When analyzing closers and the Saves they produce, this season’s results were mixed. Some trends continued (e.g. lots of pitchers getting Saves) and some bucked recent trends (e.g. more keeping the role for the full season). To start with, here are the initial (i.e. drafted) closers and how long they kept their job. Read the rest of this entry »
With the season over, it’s to find out how hitters performed who didn’t let an injury heal and played through the pain. Whether these hitters cause permanent damage to their bodies or pick up bad habits, they continue to underperform their projections. Besides collecting the names myself, I’ve asked for some help (article and Twitter) for this past season’s list.
I first determined the decline in an article covering 2017 to 2019 and have continued collecting names and results (2020, 2021, and 2022). Read the rest of this entry »
• A great article by the Athletic on a player from each team who took a major step forward this past season. For example, here is a bit on Ryan Jeffers reworking his swing.
Jeffers slashed .210/.285/.390 across his first three seasons and then watched the Twins sign free agent catcher Christian Vázquez to a three-year, $30 million contract. His response? He re-tooled his swing and transformed into one of the best offensive catchers in baseball while playing a part-time role, putting up an .841 OPS in 92 games.
Jeffers always showed some pop in his 6-foot-4 frame. But he’s cut down on his swing and miss while increasing his plate discipline. He’s hitting well against both righties and lefties, but as you might expect, he’s doing big-time damage against left-handed pitching.
I can’t do a cut and paste so read it all.
For the last half dozen or so seasons I’ve attempted to collect the hitters who have played through an injury this season. These banged-up guys underperformed their projection by ~20 points of OPS the next season. That works out to a 5% drop in production. What I need is help trying to collect all the possible batters while this season is still fresh in everyone’s mind. Here are the names I have so far: Read the rest of this entry »
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: Welcome to the final FAAB chat of the season. Next Sunay there will be some FG chat.The main site might take it over if the pennant race is still up in the air.
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: I know more of times and access on as the weekend gets closer
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: Here are the Tout Wars 15-team mixed-league bids.And yes someone showed up and did that thing everyone hates.
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: Do you throw Rodon @KC? I’m close in wins, ERA, and WHIP but it seems like a big gamble with Rodon down in velo today despite okay results.
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: Depends on the other options. I understand your hesitation.
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In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »
Note: I’m only looking for situations that matter for getting the most plate appearances for next week and next week alone. It’s time to get a little more cut throat.
Angels
6 games
• Jared Walsh has started five straight games after coming off the IL.
• Jo Adell has three starts in a row, all against righties. Read the rest of this entry »
Angels
• Shohei Ohtani did not have the traditional Tommy John surgery.
In chatting quickly with a few people about the description attributed to ElAttrache in the statement, this was not a traditional Tommy John surgery with a reconstruction. It was a repair.
Still won't pitch till 2025, but does speed up the rehab slightly on the hitting side.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) September 19, 2023
He should be able to return to the team faster since it’s not the full operation. Read the rest of this entry »
While the NFBC Main Event garners most of the attention, there are a handful of leagues with an even larger entry fee ($2.5K to $15K). They were originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and this year there are nine of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers are going to try to gain any advantage. Most of the time, these managers will be a week or two ahead of everyone else on their adds. Here are the players and some information on the ones added in four or more of these leagues. Read the rest of this entry »
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: Here are the winning bids in the two 15-team Tout Wars Mixed leagues.
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: Any use for Blackmon this next week?
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: Probably not.
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: Grab Assad for 2 starts this week?
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