For Fantasy
Baseball managers, there are
3 essential components on
draft day that are
absolutely necessary to compete in an advanced league, national
contest, and/or dominate a newly formed league:
1.
Projections/Rankings which come from a reputable source: a group
with a complete understanding of statistical precedence, its
forecasting impact, and the ability to evaluate and access player talent. Most
importantly, projections that cover more than 5 categories.
Projections that are updated daily throughout the spring....roles
change constantly during spring training and if your source falls
behind, so will your chances on draft day.
Fantistics Player
Projections (7th Baseball Season on the Net)
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Uses a proven
"in-house" mathematical model:
click here for our 6 year track record
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Developed,
Delivered, and Maintained by a professional sports statistician
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Maintains stats
projections on over 1,200 players for the 2005 season
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Projects over 40
player stat categories for the 2005 season (click
here for details)
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Considers both
internal player scouting and advanced scouting directives
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Updated Daily
throughout Spring Training
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Projections are
available both Online (fully sortable database) and through our
projections software
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Fantistics had the most accurate Player Projections in 2004
among the major fantasy forecasting services. For the first time, an
independent group/organization compared player projections from subscription
services, coupling the player projections forecasts on a level playing
field. We’re certainly very proud of the outcome, but humbly not surprised
as our internal comparisons have been favorable since our inception.
Other services included in this study were Baseball HQ, The Sporting News, and
Baseball Notebook. See this
link for details.
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2.
A Draft Strategy that works:
There are "lots of folks with lots of opinions", and there are
"first place finishers" and there are "last place
finishers"....this is not to say there is only one strategy that
works, but when you come across one that works...it's a good idea
to stick with it.
Fantistics Draft
Strategy (VAM)
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Uses a proven
mathematical model that ranks players based on their relative
value: click
here for details of the VAM drafting model.
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Assigns a
forecasting probability to each position, which assures that you
are favoring players on draft day that offer more
predictability.
3.
A valuation model that considers
your league characteristics, and most importantly your league
scoring! Almost everyone posts rankings according to a basic 5x5
category scoring (AVG, HR, R,
RBI, SB - W, S, ERA, WHIP, K),
but that doesn't fit everyone, how about those that play in a
fantasy point leagues (like many of the national contests)...even
in the typical 5x5 scoring league, valuations and rankings can be
WILDLY different depending on how many teams are in your league,
how many positions are drafted, NL/AL or single leagues, any
keeper players, dollars allowed, etc...finally a program that will
allow you to make changes to the player projections.
Fantistics
Fantasy Pro Player Projections Software
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Player projections
are detailed showing every major stat category (click
here for details)
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Player projections
can be changed to your preference and saved
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Player projection
updates are downloaded directly to your program
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Freeze Lists/ Keeper
players are accommodated
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Sort by Multiple
Stat Criteria
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Produces both
Fantasy Point Total/Values and/or Roto Values
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Draft lists can also
consider position scarcity theory (VAM)
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Software also
considers the number of owners in your league, salary cap, and
all your scoring categories
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Customized
Cheatsheets/Ranking Lists can be printed
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Software downloads
in about 20 minutes over a 56k modem connection, databases are
available online as well for those who choose not to download
the software
Still more:
We are much more than just draft day projections, during the year
we mail out daily email player progress and analysis reports
every day of the baseball season. That's 180+ days that you'll
hear from our staff of Fantasy Experts in your inbox. Tell us what
players are on your team and we'll track their news stories and
key fantasy stats on one convenient web page. Need the lowdown
on new rookies or players with new found playing time?...we do
that also....need to know who should be traded early in the
season or picked up?...we do that as well...and how about
14 day pitching rotations that are the most accurate you'll find
anywhere? Even if you are not interested in downloading our
software (apologies to the Macintosh folks), the projections
and dollar values are also posted in a database on the website,
which is completely sort- able by over 30 categories. All of the information is posted on the website, which is
accessible from any computer with an internet connection.
Proudly, we have
aided thousands of Fantasy Champions, and over 75% of this year's
members will be loyal subscribers, many have been with us
since our inception six years ago. This is a testament of our
commitment to you. So what are you waiting for? The software is
free (available starting on February 1st), download it, play
around with it. When you're ready to
subscribe
you'll get so much more than just the 2005 projections...
