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Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Primer for 2024
FAAB stands for “Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or Bidding).” It is the process of adding new hitters and pitchers to our fantasy baseball rosters in exchange for hitters and pitchers we have chosen to drop. Most fantasy sites, including NFBC, run FAAB once a week, Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last decade, […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: The MTM $5k Ultimate Draft (3/20)
Cue music from Field of Dreams. Me: “Is this heaven?” Hotel receptionist: “No, it’s Robbinsville.” March 16, 2024, I had the extreme pleasure of traveling to Robbinsville, N.J., to draft in my highest stakes live event of the year, the MTM Ultimate. Administered by the NFBC, the MTM Ultimate is the brainchild of Mike “The […]
Mike Mager
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: Prospects Making Noise in Spring Training
We’re nearing the end of spring training, and big-league rosters are taking shape. Some of those rosters include some of the top prospects in the game that can make fantasy impacts in 2024 and beyond. We’ve been talking about guys like Wyatt Langford, Jackson Holliday and Jackson Chourio frequently this offseason and during spring training, […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
2024 MLB Season Preview: American League
There are at least another eight months of “World Series champion Texas Rangers,” and as a long-suffering Rangers fan, I’m going to soak up those eight months of the 2024 MLB season like mad. The Rangers might win again! They also might win 70 games. Either way, I don’t care, because I remember jumping around […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
2024 MLB Season Preview: National League
There are at least another eight months of “World Series champion Texas Rangers,” and as a long-suffering Rangers fan, I’m going to soak up those eight months of the 2024 MLB season like mad. The Rangers might win again! They also might win 70 games. Either way, I don’t care, because I remember jumping around […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/18)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes or other relevant nuggets. We’ve got you covered! AL East Tampa Bay Rays: Josh […]
Lucas Biery
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Digging into ADP Underperformers
In the interest of full confessions, I don’t especially like writing pieces about the known quantities in drafts. It’s far sexier to me to try to find the next star-in-the-making, the outfielder at pick 465 in a draft-and-hold who returns value like a top-150 player. But while scouring for deep sleepers is fun, it’s not […]
Robert Orr
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Who is This Year’s Yelich?
“The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.” – Pliny the Elder No matter what format we play, the name of the fantasy baseball game is profit. We set ourselves up for league championships by correctly identifying ADP/AAV (market) inefficiencies – targeting the positive and letting our opponents fall for the negative. Our […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/14)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: Stacking the Bench (3/13)
Your fantasy baseball snake draft has been going on for hours, or maybe you just finished a long, 23-round auction. At this point, you might be getting a little tired — if not physically, then mentally. You can almost taste that post-draft dinner, or drinks, or dinner and drinks. All that remains is to draft […]
Mike Mager
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: Outfield Prospects to Target
After a couple weeks of discussing my favorite 2024 draft targets (hitters and pitchers), we shift back to the prospect world to finish my prospects to target entering 2024 series. Previously, I discussed some of my favorite pitching and infield prospects to target at various spots in my rankings and now we’ll be heading to […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/11)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Closers and Relievers
This is the seventh and final part of my preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different from VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP rankings […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Informed Main Event Category Targets
Most experienced fantasy baseball managers have looked at 80% targets for the various fantasy contests we’re pursuing. For the uninitiated, the idea is that if you aim for capturing 80% of the points in your fantasy baseball league, you’re in excellent shape to win or at least be strongly in contention. Similarly, for NFBC […]
Todd Whitestone
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/7)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: Fades at ADP
There’s a place down the street from me called Amy’s Omelette House. They are famous for having over 200 different omelets on the menu. And that’s just omelets. They also have pancakes, waffles, eggs, you name it. It’s just an absolute monster of a menu. Having ordered there for years, I’ve memorized all the […]
Adam Young
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: Prepping for the Main Event (3/5)
This article is intended to assist subscribers preparing for their first NFBC Main Event league, with a particular emphasis on drafting live. The recommendations advanced, however, also can apply to fantasy managers drafting online and in leagues other than the Main Event. For the uninitiated, the NFBC Main Event is the premier high-stakes fantasy […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: ‘My Guys’ for 2024 — Pitchers
After discussing “My Guys” on the hitter side last week, we’ll be climbing the mound for the pitcher version in this week’s Crossed Up here on FTN Fantasy. I’ve found myself targeting the below pitchers heavily this season due to being undervalued, possessing a high ROI possibility, or both. Usually both. These names are at […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Best Fantasy Baseball Team Names for 2024
Drafting players, setting lineups, working the waiver wire … it’s all hard. But the hardest part of the fantasy baseball season might be the first part: Your team name. You want to be interesting. You don’t want to be too esoteric. You don’t want to have the default (my brother-in-law’s team name has been […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/4)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops, and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes and other nuggets. We’ve got you covered! AL East Baltimore Orioles: Colton Cowser (OF), […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Starting Pitchers
This is the sixth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Original Rosters: What Every MLB Team Would Look Like if Trades and Free Agency Didn’t Exist
There are so many things that go into building a Major League Baseball team. Even if you started with a full system of players you had drafted and signed, there would still be coaching them up, trades, free agency. There are so many ways of acquiring players who are already pros. But what if there […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (2/29)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: ADP Market Watch (2/28)
Following recent articles examining player share diversification and KDS strategy and draft mapping, it’s time to turn back to players whose ADPs are rising or falling materially. This time, we will focus on NFBC Online Championship leagues, which are 12-team, 30-round contests with weekly FAAB and an overall component. The purpose of these articles is […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: ‘My Guys’ for 2024 — Hitters
Going into every fantasy baseball draft season, most of us already know the players we’re going to be targeting heavily in drafts. The “initial targets” if you will. Then, a second grouping of players gets added to the mix due to their respective ADPs being too good to pass up. Throw it all together with […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (2/26)
Spring Training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops, and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes or other valuable nuggets. We’ve got you covered! AL East Baltimore Orioles: Cole Irvin […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (2/23)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: ADP Pockets (2/22)
We’ve all been there. Your hand is on the mouse, but your body is frozen. You stare at the computer screen. Three names are staring right back at you. You could make a case for any of those players. But which one? You shift your focus to the top left of the screen where […]
Adam Young
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Outfielders (Part 2)
This is the fifth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: KDS Strategy and Draft Mapping (2/21)
Kentucky Derby Style is the feature that the NFBC utilizes to assign draft spots in the vast majority of fantasy baseball leagues. Instead of assigning draft spots on an entirely random basis, KDS allows fantasy managers to rank their desired spots in order of preference. KDS then randomly selects teams, and they are assigned, in […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (2/20)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
FTN
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: Infield Prospects to Target
The start of spring training brings plenty of hope throughout the baseball world, both in the major leagues and the minors as well. For the minor leagues, a lot of that hope gets focused on certain prospects progressing in their development or taking a step forward from the previous year. Most of that is considered […]
Eric Cross