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An Early Look at 2017 Positional Depth

I’m in the process of getting ahead of myself. I’ve compiled a Way Too Early Ranking for every position, and those will be released soon. Before that, we need to finish reviewing what happened in 2016. But like I said, I’m ahead of myself so let’s put the 2016 review on hold for another day.

Most of the questions I’m getting from readers are about keepers. Positional scarcity and opportunity cost are important factors in choosing a keeper or deciding to execute a trade. First we need to know how many options we have at each position. Here’s a table. Behold.

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2016 Retrospective: A Year of Dynasty Trades

I like trade analyses. And I assume most people reading fantasy baseball content in the middle of October are similar to me. While there is no shortage of content about trades as they happen, it’s rare to see retrospective reviews of how deals turned out. With that said, let’s take a gander at an entire year of dynasty trades in the industry league The Devil’s Rejects.

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DFS Postmortem: A Need for Diversity

I had a bad year on FanDuel. An embarrassing year really. For a time, it was going well. But like every foolish gambler, I tried to leverage my winnings by scaling my entries. Predictably, it backfired. I sat down this morning for a bit of a postmortem, and I noticed a few things.

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Reviewing Brad Johnson’s 2016 Bold Predictions

Prior to the season, RotoGraphs writers submitted lists of 10 bold predictions. We’re kind of known for them. After playing it semi-safe in 2015, I decided to go especially bold in 2016. The results, as you might expect, are a bunch of big whiffs. Imagine Steven Moya’s violent swing. When he connects, he’s in good shape. He’ll often miss the ball by multiple feet.

Before we get into reviewing my 2016 picks, I’d like to call one back from last year. Behold:

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The Final Daily Grind of 2016

Agenda

  1. Thank You!
  2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
  3. Daily DFS
  4. SaberSim Observations
  5. Tomorrow’s Targets
  6. Factor Grid

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The Daily Grind: DFS, Streaming, and More for September 30

Agenda

  1. My Ballots
  2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
  3. Daily DFS
  4. SaberSim Observations
  5. Tomorrow’s Targets
  6. Factor Grid

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The Daily Grind: DFS, Streaming, and More for September 29

Agenda

  1. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
  2. Daily DFS
  3. SaberSim Observations
  4. Tomorrow’s Targets
  5. Factor Grid

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The Daily Grind: DFS, Streaming, and More for September 28

Agenda

  1. Tomorrow is Go
  2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
  3. Daily DFS
  4. SaberSim Observations
  5. Tomorrow’s Targets
  6. Factor Grid

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The Daily Grind: DFS, Streaming, and More for September 27

Agenda

  1. Debate Cancelled
  2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
  3. Daily DFS
  4. SaberSim Observations
  5. Tomorrow’s Targets
  6. Factor Grid

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The Daily Grind: DFS, Streaming, and More for September 26

Agenda

  1. Two Things…
  2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
  3. Daily DFS
  4. SaberSim Observations
  5. Tomorrow’s Targets
  6. Factor Grid

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