A Fantasy Baseball Leaderboard, Adjusted For Value
Thanks to Zach Sanders, we have a retroactive fantasy leaderboard for value last year. Which is cool. But what if we could take away the resources we had to invest in those players? A first-rounder who returns fifth-round value is, after all, still a loser.
Thanks to FantasyPros, we can actually do this. They have an aggregate ADP from last March. If we just take the ordinal rank from our retroactive value board, and subtract the average ADP value, we get a ‘net’ value. Pretty easy.
So here’s a net value leaderboard, for 5×5 roto. You might be surprised about the number one spot. But not many of you will be surprised by how many pitchers rise to the top. We try to get them in the middle rounds, and when we get lucky, they’re great value propositions.
| Player Name | ADP | FVARZ Rank | Net | Top 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Donaldson | 407 | 36 | 371 | 1 |
| Patrick Corbin | 405 | 77 | 328 | |
| Francisco Liriano | 383 | 71 | 312 | |
| Ricky Nolasco | 395 | 133 | 262 | |
| Chris Tillman | 346 | 94 | 252 | |
| Justin Masterson | 338 | 88 | 250 | |
| John Lackey | 370 | 129 | 241 | |
| Andrew Cashner | 351 | 119 | 232 | |
| Matt Carpenter | 249 | 19 | 230 | 1 |
| Jean Segura | 273 | 47 | 226 | 1 |
| Raul Ibanez | 398 | 172 | 226 | |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | 242 | 17 | 225 | 1 |
| Ervin Santana | 324 | 100 | 224 | |
| Daniel Murphy | 276 | 59 | 217 | |
| Yasiel Puig | 313 | 96 | 217 | |
| Michael Brantley | 298 | 85 | 213 | |
| Ubaldo Jimenez | 337 | 124 | 213 | |
| Leonys Martin | 310 | 98 | 212 | |
| Bronson Arroyo | 334 | 137 | 197 | |
| A.J. Griffin | 289 | 93 | 196 | |
| Drew Smyly | 403 | 211 | 192 | |
| Chris Johnson | 369 | 182 | 187 | |
| Michael Cuddyer | 214 | 29 | 185 | 1 |
| Brandon Moss | 246 | 61 | 185 | |
| Shelby Miller | 254 | 72 | 182 | |
| Jayson Werth | 202 | 23 | 179 | 1 |
| Hyun-Jin Ryu | 257 | 79 | 178 | |
| Alfonso Soriano | 188 | 16 | 172 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 223 | 51 | 172 | |
| Joaquin Benoit | 327 | 155 | 172 | |
| Domonic Brown | 231 | 65 | 166 | |
| Denard Span | 305 | 141 | 164 | |
| Adam Lind | 361 | 201 | 160 | |
| Coco Crisp | 194 | 38 | 156 | 1 |
| Jed Lowrie | 272 | 117 | 155 | |
| Miguel Gonzalez | 354 | 199 | 155 | |
| Jason Castro | 387 | 233 | 154 | |
| Jon Jay | 282 | 132 | 150 | |
| Julio Teheran | 218 | 73 | 145 | |
| Matt Joyce | 355 | 210 | 145 | |
| Dillon Gee | 321 | 181 | 140 | |
| Matt Harvey | 160 | 21 | 139 | 1 |
| Alex Cobb | 237 | 99 | 138 | |
| Torii Hunter | 171 | 35 | 136 | 1 |
| Colby Rasmus | 287 | 151 | 136 | |
| Kenley Jansen | 208 | 76 | 132 | |
| Chris Davis | 128 | 1 | 127 | 1 |
| Luke Gregerson | 373 | 248 | 125 | |
| Manny Machado | 228 | 106 | 122 | |
| Anibal Sanchez | 152 | 33 | 119 | 1 |
