Michael Florio129 posts

Welcome to a new series here on Fantrax! I am still thinking of a creative name, but basically these articles will drop twice a week and allow you to get inside my statistical mind. I will be covering trends, regression candidates, players to buy/sell and really anything else I find interesting from the baseball season! In this inaugural edition, we're going to on the hunt for cheap power in your upcoming drafts.Fantasy Baseball is an amazing game because there are so many different strategies you can use to build a…

The NFL season never stops. Even though this is technically the offseason, there is still free agency, the NFL draft, and before you know it you will be asking who should you start Week 1. That means that Fantasy Football is the game that never sleeps. With the big free agency splashes mostly wrapped up it is time to start looking ahead to the NFL draft.After all the signings, we now have a better sense of what positions teams will be looking to address in the NFL draft. I will be discussing this from a skill position…

Last year I started to research what was better for your fantasy team; pitchers who can give you elite per inning numbers or those reliable pitchers who wouldn’t pitch as well but would give you a lot more innings. What I found in my research was that the elite per inning pitchers were better in Roto leagues. What I mean by elite per inning, is when these pitchers pitch, you are going to get ace-like numbers. My prime example for this is Rich Hill, who will always gives you a strikeout per inning, a great WHIP and an ERA…

Antonio Brown’s tenure in Buffalo was over before it started! Instead he will be ditching the black and yellow for the black and silver! Unless you are a Raiders fan, all you really care about is his Fantasy value, right? I mean I am a Bills fan and the first thing I thought of was “Happy to root for him, likely not drafting him.” You may be thinking that had everything to do with Josh Allen and the Bills offense, but that is just a part of the story.Before I even break down the opportunities he may have with the…

The NFL Combine has always been interesting to me. I fully understand that it is important to know how athletic a prospect is when teams are considering paying them a lot of money to, ya know, be athletic. But I also think it is interesting to see how a player's stock can be affected. After years of college tape and watching a player develop and perform, so much can be impacted by seeing them on a field without pads on!The NFL combine is also sort of that for fantasy football players. Look, I get it during the NFL season…

Rankings are overrated. There I said it! Yes, they are useful when you are on the clock and debating between a couple of players. Yes, rankings are super helpful in allowing players the ability to review them, learn the player pool, or values players. That is how rankings should be used. But ultimately, you should customize them to fit your thinking. Overall rankings are COMPLETELY overrated. As you draft, you know your team and your needs. Do you need a second baseman? Go and look at which ones are the highest ranked at…

There was once a time where the Kershaw Conundrum was where in the first round do you draft him. There was no question of whether or not you should trust him. There was no questioning what number starting pitcher off the board he should be. There was simply, how many hitters can you select before pulling the trigger on Kershaw.Hell, it was just in 2016 I wrote an (unpublished) article on why Kershaw should be the No. 1 pick in 2017. At that time, his ability to give you elite numbers in all four categories he impacts.…

This is it… the final piece in my points league sleepers and busts for hitters! If you are not familiar with the previous columns (I mean… how are you not by now?!?) I wrote about every position and how you can use Batter K-BB rate to find sleepers. I also address the other aspects that makes a good points league hitter, such as those who hit a lot of doubles, who walk a lot and limit strikeouts (as you know already), and those who give you a solid amount of Runs+RBI, as you get a point for either, so you don’t have to worry…

Hopefully by now you've caught the rest of my Points League Sleepers series, and buy into the great aspects of points leagues. You also know there are certain things that can make a player better in points leagues than say Roto leagues and vice versa. Steals are a huge category in Roto leagues. But because in most leagues they are only worth two points well… like in the MLB, they just aren’t as valuable. Walks don’t help you in Roto leagues but are a huge part of points leagues. Strikeouts lose you points and you get…

Hopefully by now you've caught the rest of my Points League Sleepers series and buy into the great aspects of points leagues. You also know there are certain things that can make a player better in points leagues than say Roto leagues and vice versa. Steals are a huge category in Roto leagues. But because in most leagues they are only worth two points well… like in the MLB, they just aren’t as valuable. Walks don’t help you in Roto leagues but are a huge part of points leagues. Strikeouts lose you points and you get rewarded…