MLB sabermetrics Fantasy Articles
By Taylor Tarter on June 9, 2022
Last week, this column focused on the batting statistic BABIP with a particular focus on the effect of line-drive rate on it. Because Major League Baseball has introduced a new ball this season, and since teams have adopted the use … read more »
Continue Reading By The Numbers: Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Anthony Rizzo (2022 Fantasy Baseball)
By Mario Mergola on June 8, 2022
Statcast is so dense with numbers and statistics that we can essentially look at anything. We can pan out and gauge the league’s state as a whole, or we can zoom in and get extremely granular. In this article, we … read more »
Continue Reading Statcast Review: Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Corbin Burnes (2022 Fantasy Baseball)
By Scott Youngson on June 5, 2022
Welcome to another edition of “Positive & Negative Regression.” Each week we’ll dig into some analytics to identify two players due to heat up and two who are likely to cool down. This week, we’ll focus on ISO (isolated power) … read more »
By Heath Capps on June 5, 2022
We are entering Week 10 of fantasy baseball at the NFBC, and by now you probably know where your teams are strong, and where you have “growing edges”. But those rough parts can always be ironed out. It just takes … read more »
Continue Reading NFBC Hitting Guide for Week 10: Jon Berti, Kyle Farmer, Nick Senzel (2022)
By Taylor Tarter on June 3, 2022
Last week, this column reviewed how BABIP could be used to project future performance for pitchers. Today’s column will focus on batting BABIP. However, evaluating BABIP for batters is more nuanced than it is for pitchers, especially this season. BABIP … read more »
By Mario Mergola on June 2, 2022
Memorial Day unofficially serves as one of the key checkpoints for a Major League Baseball season, and we have now surpassed said checkpoint and moved into June. By doing so, we can no longer claim that it is “early” in … read more »
By Heath Capps on May 29, 2022
OK, folks. We are heading into the ninth week of fantasy baseball at the NFBC, so it’s getting real. I don’t know of any league that anyone ever won before June, so it’s time to dig deep and make sure … read more »
By Taylor Tarter on May 26, 2022
When projecting player performance for the rest of the season, BABIP helps figure out who to target or avoid. BABIP analysis can help fantasy managers decide whom to buy low and sell high. Today’s column will focus on BABIP for … read more »
By Mario Mergola on May 25, 2022
Earlier in this series, “Statcast Review,” we looked into xwOBA as a decent “catch-all” for what we can expect from a hitter or pitcher. It’s not perfect – no singular statistic is – but it is an essential comparative number … read more »
Continue Reading Statcast Review: Jonah Heim, Mike Clevinger, Nick Pivetta (2022 Fantasy Baseball)
By Scott Youngson on May 22, 2022
Welcome to another edition of “Positive & Negative Regression.” Each week we’ll dig into some analytics to identify two players due to heat up and two who are likely to cool down. Believe it or not, we’re almost one-quarter of … read more »
