When your job is fantasy baseball analyst, you get suckered into joining a lot of leagues. I’m in eight this year, which isn’t Eno Sarris crazy, but it’s hard to keep up with them all when daily fantasy is the top priority. The hardest part is staying current on the standings in each league. That’s how I learn where my team is weakest, which waiver wire players will help me most, and the best ways to weaken my rivals. In short, it’s my Toyota Key to the Game.
The sheep are satisfied with monitoring the overall standings, but raw point totals are relatively unimportant. In a standard 5×5 league, the point total is usually skewed towards some bad rosters at this point of the season. You know, the owners who are 200 innings ahead of pace and lead strikeouts and wins despite having the worst strikeout and wins per inning ratios. It’s the standings by category you need to monitor if you want to win your league. Here’s an example from the Blog Wars league, which also happens to be my worst league this season. I believe Read the rest of this entry »