Sabermiketrics

When I last talked about fantasy baseball, I focused on the best way to draft catchers. Essentially, I realized that the few offensively-talented catchers were sandwiched between superior players, so it would make most sense to draft the best players available. The goal of course is to draft a team with the highest projected points that I can possibly get, so passing up on better players didn’t make sense. I looked at the “net rank” for catchers, which is how they ranked in projected points minus how they ranked in ADP. This approach made the most sense to me because if I was drafting a catcher with the best net ranking, I knew I wouldn’t be hurting my team by drafting them in their ADP with better players potentially available. This made sense but over time, it started driving me a little mad with a flaw it had. This chart that displays the 2017 fantasy season among position players, starting pitchers, and relief pitchers should explain why: There are a few takeaways fr...