Tout Wars Draft & hold is a 15-team, 50-man roster “Draft Champions” style slow (the slowest) draft. Once the draft is complete there are no FAAB periods – your team is your team for the entire season. Tout Wars, similar in fashion to LABR, is a room full of some

If by chance you’re unfamiliar, LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality), is one of the oldest and highest-profile fantasy baseball leagues around. It’s apples-and-oranges with the NFBC Main Events and high-stakes leagues currently offered, which are probably considered more “high-profile” these days. LABR started back in 1994 when John Hunt,

Welcome back to another year of fantasy baseball preparation. Some enthusiasts have been grinding since the 2023 regular season ended and some are just about to set sail on their 2024 journey. This is an article I publish just about every year to share how I typically start my research

Sometimes the numbers are so overwhelmingly obvious that there is no sense in offering commentary to that end. Bill Dahlen is not only the most qualified shortstop not in the Hall of Fame. Is the most qualified player that is not connected to PEDs or gambling that is not in

When we get to third base, we get to one of those positions where we find a player that can have his situation rectified fairly easily. Scott Rolen has been on the ballot for three seasons and had his percentage jump to 35.3 percent in year three. If it jumps

The common refrain from the traditionalist and average fan is that they know a Hall of Famer when they see one. They don’t need fancy numbers to tell them who deserves to be in. The funny thing is that these folks often then quote numbers to argue their point. I’ve

One of the challenges of Hall of Fame analysis is bridging the gap between what the public wants and what the numbers bear out. The Hall of Fame Indexwas designed to crystallize the debate. One of the problems we often find is that people end up trumpeting players that have

The main idea behind The Hall of Fame Indexis that the question of whether any individual player is a Hall of Famer is the wrong question. The real question is which player is the most qualified player not in the Hall of Fame. This can only be broken down by

We finally get to the pitchers. This is the last of our series of articles where we compare current players with those they are similar to. In this edition we actually get a two for one. There are two active pitchers that are similar according to the Hall of Fame

One of the dichotomies in baseball analysis is the difference between counting numbers and value numbers. Even when you consider rate statistics it becomes interesting to see what happens when we shift from conventional numbers into value numbers. That can clearly be seen when we look at the career of