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Eric Samulski

476 articles

NYC-based teacher, writer and filmmaker. Former collegiate and professional baseball player. Lifelong Bills fan.

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Christian Walker - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, Draft Sleepers

Noteworthy Hitting Leaders (xSLG) - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

After diving into the xBA leaderboard last week, I'm continuing my look at Statcast metrics by turning our eye to the xSLG leaderboard. We'll go through some of the leaders in the hopes of not just giving you Statcast numbers but explaining how I believe those numbers impact the projections I have for the given […]


Rowdy Tellez - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, First Base Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Noteworthy Hitting Leaders (xBA) - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

While the fantasy baseball prep work has been ongoing for months for some, many fantasy managers are turning their attention over in more earnest as the calendar flips to February and the NFL season winds down. While there will be many prep strategy articles, the most basic starting place is to familiarize yourself with the […]


Jonathan India - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, DFS Picks

Indefensible: Bad MLB Defenders Who Could Lose Playing Time And Fantasy Baseball Value In 2023

The Super Bowl is over and it's time for everybody to turn their attention over to the joys of fantasy baseball. At this point in the preseason, fantasy baseball managers should be working through their projections, whether it's making their own or going through the projections given by their favorite system, like the ATC projections […]


Joey Bosa - IDP Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Defense Streamers

Week 18 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2023 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Let's just start by saying that any discussion of football feels weird until we know that Damar Hamlin is okay. Monday night's scene during the Bengals and Bills game was incredibly scary, and I'm hopeful that we'll get good news on Hamlin's health in the next day or so. I think we'll all, including the […]


Jaguars Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Foyesade Oluokun IDP Draft Sleepers

Week 17 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We're in the final week (for most) of the fantasy football season! With championship weeks ahead in most leagues, it's all about setting the best one-week lineup possible. No stashes. No upside flyers. Just winning one week for all the glory. Last week we saw just how crazy the fantasy football playoffs can be. We […]


Broncos Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, IDP Sleepers, NFL Team Defenses

Week 16 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Wow, what a wild week for DST scoring. The top six defenses heading into Monday Night Football were the Colts, Giants, Browns, Lions, Jaguars, and Raiders. Every defense except for the Colts has been in the bottom half or third of fantasy DSTs during the season, and the Colts and Jaguars were facing the Vikings […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 16 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 16 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


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Week 15 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Another week of going 50% in terms of hitting on our top 10 defenses. The Kyler Murray injury allowed New England to vault up, and the Cowboys let us down in shocking fashion against the Texans, finishing with just four points. It's another glaring reminder of just how hard it is to pin down defensive […]


Ravens Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Draft Sleepers, IDP Targets

Top DST Pairings for Fantasy Football Playoffs: Rest-Of-Season Team Defense Picks

It's that time of year in the fantasy football season. Playoff races are heating up or have already been decided and managers are starting to look ahead to the fantasy football postseason. While I have always advocated for taking defenses two to three weeks at a time, we are now in a position where we […]


Video: Fantasy Football Playoffs Defenses (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our playoff defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the fantasy football playoffs and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 15 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 15 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Raiders Defense - Fantasy Football DST, Maxx Crosby IDP, Defense Rankings

Week 14 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We had a bit of a crazy week in DST scoring with poor defenses like the Rams, Raiders, and Texans all finishing inside the top 10. We were able to hit on five of the top 10 though, scoring big with Dallas, Cleveland, and San Francisco, so that feels good. It's important to keep a […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 14 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 14 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Catcher's Corner, Episode 43: Interview with Stephen Vogt on retirement and his career in baseball

Eric (@SamskiNYC) sits down with two-time All-Star and World Series champion Stephen Vogt to talk about his decision to retire this season and 16-year professional baseball career. They talk about the "I Believe in Stephen Vogt" chants, the final at-bat that went viral on social media, and also dive into questions on the players Vogt […]


Week 13 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We had another solid week, with six of the top 10 defenses again and all of the top 10 defenses were ranked inside my top 15. The biggest issue was that we whiffed on Dallas and Philadelphia, which were both inside my top five and both finished outside of the top ten. I still believe […]


Week 12 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We had a pretty solid week, getting six of the top 10, including four of the top five. However, we missed by not having Atlanta, Detroit, and Carolina, and Buffalo was trending as a top-10 defense until two garbage-time touchdowns after building a 28-10 lead. Those are the things you can't account always account for, […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 12 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 12 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Ravens Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Draft Sleepers, IDP Targets

Week 11 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Quite a weird week for fantasy DSTs when you see Detroit and Carolina in the top ten plus Minnesota and Washington, who played Buffalo and Philadelphia, respectively. There were technically 11 teams that finished in the top ten since New Orleans and Philadelphia tied for 10th, and we picked six of those 11, so not […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 11 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 11 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Dallas Cowboys Defense, Trevon Diggs - Fantasy Football Rankings, IDP Targets, Draft Sleepers

Week 10 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Another interesting week in the world of fantasy defenses where the Detroit Lions finished as the number two fantasy defense on the week for their performance against the Packers. We also saw the Jets finish third in a well-earned victory over the Bills, while the Bucs got back into people's good graces and both the […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 10 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 10 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Broncos Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, IDP Sleepers, NFL Team Defenses

Top Defenses (D/ST) to Stash for Fantasy Football - Beating Next Week’s Waiver Wire

We're going to try something new this week. Every week, I've been giving you my weekly DST rankings and hoping we can unlock some good, consistent value. So far, we've been hitting just over 50% when it comes to identifying the top-10 defenses of the week, which is fine but not quite where we were […]


Patriots Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Team Defense, IDP Sleepers, Devin McCourty

Week 9 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

For weeks I was saying that the New Orleans Saints have shown me no reason to play them as a fantasy defense. Even Warren Sharp tweeted out last week that the Saints were the biggest defensive disappointment on the season. So it's only fitting that the Saints completely dominated the Raiders, even without Marshon Lattimore, […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 9 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 9 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Indianapolis Colts Defense - DST Rankings, Darius Leonard, IDP Fantasy Football

Week 8 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Writing about and analyzing fantasy football defenses oftentimes feels like a particularly insane task. I spent most of the week wondering if I had been too high on the Cardinals and Packers, two defenses who were rated highly in my weekly model but had failed to perform up until that point. I kept going back […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 8 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 8 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


Patriots Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Team Defense, IDP Sleepers, Devin McCourty

Week 7 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

There are some weeks in the NFL season that you simply can't overreact to, and Week 6 was absolutely one of them. We had the 49ers losing to Atlanta, Tampa Bay losing to Pittsburgh, the Ravens blowing another fourth-quarter lead, and Bailey Zappe setting NFL rookie records. When it comes to fantasy football defenses, the […]


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Week 6 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We had a pretty solid Week 5, getting six of the top 10 defenses correct including having the top three defenses all finish in the top four on the week. Also, two defenses who finished in the top 10 were ranked inside the top 14, which made them playable in 12-team leagues, so that's a […]


Buffalo Bills Defense - Fantasy Football DST Rankings, Draft Sleepers

Week 5 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 4 was rough for us, landing on just four of the top 10 defenses. It's only one week, so we don't want to overreact, but we do want to examine the process a bit. I've always been a proponent of not elevating a bad defense too high just because of a good matchup. A […]


Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 5 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 5 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found […]


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