| Carlos Gomez | 126 | 11 | 115 | 1 |
| Mike Minor | 168 | 54 | 114 | |
| Hunter Pence | 121 | 9 | 112 | 1 |
| Stephen Drew | 349 | 238 | 111 | |
| David Robertson | 325 | 225 | 100 | |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 359 | 261 | 98 | |
| Felix Doubront | 336 | 239 | 97 | |
| Homer Bailey | 170 | 75 | 95 | |
| A.J. Burnett | 187 | 92 | 95 | |
| Greg Holland | 138 | 44 | 94 | 1 |
| Ivan Nova | 301 | 209 | 92 | |
| Tyler Clippard | 294 | 203 | 91 | |
| Brett Gardner | 179 | 89 | 90 | |
| Andy Dirks | 358 | 270 | 88 | |
| Alexei Ramirez | 212 | 130 | 82 | |
| Vernon Wells | 388 | 308 | 80 | |
| Kyle Lohse | 216 | 138 | 78 | |
| David Ortiz | 119 | 42 | 77 | 1 |
| Alejandro De Aza | 144 | 68 | 76 | |
| Drew Stubbs | 303 | 227 | 76 | |
| Carlos Beltran | 115 | 40 | 75 | 1 |
| Max Scherzer | 76 | 5 | 71 | 1 |
| Steve Cishek | 195 | 126 | 69 | |
| Santiago Casilla | 378 | 309 | 69 | |
| Alex Rios | 79 | 12 | 67 | 1 |
| Brandon Belt | 252 | 188 | 64 | |
| Adam Dunn | 185 | 123 | 62 | |
| Zack Cozart | 299 | 237 | 62 | |
| Wily Peralta | 404 | 342 | 62 | |
| Shane Victorino | 113 | 52 | 61 | |
| Pedro Alvarez | 147 | 90 | 57 | |
| Dexter Fowler | 209 | 152 | 57 | |
| Derek Holland | 210 | 154 | 56 | |
| Rick Porcello | 297 | 241 | 56 | |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 83 | 28 | 55 | 1 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 87 | 32 | 55 | 1 |
| Joe Nathan | 111 | 56 | 55 | |
| Omar Infante | 290 | 240 | 50 | |
| Bud Norris | 380 | 330 | 50 | |
| Mitch Moreland | 393 | 343 | 50 | |
| Glen Perkins | 169 | 120 | 49 | |
| Casey Janssen | 207 | 158 | 49 | |
| Everth Cabrera | 241 | 193 | 48 | |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 262 | 215 | 47 | |
| J.J. Hardy | 189 | 143 | 46 | |
| Jedd Gyorko | 268 | 222 | 46 | |
| Norichika Aoki | 158 | 114 | 44 | |
| Ryan Cook | 340 | 296 | 44 | |
| Adam Wainwright | 51 | 10 | 41 | 1 |
| Mark Trumbo | 80 | 39 | 41 | 1 |
| Bobby Parnell | 233 | 192 | 41 | |
| Jhonny Peralta | 285 | 244 | 41 | |
| Yunel Escobar | 332 | 291 | 41 | |
| Andy Pettitte | 267 | 228 | 39 | |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 46 | 8 | 38 | 1 |
| Kyle Seager | 166 | 128 | 38 | |
| Tommy Milone | 266 | 229 | 37 | |
| Yu Darvish | 49 | 14 | 35 | 1 |
| Nick Markakis | 181 | 146 | 35 | |
| Matt Garza | 232 | 197 | 35 | |
| Justin Ruggiano | 258 | 224 | 34 | |
| Kelly Johnson | 306 | 274 | 32 | |
| Chris Sale | 61 | 31 | 30 | 1 |
| Elvis Andrus | 86 | 57 | 29 | |
| Madison Bumgarner | 52 | 24 | 28 | 1 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | 40 | 13 | 27 | 1 |
| Alex Gordon | 77 | 50 | 27 | 1 |
| C.J. Wilson | 130 | 103 | 27 | |
| Hiroki Kuroda | 131 | 104 | 27 | |
| Ernesto Frieri | 206 | 179 | 27 | |
| Matt Holliday | 44 | 18 | 26 | 1 |
