Mark Blakemore returns! Rounding off the good value options that I can see in the middle and back end of drafts. As in the previous article these are aimed at typical 5×5 roto leagues. We did most of the infield
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FIGHT! 2018
As we ramp up to the beginning of the 2019 season, one thing Baseball players have demonstrated over and over is that they’re good at keeping grudges (Lest we forget that in 2017 Hunter Strickland plunked Bryce Harper in retaliation
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TGFBI Draft – Process, Results and Thoughts
This year I have the great privilege of taking part in The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational, thanks to Justin Mason for allowing me and some of my fellow Bat Flips and Nerds in. Of the 21 leagues I was placed
Read moreFantasy Roto – The Standings Gain Points Approach
This article will be a summary of the Standings Gain Points (SGP) approach to Roto fantasy baseball and I will use the TGFBI (The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational) as the draft I used it for to show you how. There
Read moreStats Must be put in context
Earlier on this week I saw a tweet that annoyed me; I know shock of horrors that a user gets annoyed on Twitter. It wasn’t the baseball usual of someone defending a wife beating player/owner or saying minor league players
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Fantasy Value Options – Part 1
Making a welcome return to blogging, Mark Blakemore… As we enter fantasy draft season I thought I may mention some of those value options that you may be able to find at the back end of some drafts. Often it’s
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Stud Flop Bingo
Ryan Owen is the founder of RotoTrix – A UK based fantasy baseball rankings, advice and musing website. He is also unfortunate enough to be in the same TGFBI league as our own Tom Pringle. One of the things that
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Baseball chinwag with Al Melchior
If baseball analysts had nicknames, Al Melchior would be the professor, so it was not surprising to discover that he is a former political science professor from Florida International University. Al has been writing about fantasy baseball since the turn
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Baseball chinwag with Nando di Fino
Welcome to the third article in our series of quick chats with our favourite people in the baseball broadcasting and fantasy baseball world. Nando Di Fino is a multi-award winning writer, analyst, host and producer who has worked for, among
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“Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring!” – A Spring Training Guide
Spring Training has technically begun, you may have been seeing the phrase “Pitchers and Catchers” being floated around. This is when (wait for it) the pitchers and catchers report and begin their throwing and catching programs. They generally take a
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