Rudy’s 2015 Tout Wars Team
Thanks to the fantasy baseball sabbatical of our longtime pal Nick Minnix, the Tout Wars Mixed League (15-team, snake draft) had an extra spot for good ol' Rudy. Grey is also in the league (his draft...
View ArticleDraft Day Arbitrage: Getting A Fister From A Stranger
So yes, this is an overrated post but since I'm not Grey and Grey ain't me, you don't see the word 'Schmohawk' in the title. If I had, it would've been seen as a weak and watered down version of a...
View ArticleLate Round Flyers: Middle Infield Edition
The infidels are coming. They are storming the stronghold and sieging the castle. Cover your children's eyes and lock up your grandmas. As a general rule, I'm not drafting a middle "infidel" early...
View ArticleIntroducing the Auction Simulator Ver 1.0
Or, the Unexpected Virtue of Active Bidding... Unlike a certain appendage of mine, I like to keep my intros short, so let's get down to business. For those of you who were not with us last week, I...
View Article2015 Disgraces and Delights: Closers
Greetings! The time has come! This is what we've all been so patiently waiting for! Yaaaaaaasssss, Bruce Jenner's sex change is upon us!!! Rejoice! It's also a cool time of the year because MLB is...
View ArticleTesting the Effectiveness of Freeze Bids in an Auction
Note: We've got real baseball games being played and I'm stuck in this theoretical auction world. If you're not prepared to dive into coding and stat minutiae, maybe save your energies for my article...
View ArticleUsing Yahoo’s API to Access Your League’s Data (Part 2 of 1000)
Last article, I introduced pulling your league's data from Yahoo's API in a Python script. Today, I'm going to show you a better way to do that very same thing. In my last article dkempiners'...
View ArticleThe Most Under-Drafted Player of the Last Five Years
Last week Grey had the great idea to put my ADP treasure trove of data to good use, and ask people which player they thought has been the most under-drafted over the past five years (2010-14). Who put...
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