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Anthony A. Perri is the founder and the resident "Stats Nerd" here at Fantistics. Anthony is the designer of the Fantistics Projections, Grading, & the VAM drafting strategy models. His fantasy expertise has been published in several national publications, and can be heard on their nationally broadcast SiriusXM (ch87) Fantistics Sports Radio Show. Anthony has an MBA and worked as a quantitative analyst within the investment industry from 1986-1999. Transplanted from New York (still a Mets and Giants Fan), he currently lives in Arizona with his wife Mary , daughter Hannah, and son Adam. Having won a "trophy room" of Fantasy Sports Championships over the last 25 years, he hopes to continue to lead you in the same direction.

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    Fantasy Baseball ADP Movement March 3rd

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    Outfielder Sabermetric Projection Notes 2018 - Part 1

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric Indicators that shape our player projections in our 2018 Draft Advisory Program. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2018 Outfielder projections: OF Brinson, Lewis All...

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    Pitcher Sabermetric Projection Notes 2018 - Part 1

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric Indicators that shape our player projections in our 2018 Draft Advisory Program. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2018 Pitcher projections: P Anderson, Chase BABIP...

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    2017 Sabermetric Notes: Second Basemen

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2017 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2017 2nd Basemen projections: Kipnis, Jason As...

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    Pitcher Sabermetric Projection Notes 2017 - Part 2

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2017 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2017 Pitcher projections: Liriano, Francisco Struggled...

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    Lift Me: Players that could see a rise in HRs in 2017

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    Outfielder Sabermetric Projection Notes 2017 - Part 1

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2017 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2017 Outfielder projections: Fowler, Dexter The move...

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    Pitcher Sabermetric Projection Notes 2017 - Part 1

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2017 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2017 pitcher projections. Below is a small...

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2017

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    Catcher Sabermetric Projection Notes 2017

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2017 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2017 catcher projections: Gattis, Evan Heavy flyball hitter...

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    2017 Second Basemen Sabermetric Projection Notes

    Sabermetric analysis is and has been the foundation of our Fantasy Baseball player projections since 1999. This analysis along with our founding concept of position scarcity, has helped us achieve superior consistency in projections accuracy. All of which can...

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    Lift Me: Players that could see a rise in HRs in 2016

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    Sorting through the ADP Movers

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2016

    Advanced Scoring Weights Fantasy Baseball

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    2016 Shortstop Projection Sabermetric Notes

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    Welcome to the start of the 2015 MLB season!

    Welcome to the start of the MLB season! Tonight when the Cubs host the Cardinals at 8PM ET, the season officially gets underway. Below is our weekly Coaches Meeting, researched by our Shane Cole, for Week #1. Play Ball!...

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    Weekly Player Consistency

    Player Consistency Several years ago we introduced Consistency Factor and it's implications in  Head to Head and Daily leagues, as well as all Fantasy leagues regardless of their scoring setup. We run and update this piece every season because of...

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    2015 Shortstop Projection Sabermetric Notes

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    2015 Catcher Projection Sabermetric Notes

    Sabermetric analysis is and has been the foundation of our Fantasy Baseball player projections since 1999 Sabermetric analysis is and has been the foundation of our Fantasy Baseball player projections since 1999. This analysis along with our founding concept...

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    2015 SiriusXM FSTA Fantasy Baseball Draft

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    May Pitcher Rankings 2014

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    Historical Fantasy Baseball Values 5x5

    Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of the 2014 fantasy baseball season! With Pitchers and Catchers reporting in a few short weeks, one of the ways I open a new season is by taking a look back at the previous...

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    2013 Mid Season Rankings / 3YR 2nd Half History

    As we move beyond the all star break, it's time to set our sights on the 2nd half. Every season we come across players who unexplainably perform at higher or lower levels during certain periods of the season. One...

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    June 2013 Fantasy Pitcher Rankings

    In our continuing series on player recommendations, the latest edition of Strategy Manager + highlights the pitchers who are deviating from their projected production this season. On the ranking sheet (Pitcher Rankings for June) you will find 5 tiers...

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    Updated Pitcher Rankings

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    The June MLB Fantasy Pitcher Rankings

    MLB Fantasy Pitcher Rankings