| Adam Jones | 31 | 6 | 25 | 1 |
| Marco Estrada | 219 | 195 | 24 | |
| Jason Kipnis | 60 | 37 | 23 | 1 |
| Freddie Freeman | 67 | 45 | 22 | 1 |
| Mariano Rivera | 103 | 82 | 21 | |
| Addison Reed | 162 | 142 | 20 | |
| Lance Lynn | 173 | 153 | 20 | |
| Andrelton Simmons | 220 | 200 | 20 | |
| Cliff Lee | 34 | 15 | 19 | 1 |
| Eric Hosmer | 106 | 87 | 19 | |
| Todd Frazier | 196 | 177 | 19 | |
| Michael Saunders | 244 | 226 | 18 | |
| Jose Veras | 279 | 262 | 17 | |
| Zack Greinke | 59 | 43 | 16 | 1 |
| Martin Prado | 110 | 95 | 15 | |
| Jay Bruce | 35 | 22 | 13 | 1 |
| Mat Latos | 81 | 70 | 11 | |
| Mark Buehrle | 283 | 273 | 10 | |
| Ian Desmond | 64 | 55 | 9 | |
| Clayton Kershaw | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 163 | 157 | 6 | |
| Jeff Francoeur | 406 | 400 | 6 | |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 30 | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| Grant Balfour | 178 | 173 | 5 | |
| Craig Kimbrel | 37 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| Justin Smoak | 397 | 394 | 3 | |
| Wilson Ramos | 402 | 400 | 2 | |
| Andrew McCutchen | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| Nelson Cruz | 108 | 108 | ||
| Chris Iannetta | 400 | 400 | ||
| Miguel Cabrera | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Trout | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| Justin Maxwell | 399 | 400 | -1 | |
| Sergio Romo | 124 | 127 | -3 | |
| James Shields | 74 | 78 | -4 | |
| Carlos Pena | 396 | 400 | -4 | |
| Jarrod Parker | 184 | 189 | -5 | |
| Wade Miley | 197 | 202 | -5 | |
| Rob Brantly | 394 | 400 | -6 | |
| Adrian Beltre | 20 | 27 | -7 | 1 |
| Nick Swisher | 149 | 156 | -7 | |
| Brett Myers | 392 | 400 | -8 | |
| Kris Medlen | 72 | 81 | -9 | |
| Daniel Straily | 391 | 400 | -9 | |
| Lucas Duda | 390 | 400 | -10 | |
| Aroldis Chapman | 73 | 84 | -11 | |
| Jeff Niemann | 389 | 400 | -11 | |
| Allen Craig | 45 | 58 | -13 | |
| Austin Jackson | 88 | 101 | -13 | |
| Jason Grilli | 174 | 187 | -13 | |
| Felix Hernandez | 27 | 41 | -14 | 1 |
| Matt Moore | 98 | 112 | -14 | |
| Kendrys Morales | 182 | 196 | -14 | |
| Mike Aviles | 386 | 400 | -14 | |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 33 | 48 | -15 | 1 |
| Emilio Bonifacio | 240 | 255 | -15 | |
| Gerrit Cole | 385 | 400 | -15 | |
| Yasmani Grandal | 384 | 400 | -16 | |
| Jon Lester | 127 | 144 | -17 | |
| David Hernandez | 341 | 358 | -17 | |
| Jim Johnson | 117 | 135 | -18 | |
| David Phelps | 382 | 400 | -18 | |
| Gavin Floyd | 381 | 400 | -19 | |
| Carlos Gonzalez | 9 | 30 | -21 | 1 |
| Phil Coke | 379 | 400 | -21 | |
| Robinson Cano | 4 | 26 | -22 | 1 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 263 | 285 | -22 | |
| Jason Vargas | 291 | 313 | -22 | |
| Chase Utley | 125 | 148 | -23 | |
| Cody Ross | 377 | 400 | -23 | |
