MLB tries to combine fantasy and season predictions

I appreciate the spirit of it, but...yeah, it doesn't turn out well.

about 3 years ago Lefti 3 comments 0 recs |

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Umm

This might work, if fantasay baseball stats actually had any correlation to wins. Most fantasy leagues (BoaB not withstanding) deal mainly with W/L records WHIP and ERA for starters, HRs, RBIs and Batting Average for hitters, and Saves and Holds for releivers. None of those stats indicate how good a player is very well, and none of them have any direct correlation to wins (except for ERA, but it is very flawed).

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by vivaelpujols on Mar 28, 2009 6:47 PM EDT reply actions

And in addition to that

They try to compare teams by ranking their starters, and then assigning more points for a higher rank, which is a completely flawed methodology; if a position is weak throughout the league, it rewards players who are mediocre but better than the peers at their position, and punishes players who are really good but play a position with a lot of other really good players.

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by Lefti on Mar 28, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions