/Sit
Posted by dave on December, 22nd 2011
I hope you all didn’t think I was kidding when I said we were going to give you a holiday gift. We gave away $7,815 last week thanks to our 1,364th place finish in our own Beat the Expert contest (out of 1,576!). We’d like to say we picked bad players on purpose (yes, we . . . read more »
posted in: Contests, Site Updates
Posted by andrew on December, 21st 2011
Everything is on the line this weekend for fantasy owners. Bragging rights, pride, shiny trophies – you name it – are all at stake with league titles up for grabs. The same is true for the experts in our accuracy competition. They’ve battled it out for 15 weeks and we’re just 1 week away from . . . read more »
posted in: Accuracy
Posted by andrew on December, 20th 2011
Quick…what do Josh Freeman, John Kuhn, Jerome Simpson, and Jared Cook all have in common? We’ll accept 3 answers: Their first names all begin with the letter “J”. All have been relative non-factors for fantasy purposes this season. To everyone’s surprise, each player produced at a top 5 fantasy level during week 16 of . . . read more »
posted in: Featured Pros
Posted by Jenny on December, 17th 2011
Santa came early this year and brought us a miracle that we needed last week, so my brother’s team is now in the semifinals. What an amazing season it has been for us. Congratulations and best of luck to those of you who have survived the first round of these fantasy playoffs. May your players stay healthy . . . read more »
posted in: The Roundup
Posted by neumann on December, 17th 2011
Welcome to the week 15 edition of Top 2 Experts vs. The Field. Each week, I examine the consensus rankings of the 2 most accurate experts at each position and see how they compare to the remaining experts. As always, the players featured below represent the guys the top experts notably “like” or “dislike” compared . . . read more »
posted in: Start/Sit
Posted by andrew on December, 16th 2011
Here’s a quick test for you. Name the players who put up the following numbers last week (images to the right): Tough test, right? Without the benefit of multiple choice, you’re maybe thinking to yourself that Player A’s line looks like a typical Donald Brown game. And perhaps Player B is a Josh Cribbs . . . read more »
posted in: Featured Pros
Posted by dave on December, 15th 2011
With the help of our sponsor, FanDuel, we’ve now given away over $50,000 this season through our free Beat the Expert Contests. This is despite some great performances from our featured experts (see chart below). For Week 15, we’ve decided to give you a break from competing against the top pros in the world. . . . read more »
posted in: Contests