| Desmond Jennings | 78 | 102 | -24 | |
| Kurt Suzuki | 376 | 400 | -24 | |
| Mike Napoli | 100 | 125 | -25 | |
| Tyler Flowers | 375 | 400 | -25 | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 190 | 216 | -26 | |
| Logan Morrison | 374 | 400 | -26 | |
| Justin Upton | 19 | 46 | -27 | 1 |
| Huston Street | 156 | 184 | -28 | |
| Mark Reynolds | 256 | 284 | -28 | |
| Clayton Richard | 372 | 400 | -28 | |
| Chris Nelson | 371 | 400 | -29 | |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 42 | 74 | -32 | |
| Delmon Young | 368 | 400 | -32 | |
| Tyler Colvin | 367 | 400 | -33 | |
| Maicer Izturis | 366 | 400 | -34 | |
| Eduardo Nunez | 365 | 400 | -35 | |
| Welington Castillo | 401 | 436 | -35 | |
| Ben Zobrist | 55 | 91 | -36 | |
| Dee Gordon | 364 | 400 | -36 | |
| Dustin Pedroia | 26 | 63 | -37 | |
| John Jaso | 363 | 400 | -37 | |
| Luis Cruz | 362 | 400 | -38 | |
| Doug Fister | 135 | 174 | -39 | |
| Wei-Yin Chen | 271 | 310 | -39 | |
| Yoenis Cespedes | 41 | 83 | -42 | |
| Brandon Phillips | 63 | 105 | -42 | |
| Wilin Rosario | 102 | 145 | -43 | |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | 357 | 400 | -43 | |
| Evan Longoria | 23 | 67 | -44 | |
| Dayan Viciedo | 224 | 268 | -44 | |
| Garrett Jones | 274 | 318 | -44 | |
| Andrew Bailey | 356 | 400 | -44 | |
| Jose Bautista | 16 | 62 | -46 | |
| Stephen Strasburg | 18 | 64 | -46 | |
| Erick Aybar | 167 | 214 | -47 | |
| Lorenzo Cain | 222 | 269 | -47 | |
| Jordan Pacheco | 353 | 400 | -47 | |
| Chris Carpenter | 352 | 400 | -48 | |
| Howie Kendrick | 183 | 232 | -49 | |
| Chris Young | 347 | 400 | -53 | |
| Jake Peavy | 129 | 183 | -54 | |
| Troy Tulowitzki | 14 | 69 | -55 | |
| Victor Martinez | 94 | 149 | -55 | |
| Jonny Venters | 345 | 400 | -55 | |
| Eric O’Flaherty | 343 | 400 | -57 | |
| Joey Votto | 8 | 66 | -58 | |
| Ricky Romero | 342 | 400 | -58 | |
| Frank Francisco | 339 | 400 | -61 | |
| Jose Altuve | 85 | 150 | -65 | |
| Brandon Beachy | 335 | 400 | -65 | |
| Al Alburquerque | 348 | 413 | -65 | |
| Rafael Soriano | 101 | 167 | -66 | |
| Andre Ethier | 154 | 220 | -66 | |
| Carl Crawford | 137 | 204 | -67 | |
| Oscar Taveras | 333 | 400 | -67 | |
| Gio Gonzalez | 50 | 118 | -68 | |
| Paul Maholm | 280 | 349 | -69 | |
| Sergio Santos | 331 | 400 | -69 | |
| Sean Marshall | 330 | 400 | -70 | |
| A.J. Pierzynski | 193 | 264 | -71 | |
| David Murphy | 275 | 347 | -72 | |
| Drew Storen | 329 | 401 | -72 | |
| Bryce Harper | 24 | 97 | -73 | |
| Tim Hudson | 180 | 253 | -73 | |
| Michael Bourn | 66 | 140 | -74 | |
| Prince Fielder | 11 | 86 | -75 | |
| Trevor Bauer | 323 | 400 | -77 | |
| Dylan Bundy | 322 | 400 | -78 | |
| Brian Roberts | 320 | 400 | -80 | |
| Fernando Rodney | 90 | 171 | -81 | |
| Brian Wilson | 319 | 400 | -81 | |
| Billy Hamilton | 318 | 400 | -82 | |
| Yadier Molina | 53 | 136 | -83 | |
