Fantasy Baseball Analysis Draft
KFFL's Fantasy Baseball Analysis Draft (BAD) brings you behind the scenes
and provides you with the mindset behind why a certain player is selected
where. Whether you are a rookie to the game or a savvy vet, you can always
pick up something new to add an extra wrinkle or two to your fantasy baseball
strategy each year.
Our 12-team, 28-round fantasy baseball league draft will bring you pick-by-pick
coverage along with a detailed analysis of why each selection was made.
As with every draft, there are always a number of directions in which to
go or philosophies to utilize. Our mission is to help educate you about
why we went in a certain direction when we did by sharing what we were thinking
at the time of the selection.
This is not a "mock" league, either. This is a real fantasy baseball league
that will be played out over the course of the 2011 season, so everyone
involved is drafting with the sole purpose of putting together the best
possible team. Around here, bragging rights are everything - as is the taunting
- so you can be sure each participant will be putting his best foot forward
to stand out.
Like a pick? Hate a pick? Loving the way a certain team is rounding out,
or do you think a team is ready to be fed to the wolves? We encourage you
to share your feedback at the bottom of each round.
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BAD Round Analysis
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Participants
- Doug Anderson, RotoExperts.com
- Ray Flowers, Baseball Guys
- Eriq Gardner, FantasyBallJunkie.com
- Steve Gardner, USA Today
- Collin Hager, FantasyPros911.com
- Joe Hamrahi, Baseball Prospectus
- Tim Heaney, KFFL.com
- Ryan Lester, Lester's Legends
- Nicholas Minnix, KFFL.com
- Harold Nichols, Baseball HQ
- Jeff Paur, RTSports.com
- Pasko Varnica, Mastersball
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League Participants and Websites
Ray Flowers, Baseball Guys
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http://www.baseballguys.com/
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Co-host of the Fantasy Drive on Sirius 211 and XM 147 Radio (Mon.- Fri., 5-8 PM EDT), Ray Flowers' personal website is BaseballGuys.com where he breaks down statistics, dishes out fantasy advice, and tries to keep up with the pulse of the game. Never afraid to be irreverent or to voice opinions that aren't popular, Ray uses BaseballGuys as his bully pulpit to inform the baseball community of everything that is relevant in the world of baseball. Oh, and if you're looking for a laugh, don't be afraid to stop by the BaseballGuys.com to see what funny hat Ray is wearing in one of his Around the Horn videos.
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Harold Nichols, Baseball HQ
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http://www.baseballhq.com/
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Led by expert Ron Shandler, BaseballHQ.com (since 1996) and the Baseball
Forecaster (since 1986) represent the longest running fantasy information
service in the industry. They are the pioneers of "fanalytics," the
first to develop sabermetric applications for fantasy league play.
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Joe Hamrahi, Baseball Prospectus
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 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/
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Since 1996, Baseball Prospectus has been providing
coverage of baseball in print and online. Today, BP produces the
leading website for baseball analysis and a New York Times bestselling
annual book. Baseball Prospectus is read by all 30 major league
baseball teams, and has been syndicated by ESPN and Sports Illustrated.
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Pasko Varnica, Mastersball
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 http://www.mastersball.com/
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Founded in 1997, Mastersball is a leader in providing in-depth strategy, analysis, research, and applications to the advanced fantasy baseball player. Our Platinum offering includes regularly-updated projections, profiles for hundreds of players, 5x5 league draft software, minor league player rankings and much more. Mastersball continues to offer plenty of insightful free content, too, via daily articles and blog postings from our staff of talented writers who are also proven expert league winners.
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Jeff Paur, RTSports.com
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http://www.rtsports.com/
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RealTime Fantasy Sports, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is a top fantasy sports provider. The 2011 football season was the 16th year RealTime Fantasy Sports provided the most comprehensive fantasy football commissioner service around. And this coming year will be the second season RTSports offers pay to play fantasy baseball games, expanding the fantasy world of RTSports even more. RTSports also has unique content, extensive player notes, video updates and a free fantasy football draft guide. RealTime Fantasy Sports is a one-stop shop for all your fantasy needs.
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Collin Hager, FantasyPros911.com
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http://www.fantasypros911.com
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FantasyPros911.com offers free and premium content and in 2011 they introduced the fantasy community to the $1 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide with weekly updates, audio and more. With a 1-800 number for Premium User, FantasyPro911 is right at your finger tips.
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Tim Heaney and Nicholas Minnix, KFFL.com
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http://www.kffl.com/
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KFFL.com has been helping fantasy sports fanatics capture
championship seasons online since 1996. From our award-winning Hot off
the Wire news service through our tiered fantasy player rankings, KFFL.com
has everything the fantasy player needs to dominate their competition. |
Ryan Lester, Lester's Legends
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http://lesterslegends.com
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LestersLegends.com is a fantasy sports site dedicated to helping you win your fantasy baseball league. We offer advice, analysis, information, and guidance to give you a leg up on your competition. We'll help you find gems on the waiver wire, track trends, and discuss the fantasy impact of trades and injuries.
LestersLegends.com also serves your fantasy football and basketball needs.
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Douglas Anderson, RotoExperts.com
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http://www.rotoexperts.com/
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RotoExperts LLC, founded in February 2008, is a rapidly-growing fantasy sports site and content development network. In addition to in-depth coverage of various fantasy sports on its own site, RotoExperts has quickly become a leading provider of syndicated content for some of the most recognized and successful sports sites and publications in the industry. RotoExperts content is featured prominently and regularly on NFL.com, Sirius XM Radio, Yahoo Sports, SI.com, KFFL and in USA Today Sports Weekly. The company is led by inaugural FSWA Hall of Famer Scott Engel and was a winner of two FSWA awards in 2010.
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Eriq Gardner, Fantasy Ball Junkie
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http://www.fantasyballjunkie.com/
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Eriq Gardner is the founder and editor of Fantasy Ball Junkie. He's a weekly columnist at Bloomberg Sports and his writing has also appeared at The Hardball Times, Sports Illustrated, Slate Magazine, and New York Magazine. He specializes in viewing competition through the lens of advanced economic, sociological, and legal theory.
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Steve Gardner, USA Today
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http://fantasywindup.usatoday.com
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The combined resources of USA TODAY, Sports Weekly and USA TODAY.com offer top-quality information and analysis for all types of fantasy baseball players. Steve Gardner spearheads the coverage with his year-round Fantasy Windup blog and in-season Sports Weekly articles, giving readers the latest news and strategy through a variety of platforms - print, online, video, audio and mobile.
Steve started as USATODAY.com's baseball editor in 1999, has written the fantasy column in Sports Weekly since 2006 and is the commissioner of Sports Weekly's LABR experts leagues. Steve started as USATODAY.com's baseball editor in 1999, has written the fantasy baseball column in Sports Weekly since 2006, is the commissioner of Sports Weekly's LABR experts leagues and is the reigning AL LABR champion.
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