Research
We all "know" that hitters do better in warm weather and pitchers do better in cold weather. But is this really true? Can this be demonstrated by examining how stats vary over the course of a season? And if it is true, what are the implications for managing our fantasy rosters?
May 23 2012 11:03pm
May 23 2012 11:03pm
Is the guy on the right the key to the season for Carlos Beltran and Rafael Furcal?
May 17 2012 11:03pm
May 17 2012 11:03pm
This week we highlight some players who, despite possessing interesting skill sets, have not yet found their way into regular playing time.
May 10 2012 11:03pm
May 10 2012 11:03pm
What if we're wrong, and the marketplace is right, about our All-Value and All-Avoid teams?
May 3 2012 11:03pm
May 3 2012 11:03pm
"Which pitcher do I start?" are probably the most commonly asked words during the fantasy baseball season—whether wondered silently to oneself, asked to a friend, or posted on a message board. In the never ending chase for the elusive win, we all struggle with the decision of who to start and who to bench.
Fortunately, we've got an app for that.
May 2 2012 11:03pm
May 2 2012 11:03pm
What if we're wrong, and the marketplace is right, about our All-Value and All-Avoid teams?
Apr 26 2012 11:03pm
Apr 26 2012 11:03pm
Batters with very large sample sizes show the variation inherent in what we think of as "normal" production.
Apr 25 2012 11:03pm
Apr 25 2012 11:03pm
Each year some players have hot starts, and during the first few weeks of free agent bidding/waiver pickups we have to make decisions about how aggressively to chase these players. At Baseball HQ we consistently counsel owners to have patience and not make decisions on small sample sizes. This article focuses on potential free agents who had a "hot start" in one of the 5x5 offensive categories during the 2009-2011 seasons, and examines the results of investments in those free agents.
Apr 18 2012 11:03pm
Apr 18 2012 11:03pm
Is there more skill to preventing walks than simply throwing strikes?
Apr 16 2012 11:03pm
Apr 16 2012 11:03pm
Continuing our exercise from last week, let's finish up our predictions of 2012's top performers and award winners. This week we'll cover the MVP candidates, and the pitching leaders.
Apr 9 2012 11:04pm
Apr 9 2012 11:04pm
Earlier this year we reviewed historical performance (in the form of RC/G and xERA) across each division and created a strength of schedule metric at the division level (i.e. an average for all teams in a division). In this article, we tackle two refinements to that approach—one improvement is the inclusion of projections (from BaseballHQ.com) to make it a forward-looking indicator. The other is the calculation of the metric at the team level to enable more detailed analysis and better insights.
Apr 5 2012 11:01pm
Apr 5 2012 11:01pm
We all "know" that hitters do better in warm weather and pitchers do better in cold weather. But is this really true? Can this be demonstrated by examining how stats vary over the course of a season? And if it is true, what are the implications for managing our fantasy rosters?
May 23 2012 11:03pm
May 23 2012 11:03pm
Is the guy on the right the key to the season for Carlos Beltran and Rafael Furcal?
May 17 2012 11:03pm
May 17 2012 11:03pm
This week we highlight some players who, despite possessing interesting skill sets, have not yet found their way into regular playing time.
May 10 2012 11:03pm
May 10 2012 11:03pm
What if we're wrong, and the marketplace is right, about our All-Value and All-Avoid teams?
May 3 2012 11:03pm
May 3 2012 11:03pm
"Which pitcher do I start?" are probably the most commonly asked words during the fantasy baseball season—whether wondered silently to oneself, asked to a friend, or posted on a message board. In the never ending chase for the elusive win, we all struggle with the decision of who to start and who to bench.
Fortunately, we've got an app for that.
May 2 2012 11:03pm
May 2 2012 11:03pm
What if we're wrong, and the marketplace is right, about our All-Value and All-Avoid teams?
Apr 26 2012 11:03pm
Apr 26 2012 11:03pm
Batters with very large sample sizes show the variation inherent in what we think of as "normal" production.
Apr 25 2012 11:03pm
Apr 25 2012 11:03pm
Each year some players have hot starts, and during the first few weeks of free agent bidding/waiver pickups we have to make decisions about how aggressively to chase these players. At Baseball HQ we consistently counsel owners to have patience and not make decisions on small sample sizes. This article focuses on potential free agents who had a "hot start" in one of the 5x5 offensive categories during the 2009-2011 seasons, and examines the results of investments in those free agents.
Apr 18 2012 11:03pm
Apr 18 2012 11:03pm
Is there more skill to preventing walks than simply throwing strikes?
Apr 16 2012 11:03pm
Apr 16 2012 11:03pm
Continuing our exercise from last week, let's finish up our predictions of 2012's top performers and award winners. This week we'll cover the MVP candidates, and the pitching leaders.
Apr 9 2012 11:04pm
Apr 9 2012 11:04pm
Earlier this year we reviewed historical performance (in the form of RC/G and xERA) across each division and created a strength of schedule metric at the division level (i.e. an average for all teams in a division). In this article, we tackle two refinements to that approach—one improvement is the inclusion of projections (from BaseballHQ.com) to make it a forward-looking indicator. The other is the calculation of the metric at the team level to enable more detailed analysis and better insights.
Apr 5 2012 11:01pm
Apr 5 2012 11:01pm