| Cole Hamels | 32 | 116 | -84 | |
| Rajai Davis | 316 | 400 | -84 | |
| Russell Martin | 259 | 344 | -85 | |
| Alex Rodriguez | 315 | 400 | -85 | |
| David Wright | 25 | 111 | -86 | |
| Chris Capuano | 314 | 400 | -86 | |
| Ryan Doumit | 191 | 278 | -87 | |
| Vance Worley | 312 | 400 | -88 | |
| Peter Bourjos | 311 | 400 | -89 | |
| Jackie Bradley | 309 | 400 | -91 | |
| Josh Hamilton | 17 | 109 | -92 | |
| Ian Kinsler | 29 | 121 | -92 | |
| Travis d’Arnaud | 308 | 400 | -92 | |
| Vinnie Pestano | 304 | 400 | -96 | |
| Salvador Perez | 132 | 230 | -98 | |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 302 | 400 | -98 | |
| David Price | 22 | 122 | -100 | |
| Jered Weaver | 39 | 139 | -100 | |
| Josh Reddick | 157 | 257 | -100 | |
| Yonder Alonso | 300 | 400 | -100 | |
| James McDonald | 296 | 400 | -104 | |
| Justin Verlander | 10 | 115 | -105 | |
| Ross Detwiler | 295 | 400 | -105 | |
| Chad Billingsley | 293 | 400 | -107 | |
| Jonathan Papelbon | 70 | 180 | -110 | |
| Tim Lincecum | 136 | 247 | -111 | |
| Justin Morneau | 177 | 288 | -111 | |
| Carlos Quentin | 288 | 400 | -112 | |
| Carlos Santana | 56 | 169 | -113 | |
| Alcides Escobar | 186 | 299 | -113 | |
| Jose Valverde | 286 | 400 | -114 | |
| Aaron Hicks | 284 | 400 | -116 | |
| A.J. Ellis | 307 | 426 | -119 | |
| Scott Diamond | 360 | 479 | -119 | |
| Chris Perez | 161 | 281 | -120 | |
| R.A. Dickey | 57 | 178 | -121 | |
| Pablo Sandoval | 96 | 217 | -121 | |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 99 | 221 | -122 | |
| Tommy Hanson | 278 | 400 | -122 | |
| Jurickson Profar | 277 | 400 | -123 | |
| Gordon Beckham | 326 | 450 | -124 | |
| Darwin Barney | 344 | 470 | -126 | |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 270 | 400 | -130 | |
| Michael Young | 205 | 336 | -131 | |
| Juan Pierre | 269 | 400 | -131 | |
| Barry Zito | 350 | 482 | -132 | |
| Carlos Ruiz | 265 | 400 | -135 | |
| Marco Scutaro | 211 | 348 | -137 | |
| Jaime Garcia | 261 | 400 | -139 | |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | 260 | 400 | -140 | |
| Brandon McCarthy | 264 | 404 | -140 | |
| Ryan Dempster | 230 | 371 | -141 | |
| Mitchell Boggs | 255 | 400 | -145 | |
| Shaun Marcum | 253 | 400 | -147 | |
| Matt Cain | 38 | 186 | -148 | |
| Dan Haren | 118 | 266 | -148 | |
| Jeff Samardzija | 123 | 271 | -148 | |
| Brian McCann | 176 | 325 | -149 | |
| Mike Fiers | 251 | 400 | -149 | |
| Adam Eaton | 250 | 400 | -150 | |
| Anthony Rizzo | 82 | 234 | -152 | |
| Wil Myers | 248 | 400 | -152 | |
| Adam LaRoche | 145 | 298 | -153 | |
| Wade Davis | 328 | 481 | -153 | |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 13 | 168 | -155 | |
| Lance Berkman | 245 | 400 | -155 | |
| Jason Hammel | 292 | 448 | -156 | |
| Neil Walker | 151 | 311 | -160 | |
| Alex Avila | 239 | 400 | -161 | |
