The Houston Astros are moving to the American league for 2013. This is hardly news – it was announced after the 2011 season, and I did a post about the impact it might have back then. I’ve now updated the RotoValue engine so that the Astros are indeed considered an AL team for 2013 and into… Continue reading Astros to the American League – Revisiting the Impact
kwERA and FIP – A discussion and comparison
At the Inside the Book blog there has been a lot of discussion of FIP and kwERA recently. These are two alternate pitching metrics, developed by Tom Tango, both scaled so that values are similar to earned run average, but which only focus on certain parts of pitching. FIP is “Fielding Independent Pitching”, a metric… Continue reading kwERA and FIP – A discussion and comparison
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
No Power!
Like many on the east cost, we’re without power in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. But at least the hosting provider for rotovalue stayed up throughout the storm, and is now handling the start of the NBA season! So in my limited bandwith (thank you to my neighbor for opening his generator-powered WiFi), I’m now… Continue reading No Power!
Projected Standings
One fun feature of RotoValue is Projected Standings. While we don’t know what the future will hold, we can guess about it, and the page lets you do exactly that. My long-time NBA league had its draft last weekend, and now all the rosters are loaded, so we can see which teams look strongest. So… Continue reading Projected Standings
Peering into the Crystal (basket)Ball
RotoValue computes prices for players given some set of statistics, and using past data, it can tell you how much players were worth last year, or in other time frames. But what matters most is how players will perform in the future. To try to estimate that, I’ve worked on a regression-based projection model. I’ve… Continue reading Peering into the Crystal (basket)Ball
Hybrid Auction/Draft
Fantasy sports leagues typically use either an auction or a draft to allocate players at the start of the season. Drafts are usually faster and simpler, but especially for the NBA right now, where two players stand out far above the rest, they mean that the draft order determines who can own LeBron James or… Continue reading Hybrid Auction/Draft
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