Fantasy Baseball

Definition

What it's all about (some of this could go to a general fantasy sports page if we think that's the way to go)

History

• Pre-Internet
• Post-Internet

Rules

• Rosters/Player Pool (Size, AL/NL, minor leagues)
• Scoring Systems
  • Roto (link to generalized Roto page)
  • H2H (link to generalized H2H page)
    • Categorical
    • Points
• Stats Used
  • Original 4x4
  • Common 5x5
  • Expanded 6x6 and more
  • Additional available stats
• Player Acquisition (Draft/Auction)
• Year-to-Year Format (Redraft/Keeper/Dynasty)

Strategy

• Knowing your league setup (min/max, positions, exploiting setups)
• Mock Drafts
  • Average Draft Position (ADP)
  • Median Draft Position (MDP)
  • Mock draft sites (i.e. CouchManagers, Mock Draft Central)
  • How to calculate/read/use ADP/MDP
• Draft/Auction
  • Original 4x4
  • Common 5x5
  • Expanded 6x6 and more
  • Additional available stats
  • Roto, H2H, and points
• Waiver Wire/Free Agents
• Trading
  • Buy Low/Sell High
  • Less common Buy High/Sell Low (generally speaking)
  • Luck indicators (link to Sabermetrics?)
• Roster Management
  • Platooning
  • Pitching
• Specific Strategies and applicability to different scoring systems
  • Punting
  • Churning/Streaming
  • LIMA
  • Usage of Splits (Left/Right, Home/Away, Day/Night)
  • Top-Heavy Hitting Draft
  • Top-Heavy Pitching Draft
• Types of Owners
  • Stand Pat
  • Compulsive Add/Drop Guy
  • n00b swindler
  • Lowball Offer Guy

Statistical Indicators

List a brief description of each indicator (how it's calculated, how it should be read), the tendencies of accuracy in each indicator, and what they can mean in analyzing a player's future fantasy value/production.

• Hitters
  • BB% - Walk rate
  • BB/K% - Walk-to-strikeout ratio
  • FB% - Flyball rate
  • GB% - Groundball rate
  • GO/FO - Groundball/flyball ratio
  • K% - Strikeout rate
  • LD% - Line drive rate
  • SB% - Stolen base percentage
  • AB/HR - At-bats per homerun
  • BABIP - Batting average on balls in play
  • GPA - Gross Production Average
  • ISO - Isolated power
  • OBP - On-base percentage
  • OPS - On-base percentage plus slugging percentage
  • Runs created
  • RISP - Runners in scoring position
  • Runs produced
  • SLG - Slugging percentage

• Pitchers
  • BAA - Batting average against
  • BB/9 - Walks per 9 innings pitched
  • ERA+ - Adjusted ERA
  • H/9 - Hits per 9 innings pitched
  • HR/9 - Homeruns per 9 innings pitched
  • K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched
  • K/BB - Strikeout to walk ratio
  • K/IP - Strikeouts per inning pitched
  • GB/FB - Groundball to flyball ratio
  • HR/FB - Homerun to flyball ratio
  • LOB% - Left-on-Base percentage
  • QS - Quality starts
  • WPA - Win probability

• Projection Systems
  • Bill James
  • CHONE
  • MARCEL
  • PECOTA

Ethics

• Lowball Offers
• Injuries
• Collusion
• Vetoes
• Churning/Streaming
• Commissioner Ethics

Fantasy Baseball Game Sites

• Yahoo, CBS, Sporting News, ESPN, MLB.com, etc.
• Features, advantages, and disadvantages of each site

Resources

• Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• Others