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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... Read More
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... Read More
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!... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More