| Edinson Volquez | 317 | 478 | -161 | |
| Trevor Cahill | 203 | 366 | -163 | |
| Clay Buchholz | 236 | 400 | -164 | |
| Ryan Ludwick | 235 | 400 | -165 | |
| Bruce Rondon | 234 | 400 | -166 | |
| Billy Butler | 43 | 212 | -169 | |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 199 | 372 | -173 | |
| Ryan Madson | 227 | 400 | -173 | |
| Kevin Youkilis | 226 | 400 | -174 | |
| Corey Hart | 225 | 400 | -175 | |
| Buster Posey | 15 | 191 | -176 | |
| Josh Beckett | 221 | 400 | -179 | |
| Yovani Gallardo | 84 | 265 | -181 | |
| David Freese | 142 | 324 | -182 | |
| Jeff Keppinger | 281 | 463 | -182 | |
| Jimmy Rollins | 75 | 258 | -183 | |
| Matt Harrison | 217 | 400 | -183 | |
| Matt Wieters | 62 | 246 | -184 | |
| Cameron Maybin | 215 | 400 | -185 | |
| Joe Mauer | 47 | 236 | -189 | |
| Edwin Jackson | 247 | 437 | -190 | |
| Tom Wilhelmsen | 146 | 338 | -192 | |
| Brandon League | 204 | 396 | -192 | |
| Dustin Ackley | 213 | 408 | -195 | |
| Jose Reyes | 21 | 218 | -197 | |
| Jason Kubel | 201 | 400 | -199 | |
| Jonathan Broxton | 200 | 400 | -200 | |
| Phil Hughes | 243 | 444 | -201 | |
| Alexi Ogando | 198 | 400 | -202 | |
| J.P. Arencibia | 229 | 431 | -202 | |
| Josh Rutledge | 192 | 400 | -208 | |
| Carlos Marmol | 238 | 451 | -213 | |
| Jason Heyward | 28 | 243 | -215 | |
| Chase Headley | 71 | 294 | -223 | |
| Mark Teixeira | 175 | 400 | -225 | |
| Dan Uggla | 155 | 381 | -226 | |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 172 | 400 | -228 | |
| Rafael Betancourt | 165 | 400 | -235 | |
| Derek Jeter | 164 | 400 | -236 | |
| Brett Anderson | 159 | 400 | -241 | |
| CC Sabathia | 54 | 297 | -243 | |
| Michael Morse | 153 | 400 | -247 | |
| Jonathon Niese | 150 | 400 | -250 | |
| John Axford | 134 | 386 | -252 | |
| Ben Revere | 148 | 400 | -252 | |
| Josh Willingham | 109 | 368 | -259 | |
| Will Middlebrooks | 141 | 400 | -259 | |
| Jesus Montero | 140 | 400 | -260 | |
| Angel Pagan | 139 | 400 | -261 | |
| Brett Lawrie | 92 | 354 | -262 | |
| Danny Espinosa | 133 | 400 | -267 | |
| J.J. Putz | 122 | 400 | -278 | |
| Rickie Weeks | 120 | 400 | -280 | |
| Ian Kennedy | 104 | 390 | -286 | |
| Brandon Morrow | 114 | 400 | -286 | |
| Mike Moustakas | 143 | 429 | -286 | |
| Josh Johnson | 112 | 400 | -288 | |
| Starlin Castro | 36 | 326 | -290 | |
| Ike Davis | 105 | 400 | -295 | |
| Curtis Granderson | 97 | 400 | -303 | |
| Jason Motte | 95 | 400 | -305 | |
| Melky Cabrera | 93 | 400 | -307 | |
| Ryan Howard | 91 | 400 | -309 | |
| Roy Halladay | 89 | 400 | -311 | |
| Aaron Hill | 69 | 400 | -331 | |
| Johnny Cueto | 68 | 400 | -332 | |
| Aramis Ramirez | 65 | 400 | -335 | |
| Miguel Montero | 116 | 454 | -338 | |
| Hanley Ramirez | 58 | 400 | -342 | |
| Albert Pujols | 6 | 352 | -346 | |
| Paul Konerko | 107 | 456 | -349 | |
| Matt Kemp | 5 | 400 | -395 | |
