It was two weeks ago that I discussed a difficult decision Niv Shah and I made to cut Yordan Alvarez in the FanGraphs Staff Ottoneu league. Today, I want to follow up on that and talk about where we are now, and how the cut worked out, so far.
The 2025 version of Hot Right Now will typically include three sections:
The FanGraphs Ottoneu team plans to run this feature weekly, updating fantasy managers on the biggest movers in Ottoneu leagues with an analysis of how these players could or could not help your roster.
Cold Right Now (CRN) is a weekly Ottoneu feature focused on players being dropped or who should be dropped in Ottoneu leagues. In this feature we will break down players into three sections:
This article will typically run once per week and will help fantasy managers keep track of players that need to be given extra attention to improve rosters.
In league 13, the FanGraphs Staff Ottoneu Head-to-Head league, I co-manage a team with Niv Shah. We just won a few auctions and among the cuts we made to get legal were an underperforming reliever (Joel Payamps), a low-value OF (Andrew Benintendi), a roller coaster of a starting pitcher (Yusei Kikuchi), and one big-time star: Yordan Alvarez.
The first three all look like pretty typical cuts, but that last one stands out and clearly caught some leaguemates by surprise. But there were good reasons for the decision to drop Alvarez.
Cold Right Now (CRN) is a weekly Ottoneu feature focused on players being dropped or who should be dropped in Ottoneu leagues. In this feature we will break down players into three sections:
This article will typically run once per week and will help fantasy managers keep track of players that need to be given extra attention to improve rosters.
It’s been about a month since I told you that you should play Ottoneu’s Six Picks. And you should. In fact, if you haven’t picked your team for today, go do that now. I’ll still be here when you get back.
Welcome back! Now that you are ready to read, I’ll let you know that today’s article isn’t really about Six Picks. I mean, it is, on the surface. The data is Six Picks data and we are going to talk a bit about Six Picks to explain the data. But what the article is really about is what Six Picks can tell us about player values outside Six Picks.
The 2025 version of Hot Right Now will typically include three sections:
The FanGraphs Ottoneu team plans to run this feature weekly, updating fantasy managers on the biggest movers in Ottoneu leagues with an analysis of how these players could or could not help your roster.
The 2025 version of Hot Right Now will typically include three sections:
The FanGraphs Ottoneu team plans to run this feature weekly, updating fantasy managers on the biggest movers in Ottoneu leagues with an analysis of how these players could or could not help your roster.
Cold Right Now (CRN) is a weekly Ottoneu feature focused on players being dropped or who should be dropped in Ottoneu leagues. In this feature we will break down players into three sections:
This article will typically run once per week and will help fantasy managers keep track of players that need to be given extra attention to improve rosters.
When Niv Shah re-launched Six Picks as part of the Ottoneu family, I wrote both about what Six Picks is and how I play Six Picks. With another season underway, I wanted to talk about Six Picks again, but honestly, you should just go back and read those two pieces if you want that info. Instead, today I just want to talk about why I love Six Picks (with some thoughts on things you can do to make sure you love it, too).