3/24/24

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Tonight, I will be drafting my $1750 NFBC Main Event team. This is a 15-team, 5×5 Roto league with an overall prize pool. You can see the live draft board here. I am picking from the 8 spot.

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Tonight, I will be drafting my third and final $150 NFBC Online Auction Championship team. This is a 15-team, 5×5 Roto league with an overall prize pool. You can see the live draft board here.  Read the rest of this entry »

Every year, fantasy analysts from around the country gather for a collection of leagues called Tout Wars. This year was the 27th season of Tout Wars. This year, I was in the 15-team mixed auction league where I finished second last season, losing the lead on the last day to Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus. 

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As of this weekend, all TGFBI leagues have completed drafting! We can now see the complete ADP from the largest industry fantasy baseball contest ever with 420 participants in 28 leagues! For a look at the complete ADP from all the leagues as well as individual draft boards, click here. 

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As we hit the beginning of draft season, it is important to monitor where players are being drafted on a regular basis. Throughout draft season, I will be doing that work for you with regular updates on the Average Draft Position on NFBC up until Opening Day. You can read all the Market Reports here.

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3/10/24

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

• Noelvi Marte suspended 80 games
  • How does this affect the rest of the Reds

Closer Preview

• How are you approaching the position this season?
• Elite Tier
  • Devin Williams
  • Edwin Díaz
  • Josh Hader
  • Emmanuel Clase

• Second Tier
  • Jhoan Duran
  • Jordan Romano
  • Camilo Doval
  • Raisel Iglesias
  • David Bednar

• Third Tier
  • Alexis Díaz
  • Paul Sewald
  • Andres Munoz
  • Ryan Helsley
  • Pete Fairbanks

• Fourth Tier
  • Evan Phillips
  • Tanner Scott
  • Kenley Jansen
  • Clay Holmes
  • Craig Kimbrel
  • Adbert Alzolay

• Fifth Tier
  • Alex Lange
  • José Alvarado/Jeff Hoffman/Seranthony Domínguez/Orion Kerkering/Gregory Soto
  • Carlos Estévez/Robert Stephenson
  • Robert Suarez
  • Mason Miller/Lucas Erceg/Dany Jiménez
  • Hunter Harvey/Kyle Finnegan
  • James McArthur/Will Smith
  • John Brebbia/Prelander Berroa/Jordan Leasure/ Matt Shaw/Jesse Chavez/Dominic Leone
  • David Robertson/José Leclerc
  • Justin Lawrence/Tyler Kinley

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2/25/24

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Second base has been one of the thinner positions in baseball over the last couple of seasons in a large part because so many of the players are eligible at other positions. However, this year isn’t as bad as it has been previously with a number of older bounce-backs and young breakouts adding to the depth of the position.

The thing to be careful to keep track of at the position are the runs and drop-offs. There are only four elite options and they are all going in the top 40 picks. The top 15 second basemen by ADP are gone by pick 160. There are some really interesting sleeper picks, especially for those in shallower formats, but for those in deeper formats it becomes very thin in the later rounds of the draft.

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