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2014 Player ID Map Update
Draft day has come and gone, but if you’re looking to keep up-to-date with the Player ID Map, I’ve run a significant number of changes through the file. In addition to adding rookies that should have...
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New Tool – Historical Batting Lineups By MLB Team
Where a player hits in the lineup matters. For every spot a player moves down the order (lead off to second, fifth to sixth, etc.), that player loses approximately 0.1 plate appearances per game, or...
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In Season Player ID Map Update
I’m preparing to roll out another resource that will hopefully help bring clarity to your in-season moves (I think it’s going to be big!). In preparation for this, I’ve gone through and done a Player...
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Tool Review – FantasyBaseballAlerts.com
I’m in four leagues this season. Only one of which has weekly lineups. So that leaves me with three teams with daily rosters to manage. I’m also trying to dip my toes into the strategy of platooning...
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The Difficulty In Aggregating Projections
Now that we’ve established that we can benefit from combining multiple projection models into one, let’s take a look at the challenges this presents. I’ll also give brief explanations of how you can...
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How To Calculate Projected Standings For Your Draft
So you’ve got a great set of projections, rankings, and dollar values. This is great for draft preparation. But how do you take this information and use it during the draft? Is there a way to monitor...
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New Excel Tool – SGP Slope Calculator
I can’t believe it took me so long to think of this! In this post I’ll share a new Excel template I created to help calculate your SGP factors (or SGP denominators). One of the very first posts I wrote...
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Easily Combine Multiple Projection Systems
After over a year of working on this and getting feedback from a very helpful group of SFBB readers, the “Projection Aggregator” Excel file is finally ready! The Projection Aggregator is an easy to...
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How to Add Average Draft Position Info to Your Spreadsheet
I think you’re gonna like this one. In this post I’ll show you how to link live average draft position information from the web into your draft spreadsheet. Every time you open your rankings file it...
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Check out the updated SFBB Resources Page. Now that the season is underway and you no longer need to exert so much energy on draft preparation, it’s a great time to read a book, check out in-season...
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FanDuel Name, FanDuel ID, and Draft Kings Name Added to Player ID Map
Short and sweet update here… Columns for “FanDuelName”, “FanDuelID”, and “DraftKingsName” have been added to the Player ID Map (click to download the Excel file). FANDUELNAME, FANDUELID, and...
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New Tool – MLB Team ID Map
Here’s a not so hypothetical scenario… You have downloaded a CSV file of player salaries from DraftKings or FanDuel. You pull that information into Excel. Your goal is to take the “Opponent”...
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Important Player ID Map Update
I’m a little biased, but I think the Player ID Map is an invaluable tool. But if I’m being honest… it has a really big weakness. When I make changes to it, there’s not a great way for me to get that...
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Start Preparing for the 2016 Season
Whether it’s creating your own projections, averaging them with other popular projection systems, creating your own rankings and dollar values, or calculating points-league player values, now is the...
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An Important Lesson and How to Resolve VLOOKUP Errors
Let me come clean. I screwed up. And it likely will cause you to see errors in your spreadsheets. That’s the whole reason for this post. Having trouble with VLOOKUP error messages? This post should...
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Updates to the Player ID Map – Ottoneu ID and Baseball HQ ID
I’ve recently made some notable edits to the Player ID Map that should be helpful to many. Added a field for “OTTONEUID”Added a field for “HQID” (for Baseball HQ player IDs)Updated “POS” column to...
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Player ID Map Updated for 2016-17 Offseason
It’s been awhile. But, yes, I’m still alive! And if you’re like me and itching to start thinking about and preparing for next season, you’ll be excited to know the SFBB Player ID Map has been updated....
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Start Preparing for the 2017 Season!
It’s time! Are you getting the itch to start thinking about fantasy baseball again? Are ready to take on a new challenge this year and calculate your own rankings or create your own projections? All...
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Check out the updated SFBB Resources Page. Now that the season is underway and you no longer need to exert so much energy on draft preparation, it’s a great time to read a book, check out in-season...
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FanDuel Name, FanDuel ID, and Draft Kings Name Added to Player ID Map
Short and sweet update here… Columns for “FanDuelName”, “FanDuelID”, and “DraftKingsName” have been added to the Player ID Map (click to download the Excel file). FANDUELNAME, FANDUELID, and...
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