How To Fix NBA Tanking Tanking, intentionally losing to improve a team’s draft lottery odds, has become endemic in the NBA. My friend Joe Voyticky and I propose modifications to the NBA season and its draft structure to give teams positive incentives to win even for weaker teams with little or no chance to compete… Continue reading Anti-Tank Weapons
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2026 MLB Crystal Ball
While I mostly do projections to try to value fantasy players, one side effect is that in projecting wins, saves, and holds for pitchers, I also estimate team wins. So here are this year’s standings based on RotoValue projections: AL East Won Lost Pct RS RA Red Sox 87.9 74.1 0.543 650 596 Yankees 85.8… Continue reading 2026 MLB Crystal Ball
Suspended Animation
In major league baseball, a suspended game is a game which is started on one day but continued from the point of suspension on a different day. When a game spans more than one day, when should the statistics for that game count? For most sites, it seems they put the stats for the game… Continue reading Suspended Animation
MLB Predictions 2023
Opening day! The start of the major league season is upon us, and RotoValue has predictions for how it may go. These standings are derived from the individual RotoValue statistical projections for the players in each organization. While there has been plenty of player movement, overall RotoValue thinks the six division winners from 2022 are… Continue reading MLB Predictions 2023
MLB Crystal Ball 2022
Opening day! When hope springs eternal for every major league baseball fan. Each team is tied for first (and last) place for what will almost assuredly be the final time. Which teams will rise, and which will fall? RotoValue has some predictions. Using the model that forecasts player performance, and aggregating across each roster, I… Continue reading MLB Crystal Ball 2022