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The Fanalytic Rules
- Draft skills, not stats.
- Once you display a skill, you own it.
- This is not a game of precision. It is a game of human beings and tendencies.
- This is not a game of projections. It is a game of market value versus real value.
- Exercise excruciating patience.
- It is easier to be crappy than it is to be good.
- Chronically injured players never suddenly get healthy.
- Right brain dominance has a very long shelf life.
- Poor second halves don't get recognized until it's too late.
- The two strongest forces on Earth are gravity and regression.
- 100% of winnings must be spent on significant others
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You have a late-round seed in next year's draft. It's the first round. #JacobMisiorowski is still available. Are you drafting him? @BaseballHQ @ToutWars
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DON'T ASK.
I'm also a Mets fan, so there's that.
I'm still going to do my darndest to climb out of the cellar — yes, 14th place is still a climb — but realistically, it's going to be a loooong season.
Even if you don't need a telescope to see the teams in front of you, it's tough
Thank you for your kind words. I’m a big fan of FBM too!
@TomMullooly @RonShandler Thank you for reading!
Yes, I am a big fan of Ron as well. I love the skills based profile of his BABS system. And, he definitely has a lot of immense insight. His "continue exercising excruciating patience".
Also I really enjoyed an interview he did years ago on assessing
Does this fantasy rules oddity need review? I have 5 players who qualify at 2B, yet none have played an inning there this year - Polanco, Gorman, Rafaela, Schmitt, Tawa. @BaseballHQ @ESPNFantasy @TheAthleticFS