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Select Home Run Park Factors, Visualized

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May 16, 2014

If you read my Daily Grind column, you should be familiar with what I call the Factor Grid. It’s a simplification of the freely available information over at FanGraphs Guts! There is an obvious reason we should care about park factors – they affect a player’s performance. In particular, the home run park factors can really benefit fantasy owners. After all, a home run helps in four categories. After games played, it might be the best predictor of fantasy success. Let’s take a look at some relevant factors.

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The Daily Grind: 5-16-14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 16, 2014

Agenda

  1. Musings
  2. Today’s Tango
  3. Tomorrow’s Waltz
  4. Table

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Six Worm Murdering Hitters

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May 15, 2014

Before I was a FanGraphs writer, I was a FanGraphs reader. And if there’s one thing FanGraphs readers know how to do, it’s cite BABIP to describe why a hitter has been lucky/not lucky. BABIP is a useful peripheral, but it doesn’t stand on its own. There are peripherals to the peripheral if you will. Specifically, I’m referencing a player’s batted ball profile, which affects both his BABIP and ISO.

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The Daily Grind: 5-15-14

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May 15, 2014

Agenda

  1. What’s with 12:35?
  2. Thin Thursday
  3. Funky Friday
  4. Table

FanDuel has unleashed the World Fantasy Baseball Championship; a week-long, $5,000,000 celebration of Fantasy Baseball in Las Vegas! The WFBC has something for everyone, from the $250,000 single-entry championship, to the live $3,000,000 DFBC Final in Las Vegas.

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The Daily Grind: 5/14/14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 14, 2014

Agenda

  1. Skip Patterns
  2. Today’s DFS
  3. Tomorrow’s Everything
  4. Table

FanDuel has unleashed the World Fantasy Baseball Championship; a week-long, $5,000,000 celebration of Fantasy Baseball in Las Vegas! The WFBC has something for everyone, from the $250,000 single-entry championship, to the live $3,000,000 DFBC Final in Las Vegas.

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The Daily Grind – 5-13-14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 13, 2014

Agenda

  1. Use Your Peripherals
  2. Tuesday DFS
  3. Wednesday Picks
  4. Table

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The Daily Grind: 5-12-14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 12, 2014

Agenda

  1. A note about weather reports
  2. Monday Mashables
  3. Tuesday T-Word
  4. Table

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The Daily Grind: 5-11-14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 11, 2014

Agenda

  1. It’s Mother’s Day
  2. DFS Picks
  3. Monday Mincemeat
  4. Table

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The Daily Grind: 5-10-14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 10, 2014

Agenda

  1. Evaluating a winning roster
  2. Today’s DFS
  3. Sunday Selects
  4. Table

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The Daily Grind: 5-9-14 – Presented by FanDuel

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May 9, 2014

Agenda

  1. Feelings and Process
  2. Daily DFS
  3. Tomorrow’s Selections
  4. Table

FanDuel has unleashed the World Fantasy Baseball Championship; a week-long, $5,000,000 celebration of Fantasy Baseball in Las Vegas! The WFBC has something for everyone, from the $250,000 single-entry championship, to the live $3,000,000 DFBC Final in Las Vegas.

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