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Determining Draft Strategy in Fantasy Baseball Rotisserie vs. Points Leagues Using "Teams in a Vacuum" Concept
What do the experts know? When it comes to rotisserie vs. points leagues, all the fantasy baseball podcasters discuss “drafting Player A in roto but Player B in points.” Are rotisserie and points leagues really that different? Should you draft players in a different order depending on the scoring type? To answer these questions, calculations […]
Fact or Fiction? Determining Whether Starting Pitchers Equal Quarterbacks In Fantasy Using "Teams In A Vacuum" Concept
Do starting pitchers equal quarterbacks when it comes to fantasy sports? In the days of Peyton Manning, there was always a single quarterback in the first-round rankings just like Spencer Strider today. The second-round rankings had Drew Brees and Tony Romo represented in this year’s baseball rankings by Gerrit Cole and Corbin Burnes. But in […]
Can Auto-Drafted Fantasy Football Teams Outperform Those Teams Drafted By Hand?
“I kicked your butt and I auto-picked!” How many of us so-called “experts” have heard that? And to add insult to injury, before this statement, I warned the guy, “This is an advanced league where you pick defensive players instead of team defenses. Auto-draft will never be able to handle that.” Damn that artificial intelligence! […]
Fact or Fiction? Looking At ADP Vs. Pre-Draft Rankings Using "Teams In A Vacuum" Concept
We live in a world of acronyms -- ASAP, GPS, IMHO, LOL, etc. Even in our fantasy football world, we have certain acronyms -- D/ST, FA, IDP, IR, PPR, RZ, ADP, etc. The other day, a fantasy football buddy said to me: “You’re doing that all wrong. Don’t you know that if you’re drafting, ADP […]
Fact or Fiction? Testing Fantasy Football Draft Strategies Using "Teams In A Vacuum" Concept
What can we learn from history? I mean -- the important history -- fantasy football history. Suppose you took season results from the past several years and snake-drafted teams backward to make “perfect leagues.” Or you had years of the most trusted draft rankings and used them to draft “expected leagues.” Starting from the best […]
Fact or Fiction? Testing Zero RB Draft Strategy Using "Teams In A Vacuum" Concept
There are basic rules to fantasy football drafting -- “Draft a running back first,” “Don’t draft a quarterback until after the third round,” “Balance your roster,” “Only draft players from your favorite team because those guys are winners,” etc. But what if you are a contrarian? What if you embrace the randomness of fantasy football […]
