PLAYERtrack/BaseballGeeks Podcast 2010 #9: RosterSlots.com & Stats
by: Rob Reed
| April 30, 2010, 7:49am
     
In the first in-season podcast just before the first PLAYERtrack update podcast next week, I present to you an interview with Peter Wickander of RosterSlots.com, a new way to play fantasy baseball that starts tomorrow. I also talk about the players who top the rankings in some standard 5x5 categories.
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Live blogging the draft...
by: Rob Reed
| April 10, 2010, 8:14am
     
Better late than never... I started out frantically trying to get my computer to sync with ESPN... came in RIGHT when my #6 pick was up -- not good for the guy who started the league.
In The PLAYERtrack Lab #1: Standard Deviations
by: Rob Reed
| April 10, 2010, 12:21am
     
I believe that one of the major things lacking in the PLAYERtrack ranking system is considering the distance between the average player in a category and the highest/lowest in the category.
Because PLAYERtrack doesn't take this into account now, players like Prince Fielder get ranked lower than they probably should have. I discussed this a bit last Tuesday on Kevin Orris' Big O Show.
Just to keep you folks informed, I am currently working on incorporating standard deviations into the mix, which should better rank the players, in my view.
More discussion to come later on this issue once I get it off... [read more]
Live blogging tomorrow's PLAYERtrack/BaseballGeeks draft right here
by: Rob Reed
| April 10, 2010, 12:12am
     
Tomorrow morning at 7:30am, PST, we are doing the league draft. I will be live blogging on this website... league members, feel free to introduce yourself here in the comments, and give me some details about you so that I can mention them in the next podcast!
Last Draft Weekend Special Offer
by: Rob Reed
| April 2, 2010, 4:22pm
     
Fantasy Baseballers!
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REMEMBER: the overall rankings (that you can customize) can now be exported into Excel spreadsheets!
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Most popular players during the week before the 2010 season starts...
by: Rob Reed
| April 1, 2010, 10:06am
     
These are the Top 10 most searched players in the last week...
Folks are obviously looking for cheaper sources at short. Asdrubal is a decent hitter, but not one of my big targets. I don't think I have him on any of my teams this year.
Will he hit 20+ HRs again? I think so. People are still hungry for reasons why he dropped down so much... he had the highest BABIP among all players with 150... [read more]