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The Daily Grind: 5-1-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. One month in the books
  2. Thin Thursday Stacks
  3. Tomorrow
  4. Table

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The Daily Grind: 4-30-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. The hidden value of early games
  2. Wet Wednesday
  3. Thin Thursday
  4. Factor Grid (i.e. the table)

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The Daily Grind: 4-29-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. Advice for a losing streak
  2. DFS for today
  3. Fantasy action for tomorrow
  4. Table Time TM

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The Daily Grind: 4-28-14 – Present by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. High-level 50/50 strategy
  2. DFS tinkerings
  3. Tuesdays with uhh…someone
  4. It’s April and I’m running out of ways to say 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 4-27-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. Ignominious Injuries
  2. Sunday Sensations
  3. Monday Magnificence
  4. Tubular 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: 4-26-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. Results of our poll
  2. DFS Pickings
  3. Sunday Selections
  4. Table

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Travis Wood: Real Fantasy Pitcher?

In at least one way, Travis Wood was fantastic last season. He pitched to a 3.11 ERA over 32 starts and 200 innings. However, Wood was a source of great skepticism entering the 2014 season. His .248 BABIP and mediocre 2.18 K/BB ratio signaled possible regression. Moreover, he’s a fly ball pitcher in a park that doesn’t usually favor fly ball pitchers (except in April). His HR/FB ratio was low at 6.9 percent.

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The Daily Grind: 4-25-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. An Informal Poll
  2. Today’s Picks
  3. Tomorrow’s Selections
  4. Un Table

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How to Make Your Head Hurt Thinking About Trades

Or…Where Does the 70/30 Split Go?

You’ve heard fantasy analysts refer to the 70/30 Hitter-Pitcher split during draft season. In most league formats, it’s common to allocate 70 percent of your auction budget to hitters. They’re more stable as assets and harder to replace in-season. Two months from now, a top 25 RoS starting pitcher will be on your waiver wire (identifying who is the larger challenge). You probably won’t find a top 10 third baseman. There are other reasons to allocate more budget to hitters than pitchers. For the purposes of today’s discussion, let’s just agree that the 70/30 split is a). a thing and b). a valid process.

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The Daily Grind: 4-24-14 – Presented by FanDuel

Agenda

  1. …And we’re back
  2. DFS for Today
  3. Fantasy for Tomorrow
  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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