TDGX Recap – Team of Fate: Picks #1-16
For the TDGX, providence (and a small accounting error) brought Andy Barnes and I together to co-manage a franchise in the league. The devious, entertaining bidding system gave us the 16th pick. And G-talk has given us a 16-man nucleus on which we continue to build. To be honest, we
The Ups and Downs of Playing Time in the Off-Season
Going with your gut and not seeking or using evidence to support your view is a time honoured tradition in baseball, so I’m just going to go ahead and declare this the busiest off-season of transactions ever. If a player’s fantasy value is some product of talent and opportunity then
Last Minute Pickups: NL starting pitchers
Continuing this week’s theme of last minute pick ups for keeper and dynasty leagues, Andy Barnes and I have been assigned NL starting pitchers. We agreed to use a common approach and look at one NL starter coming back from injury, one guy who has had (or could use) a
Werth Every Penny
If you follow me on twitter (@fantasybaldouin), you may have caught this tweet a couple of weeks ago: “Hanley Ramirez is probably winning a bunch of leagues for his owners who had depth and patience.” That is the kind of deep insight I know that you are growing to love
Being All Judge-y About Contract Extensions
Like most of us, I have played in enough different types of leagues to know what I like. My favourite kind of leagues are auction leagues that use some of the original keeper rules, specifically, l love the leagues where you can keep a player at a given price for
The Waiting: Aces, Ceilings and Floors
I was really happy to see that Wilson had written about Zach Lee, because he had been on my mind lately and Wilson basically saved me 500 words to say much the same thing. I like Lee and I agree that boring can be beautiful. What got me thinking about
Deep, Deeper, Deepest for NL-leagues
It’s been an interesting month in my life. I recently moved across Canada from Toronto to Calgary (roughly from Buffalo to Billings). My girlfriend quit her job to study for med school and I’m doing mine from our apartment. Along the way I saw Bret tweet that he was looking