By Jesse Severe “Know Thyself” — the Oracle of Delphi “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra Some baseball writers decry fantasy baseball because cheering for teams has been replaced by cheering for individual players. Readers of websites like ours know that this has long since stopped [...]
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21 Mar
In the Money
By Jesse Severe Other fantasy websites have lots of opinions, but on FBTM you are getting tools, based on evidence, to help you think about your upcoming drafts. You’ve read Chris Spencer’s week-long tutorial on assigning values to players based on the projections system of your choice. Now, we’re giving you a tool – based on [...]
9 Mar
In the Money
By Jesse Severe Allen writes, “My draft is coming up in the next week or so, and I’m starting to get prepared. I’m in a 10-team, H2H, keeper league with teams able to keep 2-9 players (anything over 2 and you forfeit a draft pick starting in Round 1). Most kept 9, with 1 team [...]
6 Mar
In the Money
By Jesse Severe “More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.” – Woody Allen That’s what I feel like when drafting starting pitchers. In preparation for this year’s auctions [...]
28 Jan
In the Money
By Jesse Severe Part II: “On the run!” In my previous article, I argued that the statistical correlation between runs scored and the categories we normally associate with runs (stolen bases and batting average) are weaker than the correlation between runs scored and the power categories (home runs and RBIs). I skipped …
26 Jan
In the Money
By Jesse Severe Part I: “On the run!” So, you’re getting ready for your draft. You’ve been considering category specialists in stolen bases, like Jacoby Ellsbury. You’ve looked at big homerun hitters like Adam Dunn. And, you’ve looked to reliable batting average guys like Ichiro Suzuki. No doubt you …
29 Nov
In the Money
By Jesse Severe Note to readers: because of great confidence in the outcome of the 2009 fantasy baseball draft for my team, Sundrop Country, in the FBTM Championship League, I am sealing this column in the time capsule at the beginning of the season. I’ve asked my trusty editor, Bob Sikon, to publish it in [...]
