A Look Into Tim Lincecum’s Decline By Joshua Kay Follow Joshua on Twitter: @Rays_Nut1292 and please check out more of Joshua’s great work at AtHomePlate.com On April 22nd I was sitting in my room watching baseball when I decided that I would make a spreadsheet on small sample sizes from pitchers so far during the [...]
A New Way of Viewing Small Samples
A New Way of Viewing Small Samples By Joshua Kay Follow Joshua on Twitter: @Rays_Nut1292 and please check out more of Joshua’s great work at AtHomePlate.com Thanks to an increase in popularity in recent years, Fantasy Baseball advice has become more geared toward medium to less experienced owners. During this time, the mainstream fantasy baseball [...]
Who The Eff Is This Guy: Drew Hutchison
Recently, the Toronto Blue Jays decided to call up one of their top pitching prospects in right-hander Drew Hutchison. Hutchison, a 21 year old who was previously pitching at the AAA level, has the stuff and moxy to be successful pitcher in the major leagues. In the long term, he projects to be a middle [...]
Fantasy Pickups: The Week of April 23rd-29th
Fantasy Pickups: The Week of April 23rd-29th By Moe Koltun We are currently settling into one of my favorite parts of the Major League Baseball season as well as one of the most important parts of the season in fantasy. At this point in the majors, most teams are now around 15 games in, allowing [...]
News, Nitpicking, and Knee-Jerk Reactions: April 18th
News, Nitpicking, and Knee-Jerk Reactions: April 18th At about 8:30 last night, I received about 400 IM’s (give or take like 350) from fellow RotoAnalysis.com writer Charles Kurz saying ‘watch Jordan Zimmerman, please watch Jordan Zimmerman, I will pay you to watch Jordan Zimmerman, I want to have sex with Jordan Zimmerman’ etc etc etc. [...]
Split Stats: The Hidden Value in Your League
Split Stats: The Hidden Value in Your League By Moe Koltun What is the key to winning your fantasy league? The answer to that varies wildly depending on whom you ask. Some will tell you that draft day is the key to winning, others will say pickups, while still others will say making good trades [...]
Matt Kemp, Hot Starts, and Early-Season Performance
10 games into the season isn’t the time to truly change your outlook on a player. However, you can still regard and admire greatness. Matt Kemp’s 2012 season so far has been, in one word: ridiculous. To put his 19.35 player rater value in perspective, Mike Stanton (6.65), Eric Hosmer (6.43), and Corey Hart (6.27), [...]
Fantasy Baseball: One Category Impact Free Agents
As the second weekend of baseball comes to a close, fantasy teams start to take shape — owners will begin to know what their team needs, what their team can afford to give up, and how their chances to win are looking. There probably haven’t been many trades in leagues yet, but that will certainly [...]
