Digital Download of the 2026 The Process Available

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December 30, 2025

The 2026 edition of The Process is now available in PDF form. The appendix edition includes 148 pages and over 25 new studies from Jeff and other contributors! The research covers NFBC draft theory and strategy, hitter evaluation, and pitcher evaluation.

Considering the historic turnaround times (all out of our hands), the paper copy will be available on Amazon in about a month.

Contents:

In addition to the SGP, this season’s appendix includes the following new research studies:

  1. How to avoid busts and find quality players late in draft-and-hold drafts (Russel H. Withers)
  2. Analysis of the results of drafting players in the early-season “free look” games (Bryan Fitzgerald)
  3. A look at the stats drafted versus added via free agency for top teams in the NFBC Main Event (Bryan Fitzgerald)
  4. How to use drafted percentage to target players in the NFBC Draft Champions competition (Jeff Zimmerman)
  5. A quick tool to convert OPS and SB to a projected average draft position (Jeff Zimmerman)
  6. Analysis of what statistical categories matter most for top performers in the large overall contests (Jeff Zimmerman)
  7. FAAB bidding analysis for the last two seasons (Jeff Zimmerman)
  8. A look at the strategy of drafting known injured players, dropping them, and re-adding them at a discount before they return (Jeff Zimmerman)
  9. Using Statcast and other metrics to help understand batting average (Patrick Davitt)
  10. How to identify the next Pete Crow-Armstrong (Bryan Fitzgerald)
  11. Several studies analyzing how top prospect rankings affect projections, rookie production, and creating a major league equivalent (Jeff Zimmerman)
  12. Analysis of how changes in contact percentage affect exit velocity (Jeff Zimmerman)
  13. A look at Kyren Paris’ season and what we can learn from it (Jeff Zimmerman)
  14. Research about the minimum level of power needed to see improved results (Jeff Zimmerman)
  15. A groundbreaking study about medical second opinions and when you may have enough information to act upon the wording from a first opinion (Bryan Fitzgerald)
  16. The traits of successful pitchers with low-velocity fastballs (Dan Madigan)
  17. How much can we trust changeup-heavy starting pitchers (Dan Madigan)
  18. How to interpret pitchers returning from significant injuries and when they first return (Adam Sawyer)
  19. A look at the most important pitching changes and pitch characteristics (Jeff Zimmerman)
  20. Research about pitches that are close in velocity (Jeff Zimmerman)
  21. New analysis about Jeff’s starting pitcher injury grades (Jeff Zimmerman)
  22. The effect changes in ball percentage have on ERA and other metrics (Jeff Zimmerman)
  23. A study of pitcher barrels-per-home-run stickiness and pitchers expected to regress (Jeff Zimmerman)
  24. Research about top prospect pitchers, pitcher MLEs, and Japanese and Korean league MLEs (Jeff Zimmerman

Click here for the complete table of contents. The appendix also includes the following invaluable data tables to reference during draft preparation and in-season management:

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Jeff, one of the authors of the fantasy baseball guide,The Process, writes for RotoGraphs, The Hardball Times, Rotowire, Baseball America, and BaseballHQ. He has been nominated for two SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis and won it in 2013 in tandem with Bill Petti. He has won four FSWA Awards including on for his Mining the News series. He's won Tout Wars three times, LABR twice, and got his first NFBC Main Event win in 2021. Follow him on Twitter @jeffwzimmerman.

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RandMember since 2017
2 hours ago

Highly recommend – unless you are in one of my leagues!

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