I’m proud to announce RotoValue is offering a free trial period for its 2013 baseball commissioner product. Just visit the RotoValue Store, enter and confirm your e-mail address, and click at the box at the bottom to create a new league. We’ll send you an e-mail to let you claim your account, and you can… Continue reading RotoValue MLB Commissioner – No Obligation Trial
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Projected Playing Time Comparison
My last post effectively compared projection systems by how well they predicted player skill level: I scaled each projection to match 2012 actual ab/ip, but used the rates each system projected to generate stats. Tango asked if I could run the reverse, a comparison where I used prorated actual 2012 stats but kept only the playing… Continue reading Projected Playing Time Comparison
Playing-time Neutral Projection Comparison
In response to Jared Cross’s suggestion, I’ve done one more set of RotoValue comparisons of projection systems. This time, I’m taking players’ actual 2012 AB or IP, and scaling the projections from each system to match that level of playing time. Also, since commenters Rudy Gamble and mcbrown were asking for ZiPS data, I’ve included that… Continue reading Playing-time Neutral Projection Comparison
Revised Projected RotoValue Comparison
Tom Tango highlighted my previous post on comparing computed RotoValue prices from projection systems, and he and others in the comments had some good suggestions for improving the player pool. So I’ve run some more data with slightly different sets of players. First, for each league configuration, I’m simply using the top 230/240 players in the… Continue reading Revised Projected RotoValue Comparison
Comparing Projected 2012 RotoValue Prices
I’ve previously compared five MLB projection systems for batting and pitching rate statistics, comparing the projections for 2012 with actual data. This post will compare 4 systems by looking at the RotoValue prices for a given projection stat set and league setup compared with actual 2012 data for the same setup. The four systems I’m testing will… Continue reading Comparing Projected 2012 RotoValue Prices
2013 MLB Projections, Take 1
I’ve revamped the RotoValue projection algorithm for 2013, and uploaded a first cut to the RotoValue web site. Here’s the top 20 players in a 5×5 mixed league format (click on the image to see the interactive page): This model is based largely on Tom Tango’s Marcel, but for pitching I force BABIP to be… Continue reading 2013 MLB Projections, Take 1
NL Top 10 RotoValue 2012
Giants’ catcher Buster Posey was a clear winner of the NL MVP voting, but he was not the most valuable player in standard rotisserie formats. In both traditional 4×4 and 5×5 leagues, last year’s NL MVP Ryan Braun was the clear best player. Ironically, Braun won the MVP balloting last year, while being clearly behind Matt… Continue reading NL Top 10 RotoValue 2012
RotoValue Pricing Primer
Steve “Dr. A” Alexander bemoans the variety of fantasy basketball leagues, which makes ranking players in general basically impossible: I’m in 11 hoops leagues this year, and every single one is different. There are Rotisserie, Head-to-head and Points-based leagues. There are 30-team leagues and there are eight-team leagues. There are five-category scoring leagues, and there are… Continue reading RotoValue Pricing Primer
2012 AL Most Valuable Pitcher
On Saturday I posted the RotoValue top AL batters for both a 4×4 and 5×5 league, and noted that no pitchers ranked in the top 10. Today’s post lists the top prices for pitchers. As before, this is a 10 team 4×4 league with a $30 salary cap for 28 players (10 active pitchers, plus a… Continue reading 2012 AL Most Valuable Pitcher
2012 AL Rotisserie MVP
While the AL MVP debate goes on, in Rotisserie baseball numbers are the entire point. So who was better, Miguel Cabrera or Mike Trout? Here’s how RotoValue ranked batters for the Park Slope Rotisserie League, a 10 team 4×4 league that just finished its 25th season: The league has a 28 player roster, starting 24:… Continue reading 2012 AL Rotisserie MVP