Arismendy Alcantara & Ezequiel Carrera: Deep League Waiver Wire
June 22, 2016
I have nothing clever to say. Let’s get right to it.
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The Hottest Pickups This Week: Yay or Nay?
June 21, 2016
Last year, I would regularly look at the Roster Trends page on my CBS sports league site and discuss the players who were most added and dropped over the last week, ultimately concluding whether the moves were justified. I have yet to publish such an exercise this year, so figured we were overdue. Today I’ll check in on the top pickups, defined as the players whose ownership percentage in CBS leagues have increased by the highest rates.
Shockingly Low Home Run Totals
June 20, 2016
Last week, I discussed a multitude of players who have hit a shocking number of home runs so far this season. So today let’s check in on those on the opposite end of the spectrum, the players that beg the question…what the heck happened to your home run power?!?!?!
10 AL SP SwStk% Surgers
June 16, 2016
Who’s inducing more swings and misses? Let’s take a gander at the American League starting pitchers whose SwStk% marks have most surged versus last year. Perhaps it’s added velocity, a new pitch, or change in pitch mix driving the spike. Let’s find out.
Ike Davis & Jason Motte: Deep League Waiver Wire
June 15, 2016
Injury replacements is the theme of this week’s waiver wire. It was probably the theme of last week’s too. And the week prior. Basically, if you don’t own the guy who got injured, injuries are good! Opportunities!
More Shocking Home Run Totals
June 14, 2016
Yesterday, I discussed five players whose early season home run totals have like totally shocked the world. Clearly, I missed a couple of obvious names and some of you commented reminding me of such. So let’s get to the rest of those shocking hitters sitting on home run totals we never expected at this point in the season.
Shocking Home Run Totals
June 13, 2016
Contrary to what you might assume given my status as a veteran RotoGraphs writer and member of the Tout Wars and LABR leagues, I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to players on none of my fantasy teams. So every so often, I express surprise, or perhaps even shock, when I peruse the day’s box scores and notice a batting average or counting stat from a player at a level far off from our expectations. “Player X has 15 homers already?!?!” is how I will frequently react. Let’s discuss some of these players.
Danny Duffy’s Got the Stuffy
June 9, 2016
Throughout his career, Danny Duffy has shuffled between the Royals starting rotation and their bullpen. Let’s compare his underlying skills in each role:
Danny Duffy Skills – Starter vs Reliever
| Role | K% | BB% | LD% | GB% | FB% | IFFB% | SwStr% | BABIP | LOB% | HR/FB | ERA | SIERA |
| Starter | 18.6% | 9.7% | 21.6% | 36.3% | 42.1% | 15.1% | 8.3% | 0.288 | 75.5% | 8.7% | 3.89 | 4.48 |
| Reliever | 31.2% | 7.1% | 21.7% | 43.4% | 34.9% | 10.3% | 15.0% | 0.298 | 79.2% | 3.4% | 2.08 | 2.48 |
Rob Refsnyder & Tyler Naquin: Deep League Waiver Wire
June 8, 2016
Deep league waiver wire, when injuries are your friend. As usual, injuries have opened up playing time for this week’s candidates.
Fun With Small Samples & Statistical Anomalies – An Update
June 7, 2016
About a week and a half into this season, I decided to have a little fun with small samples and statistical anomalies. Anything could happen over a tiny number of games, and indeed anything did. We stress here not to overreact to performances over the first couple of weeks, so let’s see where things stand for the players I highlighted. Did that early start hint at things to come?