#TDGX Status Check: Time to Make the Donuts
Last week I put together a snapshot of where my team stands in TDGX at the two-month point, and this week we’ll turn the page from past performance to future performance. Since that post my team has gained some tenuous ground from 127.0 points and a seventh place standing to
#TDGX Status Check: Building the Foundation for a Deep League Run
We’re almost exactly two months into the baseball season, and I’ve always liked to use the start of June as the jumping off point to make my first real soul-searching conclusions about the squad(s) I’m fielding. We’ve reached a stage of the season where a decent number of stats have
Boring is Beautiful: Matt Holliday is Probably Still Better Than This
Matt Holliday is the very definition of a beautiful, boring player. Here are Matt Holliday’s wRC+ numbers for each of the last eight seasons and dating back to his 2006 breakout campaign with the Rockies: 139, 151, 141, 141, 149, 154, 142, 148. That’s eight seasons with a spread of
Scouting the Statline: Early Season Movers
Periodically over the course of the season I’ll take the opportunity of this space to check in on how some notable fantasy prospects are performing down on the farm, and what that performance may or may not mean for your dynasty league. I’d like to kick off this series with
Keeper Conundrum Revisited: Uptown Down
I confessed in a lengthy pre-season missive that I’ve owned Justin Upton in my primary keeper league for a long time, so it’s not easy for me to untangle years of pent-up frustration/hope/rage from analysis on this particular player. But I find him interesting beyond my vested interest, as he’s teased
TDGX Player Notes: Shelby Miller, Ryan Howard, & Andre Ethier
One of the reasons I was so excited about Bret’s idea to create TDGX this year is that I knew the massively deep league structure would provide me with an almost endless supply of players to write about from the vantage point of someone with a vested interest in their
Scouting the Statline: Early Season Prospect Struggles
Periodically over the course of the season I’ll take the opportunity of this space to check in on how some notable fantasy prospects are performing down on the farm, and what that performance may or may not mean for your dynasty league. I’d like to kick off this series with
TDGX Motto: “Relax. It’s a Long Season.”
Disaster struck my squad in Week One. I sat in 17th place out of 20 in the TDGX league, with some significant warning lights flashing already. My first round draft pick, Ryan Braun, can’t feel the thumb on his throwing hand. More importantly for our purposes, that thumb happens to
Digging for Diamonds: Back-End Rotation Options
One of the most important adjustments you can make over the course of the season involves taking advantage of favorable streaming options and waiver wire starters to maximize your return on pitching investment. This is obviously easier said than done when you play in a deep dynasty league, where the
Wilson’s Eleven Bold Predictions
Let’s just cut right to the chase here, because I’m jonesing to unleash these lil’ jewels on the world. 1. LaTroy Hawkins will lead the Rockies in Saves Yesssss. We’re starting with a bang, baby. Rex Brothers spent the entire offseason as the sexy pick to take over for the