Anthony A. Perri

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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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2024

    Hi Folks .auto-style7 { font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; } .auto-style9 { font-size: small; } .auto-style10 { font-family: Verdana; } The 2024 Advanced Scoring Weights Hi Folks, If you play in a Rotisserie league, our Draft Advisory software is designed...

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    2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: 3rd Basemen

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 third baseman projections: Ke'Bryan Hayes...

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    2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Pitchers

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 Pitcher projections: George Kirby (SP-SEA)...

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    2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Shortstops

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 Shortstop projections: CJ Abrams Abrams...

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    Welcome to the 2024 Fantasy Baseball Season!

    Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of our 2024 Fantasy Baseball Season! With a full year of data on the Shift Ban, Pitch Clock, and Size of Bags (base path distance)....pitchers will need to make an adjustment, as league...

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    Comeback, Breakout, & Sleeper Outfielders by ADP

    One of our staples within the Fantistics Draft Advisory product is our annual Comeback, Breakout, and Sleepers analysis. This is where we take a look at some of the players have fallen out of fantasy favor or have been looked...

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2023

    Hi Folks .auto-style7 { font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; } Hi Folks, If you play in a Rotisserie league, our Draft Advisory software is designed to give you the opportunity to favor the more predictable categories in your league.  Instead...

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    2023 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Shortstops

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2023 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2023 Shortstop projections: Wander Franco Franco a...

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    Mid to Late Round Players who will outperform their ADP

    Lets roll through 1 player at each position that we believe will outperform their ADP! C Joey Bart SF The 25 year-old backstop finished with a .215 average to go with 11 dingers, 25 RBI, 34 runs scored, and a...

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    2023 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Starting Pitchers

    With the spring games getting underway, lets dig into the Sabermetric analysis that shape the player projections contained within the Fanitstics 2023 Player Projections Draft Advisory Program. These notes are a small sample of the notes available within the program,...

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    2022 Undervalued Fantasy Outfielders

    One of our staples within the Fantistics Draft Advisory product is our annual Comeback, Breakout, and Sleepers analysis. This is where we take a look at some of the players have fallen out of fantasy favor or have been looked...

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2022

    Hi Folks Hi Folks, If you play in a Rotisserie league, our Draft Advisory software is designed to give you the opportunity to favor the more predictable categories in your league.  Instead of each category having an even "1"...

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    Week 1 Waiver Wire

    It's time to take a look at some of the speculative players that may he available in your league. In future weeks this report will be available in our Weekly Strategy article that is published on Sunday mornings. Top Waiver...

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    Final Week ADP Movers

    As we head into the final week of preseason prep, we turn our attention to the ADP movers over the last 10 days. These are players that are either becoming in favor, or out, based on the most recent...

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    2021 Fantasy Baseball Value Players

    One of our staples within the Fantistics Draft Advisory product is our annual Comeback, Breakout, and Sleepers analysis. This is where we take a look at some of the players have fallen out of fantasy favor or have been...

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2021

    Hi Folks Hi Folks, If you play in a Rotisserie league, our software is designed to give you the opportunity to favor the more predictable categories in your league.  Instead of each category having an even "1" weighting, it's...

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    Welcome to the 2021 Fantasy Baseball Season!

    Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of our 2021 Fantasy Baseball Season! The start of what is expected to be a full MLB season, post the 2020 abbreviated COVID-19 shortened season. As I have written in the past, the...

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    MLB will Play Ball in 2020

    We are living in unprecedented times, a once in a century event has altered us, changing almost every dynamic in our daily lives. Yet in the not too far off distance, a glimmer of hope has reemerged: Baseball! Yes, it...

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    Is Coronavirus (COVID-19) Exploiting Zinc Deficiency?

    What if I told you that this Coronavirus (COVID-19), might be susceptible to one of the most common minerals on planet earth? What if I told you that mineral, is already on the shelves and widely available around the world? ...

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    2020 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Starting Pitchers II

    Today would have been the start of the 2020 MLB season, but as you are probably already well aware of, that start has been pushed forward into an undetermined future. As we endure through one of the most difficult times...

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    2020 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Starting Pitchers

    With the season still out in the horizon, it's a good time to once again dig back into the Sabermetric analysis that shape our projections inthe Fanitstics 2020 Player Projections Draft Advisory Program. These notes are just some of the...

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    Barrels & Exit Velocity

    This morning on SiriusXM Fantasy Radio, we're discussing Barrels & Exit Velocity. Below are some of the player notes contained in our 2020 Fantasy Baseball Draft Advisor Program, highlihgting the guys that stand out in these categories. Barrels According to...

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    HR/FB Rates: Players on the Move 2020

    2020 HR/FB Rate: More than just Batted Ball Speed New baseball data continues to emerge yearly, continually granting us insight into a player's core skill/ability.  Indicators such as HR/FB rates are thankfully no longer looked at as blanket averages. As we have...

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    Welcome to the 2020 Fantasy Baseball Season!

    Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of our 2020 Fantasy Baseball Season! As I have written in the past, the art of MLB player projections continues to evolve. With the advances in data collection, there are new indicators introduced...

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    Helping you Win your Fantasy League

    Below is a Sample of our Season Management Tools: Daily Injury & Player Status Insider Reports - stay caught up with top notch Sabermetric analysis. Best of all it's delivered via email and covers over 80 players on a daily....

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    Pitcher Splits: Changeup Drops

    "Hitting is timing and Pitching is upsetting timing." - Warren Spahn This analysis is about deception. When we talk about splits between between a pitchers fastball and changeup, it's not about the speed of the fastball, it about the...

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    Pitcher Sabermetric Projection Notes 2019 - Part 1

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric Indicators that shape our player projections in our 2019 Draft Advisory Program. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2019 Pitcher projections: Bauer, Trevor Bauer had...

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2019

    Hi Folks Hi Folks, below is our annual review on the correlation/ predictability for the statistical categories that many of us use in our rotisserie leagues.   If you play in a Rotisserie league, our software is designed to...

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    2019 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Shortstops

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2019 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2019 Shortstop projections: Baez, Javier Baez kicked...

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    2019 HR/FB Rates: More than just Batted Ball Speed

    2019 HR/FB Rate: More than just Batted Ball Speed New baseball data continues to emerge yearly, continually granting us insight into a player's core skill/ability.  Indicators such as HR/FB rates are thankfully no longer looked at as blanket averages. As we have...

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    Welcome to the 2019 Fantasy Baseball Season!

    Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of our 2019 Fantasy Baseball Season! 2018 was once again a very good projection year for us, many of our targets went on and had a better than expected season. This was highlighted...

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    2018 3rd Baseman Sabermetric Projection Notes

    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 3rd Baseman projections: Bryant, Kris Bryant...

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    Advanced Scoring Weights for Fantasy Baseball 2018

    Hi Folks, below is our annual review (2018) on the correlation/predictability for the statistical categories that many of us use in our rotisserie leagues.    Over the next few weeks, many  of us are about to draft the fantasy teams...

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    Pitcher Sabermetric Projection Notes 2018 - Part 2

    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: Davies, Zach Zach is...

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    2018 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Shortstops

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2018 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2018 Shortstop projections: Anderson, Tim Anderson's...

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    2018 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: 1st Basemen

    In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2018 Player Projections Software. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2018 1st Basemen projections: Abreu, Jose Abreu...