GM's OFFICE: The Iowa Caucuses
Jan 22 2016
Earlier this week, I attended the Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s winter conference in Dallas, TX. The conference traditionally hosts the first Experts’ Draft of the season. This draft is sort of the Iowa Caucus of the pre-season industry draft calendar: perhaps in the grand scheme of things it isn’t as meaningful as more prominent events like LABR or Tout Wars. But its placement on the calendar ensures that it gets a good bit of attention in its own right.
This is my first year in this league; for that matter it's my first time attending this conference. Ron Shandler has been our long-time representative in this event; he and my co-GM Brent Hershey have drafted a team here for the past few years. But this being the first draft season...
Almost!
You’re just a few clicks away from accessing this feature and hundreds more throughout the year that have a singular goal in mind: Winning your league. Subscribe to BaseballHQ.com here!
Already a subscriber? Sign in here
More From GM's Office
A look back at successful 2025 BaseballHQ projections for pitchers.
Oct 10 2025 3:01am
Oct 10 2025 3:01am
A look back at successful 2025 BaseballHQ projections for hitters.
FREE
Oct 3 2025 3:01am
FREE
Oct 3 2025 3:01am
The 2025 fantasy baseball season is over, but once again, BaseballHQ.com writers fared quite well in industry and expert competitions. Here's the details.
FREE
Sep 30 2025 10:09am
FREE
Sep 30 2025 10:09am
Our annual sorting exercise for 2025's outlying performances, the first step in trying to refine our processes for 2026.
Sep 29 2025 3:03am
Sep 29 2025 3:03am
We get a lot of questions about the accuracy of our Starting Pitcher Matchup Scores tool. So we spent the All-Star Break conducting a validation of the scores we posted in the first half of the season. Results inside...
FREE
Jul 18 2025 3:04am
FREE
Jul 18 2025 3:04am
