N.L. FAAB Log: October 1, 2012
Jamie Garcia $10. Other bids $8, $3, $0Garcia was written up last week, but he shouldn't have been in the free agent pool so here he is again. He gets the Reds tomorrow. While Cincinnati has been...
View ArticleNo Hope, No Hope, At the End of My Rope
It hasn't been my best year for Roto. I'm in four leagues, and in only one of them am I currently sitting in the money. Fortunately, it's in my long-standing A.L.-only, where I've been playing since...
View ArticleUpdate/What's Next
So I didn't win a single one of my leagues in 2012. For me, that's the first time this has happened since 2008. I'll take some time at some point later this month to talk about my failures,...
View ArticleTout Wars N.L. 2012 Recap (Spoiler Alert: It Did Not Go Well)
For me, 2012 was a bummer of a year from a Rotisserie/fantasy perspective.For the first time since 2008, I didn't win a single one of my leagues. Even worse, I tanked in both of the expert leagues I...
View Article2012 CBS Sports A.L.-Only Analyst League Recap
Tout Wars isn't my only expert league. I'm also in the CBS Sports Analyst League.This lower profile expert league has been in existence for nine years, starting out with a draft format in 2004 before...
View Article2012 A.L. and N.L. Only 5x5 Rotisserie Dollar Values: Final
Follow this link for a complete list of player values for 2012 for A.L. and N.L.-only Rotisserie-style, 5x5 leagues.These values are my spin on the formulas devised by Alex Patton, which are still...
View Article2012 Position by Position Recaps
After a month-long hiatus (mostly), Roto Think Tank will return shortly with my annual position-by-position Rotisserie value recaps. In years past, I have explained the format and structure of the...
View Article2012 A.L. Catchers
Every year, it's pretty much the same deal. We pay a fairly healthy amount for our catchers and they fail us to one degree or another.Ten Most Expensive A.L. Catchers...
View Article2012 N.L. Catchers
I usually list the most expensive players at a position first followed by the 10 best, but doing that here would be burying the lead.Top 10 N.L. Catchers 2012#Player$Sal+/-CBSLABRTWPK20111Buster...
View Article2012 A.L. First Basemen
The story coming into 2012 was that first base was going to be a monster position in the American League. Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder were going to take an already strong position and make it even...
View Article2012 N.L. First Basemen
If you have any kind of memory at all, you'll remember that the biggest baseball story of the offseason from a fantasy perspective was the shift in first base talent from the National League to the...
View Article2012 A.L. Second Basemen
Last year at the end of my American League second base write-up, I predicted that the play in 2012 would be to pay more for the top dogs.The play this year is going to be paying more for the big four...
View Article2012 N.L. Second Basemen
No one ever says it, and probably few even think it, but second base in the National League is a consistently deep and solid position.Ten Most Expensive N.L. Second Basemen...
View Article2012 A.L. Shortstops
One odd reason I like Rotisserie baseball better than the real life version is that we seldom waste too much time arguing about what a guy is worth.Top 10 A.L. Shortstops...
View Article2012 N.L. Shortstops
I haven't focused much on expert prices in this series of retrospective articles. Primarily this is because while the prices used to be an interesting exercise in highlighting expert league...
View Article2012 A.L. Third Basemen
Relative to what these players earned in 2011, the expert market was super optimistic about them coming into 2012.Ten Most Expensive A.L. Third Basemen 2012#Player$Sal+/-CBSLABRTWPK20111Jose...
View ArticleThe Two-Year Plan
Over in my mailbag, David asks:How do you approach an auction when you're planning to dump this year and contend the following year?I have to admit that I started trying to craft an answer to this...
View Article2012 N.L. Third Basemen
When fantasy baseball owners are bidding on players, do they consider values from the year before or are they more likely to spend based on how the position has historically performed?Ten Most...
View Article2012 A.L. Outfielders
Once upon a time, American League-only fantasy owners spent a big chunk of their money on their outfields. Those days are disappearing.Ten Most Expensive A.L. Outfielders...
View Article2012 N.L. Outfielders
Remember the panic that ensued when Prince Fielder followed Albert Pujols out the door and into the American League last winter? What everyone seemed to miss or failed to understand is that first base...
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