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July 2, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Leaders and Laggards Swing % LEADERS

  Swing metrics are the next frontier of baseball analysis. Five years ago words like BABIP and HR:FB ratio were fairly unknown to most fantasy GMs. Now? You’re at a…

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July 2, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Blown Opportunities Week 12 Edition

The most bitter, saddest evening ever would occur if Vinnie Pestano, Jonny Venters, David Robertson, Francisco Rodriguez and Joaquin Benoit ever hung out together. These guys are more than likely…

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June 26, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Pitch or Ditch, June 28th

There are eight starters(8!) listed as “TBD” at post time. It’s that time of year already? We usually don’t start getting that many TBDs until August.  No Brainer Pitch James…

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June 24, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Leaders and Laggards Pitchers’ K:BB Ratio LEADERS Edition

Strikeouts are good for fantasy baseball and walks are usually bad. Strikeouts help at least three pitching categories. The help you in strikeouts, obviously, but they also lower ERAs and…

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June 24, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Leaders and Laggards Pitchers’ K:BB

Strikeouts and walks matter in fantasy baseball. They especially matter when someone like Brian Matusz has a tasty match up against some team like Oakland or Seattle. You add him to your…

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June 22, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Blown Opportunities Week 11 Edition

We’ve rolled into week 11 of the season. It’s time to start scrounging for saves. League champions have been decided by a couple saves. It’s easier to speculate for saves…

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June 20, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Pitch or Ditch for June 21st

No Brainer Pitch Clayton Kershaw at OAK James McDonald vs MIN Gio Gonzalez vs TB Pitch Vance Worley vs COL Matt Moore at WAS Pitch if you have a strong…

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June 17, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: LAGGARDS Pitchers’ HR:FB ratio Edition

HR:FB ratio is one of the advanced metrics that help us figure out luck how lucky a pitcher has been. Some guys can give up fly balls in bunches and…

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June 17, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: LEADERS Pitchers’ HR:FB Ratio

 HR:FB ratio helps fantasy GMs to figure out which pitchers are getting a little too lucky on fly balls. A fly ball to the cheap seats gets useful pitchers tossed…

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June 15, 2012 posted by Matthew Dewoskin

2012 Fantasy Baseball: Blown Opportunities Week 10 Edition

We’re half-way through June. Chris Perez and Jim Johnson are battling for the league lead in saves with 20 and 19, respectively. These are two guys who everyone was predicting…