PLAYERtrack is a baseball statistics chewer that ranks baseball players against each other using a roto-style scoring system. Players are given points based upon their ranks in the various categories, and the players are then ranked according to baseball statistics that you select.

Essentially, this system is like an interactive fantasy baseball magazine. Whereas the magazine is stagnant and does not allow you to pinpoint players who fit your needs at a given time in the draft, PLAYERtrack does exactly the opposite.

SCENARIO ONE (DRAFT): You are running out of money, but your 1B/3B spot on your roster is not filled in yet. You are happy with your team's power, but you need a 1B or 3B with speed (SB) and a great batting average. You do a search on PLAYERtrack for the highest ranked first baseman and then third baseman who has not yet been drafted by clicking the stat categories of SBs and AVG solely.

SCENARIO TWO (DRAFT): You are in a 4x4 NL-only league with ten teams. You have not yet filled your 4th and 5th OF spots, but every single OF that you can think of has been snagged. You can't even think of anybody, so PLAYERtrack to the rescue! You select the position OF, and you click all 4 of your league's stat categories. You click "Track'Em" and you look for the highest two OFs in the ranking who have not yet been drafted. Wow! Can it be that Matt Holliday hasn't been taken yet?

(Note on 2/28/08: Before you get crazy here, I am leaving this here because I wrote this before the season started in 2006, when Matt Holliday was not a household name in fantasy baseball. I drafted him that year when nobody expected superstardom from him, and I won the league).

SCENARIO THREE (SEASON): You just lost your best 1B for the season. You need to find the best available 1B using your league's categories. Your 1B was a key source for HR and RBI. You click the HR and RBI categories, select the 1B position, and search for the highest ranked 1B in HR and RBI who is not on any roster.

Try doing those things as easily with a stagnant, fantasy baseball magazine!