| Ryan Braun | 3 | 400 | -397 | |
| B.J. Upton | 48 | 461 | -413 |
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This is definitely an interesting look, but I scrubbed it to include only players inside of 250 on ADP. Even that may be high, but what I wanted to see was how the expected players performed. There will always be guys out of nowhere, a classic Free Agent pick up that helps you win the league.
nice list. my only qualm is that value isn’t linear the way rank is. the difference in value from rank 1 to rank 10 is a lot different than from rank 201 to rank 210. so cuddyer’s jump from 214 to 29 is probably more valuable than smyly’s jump from 403 to 211. i would think using the difference between sanders’ values and average auction price might be more instructive.
I had the same thought but still appreciate this list as a starting point for talking about best values of the season.
I think the auction value thing would also be linear, considering I used our auction value calculator to sort these.
But I added a column for top-50 finishers to help you sort, and there’s an interesting approach below.
Love that at one time or another I owned 2 of the bottom three.
Ditto. Drafted Braun at #3, traded for Kemp during his first DL stint.
Hanley ramirez at 40 a typo?
Hanley didn’t get enough PAs to end up in Zach’s end of season ranker.
BJ! My man!
Never again… I mean it this time…
Corbin was a pleasant surprise in spite of the 2H fade. He’s young yet… any thoughts on what he can do for next year?
I was setting the ERA over under at 3.7 on twitter and got some good discussion out of it.
Sorting by FVARZ Rank divided by ADP gives a good “Fantasy Value Beyond Expectations” Ratio.
Top 10 and Bottom 10
Player Name ADP FVARZ Rank NETdiv
Chris Davis 128 1 128
Max Scherzer 76 5 15.2
Hisashi Iwakuma 242 17 14.23529412
Hunter Pence 121 9 13.44444444
Matt Carpenter 249 19 13.10526316
Alfonso Soriano 188 16 11.75
Carlos Gomez 126 11 11.45454545
Josh Donaldson 407 36 11.30555556
Jayson Werth 202 23 8.782608696
Jason Heyward 28 243 0.115226337
Starlin Castro 36 326 0.110429448
B.J. Upton 48 461 0.104121475
Jose Reyes 21 218 0.096330275
Justin Verlander 10 115 0.086956522
Buster Posey 15 191 0.078534031
Giancarlo Stanton 13 168 0.077380952
Albert Pujols 6 352 0.017045455
Matt Kemp 5 400 0.0125
Ryan Braun 3 400 0.0075
Yep, this fixes the flaw in the OP approach I was going to complain about.
Why are many FVARZ ranked exactly at 400, but others are 450/460?
Perhaps I’m mistaken, but the final rank does not take into account positional scarcity the way ADP does. By final rank, no catcher should have been drafted in the first 12 rounds. But that’s not how a draft is really going to shake out. To do a valid comparison, you need to somehow factor in positional value.
I guess I don’t exist?