Players to Target By Chris Spencer “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” Now that you have your overall rankings, we can start planning a draft strategy. The entire philosophy behind the Target Rankings is finding players during the draft that put your fantasy team in a better position to win your league. While [...]
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14 Mar
Target Rankings
Putting it all Together with Target Percentages By Chris Spencer Now that you have a way to rank the players, you can now combine your rankings with the Target Percentages process for keeping track of your draft.
13 Mar
Target Rankings
Position Scarcity By Chris Spencer Now that you have your sdTOTALs for hitters and pitchers, we need to factor in position scarcity. Each year, you can make an argument for which position is most scarce, but it is a good guideline to rank the positions in order as follows: C, SS, 2B, 3B, OF, 1B, [...]
12 Mar
Target Rankings
Ranking the Pitchers By Chris Spencer Yesterday, we dove into some, not-so-deep, Excel formulas as we built a ranking for hitters. Today, we’re jumping into the pitchers. Remember, for this exercise, I will be using the 2009′s final stats and a starting lineup that requires nine pitchers. Open up your spreadsheet of pitcher projections and [...]
11 Mar
Target Rankings
Ranking the Hitters By Chris Spencer Continuing with our effort to rank players, I want to, first, remind you that, for this exercise, I will be using 2009′s final stats and the following starting lineup for hitters: C, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, MI, CI, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, UT So, open up your [...]
10 Mar
Target Rankings
The Target Player By Chris Spencer Last year, when I introduced Target Percentages, I made sure to point out that this was not a method to rank players but merely a tool to keep you focused on draft day. Well … that is about to change. I have now come up with a way to [...]
