Exploiting Fantasy Recency Bias with Future Projections
In sports, we must always look forward. We’re in a particularly dangerous stage in the baseball season right now: enough games have been played where we start to overweight year-to-date (YTD) production, thinking that what a player has done so …
Fantasy Baseball Strategy: The Art of the Stream
I remember my first matchup of the fantasy season. It was fantastic, a 9-1 gutting of the now fifth-ranked team in the league. I sat back in my chair at work and thought to myself, “Ryan, you’re a genius. You …
Sorry, Blake Snell, But You Weren’t Snubbed
First, I should disclose: I like Blake Snell. I think he’s good, man. He checks nearly all of the boxes for a top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher. Good fastball? Above average velocity for a left-hander at 96 MPH: check. Nasty off-speed pitches? Elite curveball and …
How to Predict Your Fantasy Baseball Standings
As we meander roughly halfway through the baseball season, no matter where your fantasy team is at in the standings, there is always more work to be done. Keeping with the theme of overcoming life’s malaise, sometimes you just need to sit …
Toronto Blue Genes: Guerrero, Bichette, Biggio
With all the success the motion picture industry is having these days with sequels, it’s no surprise Major League Baseball is following suit. Just look at all these young players whose fathers played in the big leagues. Baseball is a …
Roto Pope Podcast, Ep 9: Special LeBron James Decision3 Edition! Warriors Dynasty, Midseason Fantasy Baseball Assessment, Seinfeld!
Sean Burch (@seanb44) and Foul Territory’s Fantasy Baseball writer Aaron Sauceda (@RotoPope) engage in various topics for the latest episode of the Roto Pope Podcast, including: Dad Talk Big Moves to Boise LeBron (or #LaBron?): Where’s he going? Warriors Dynasty: …
RotoPope Podcast, Ep8: Colangelo BurnerGate, Under-Performing Hitters, Cavs/Warriors Part IV
Sean Burch (@seanb44) and Foul Territory Fantasy Expert Aaron Sauceda (@RotoPope) engage in various topics for the latest episode of the Roto Pope Podcast, including: Interesting Musings New @RotoPope Twitter handle (1:05) Bryan Colangelo #BurnerTwitter fiasco (1:59) LiAngelo Ball tries …
Roto Pope Podcast, Ep 7: RamenGate, Cavs/Warriors?, Dodgers Trending, Seinfeld!
Sean and Aaron engage in various topics for the 7th episode of the Roto Pope Podcast: RamenGate, Graduation Congratulations NBA Playoffs: Sean/Aaron Picking Cavs, ChubP3 Goes Down, Warriors/Rockets Fantasy Baseball: Dodgers Trending Back Up, Aaron’s Next Piece Seinfeld Top 10 …
Five Under-Performing Hitters to Buy Now
For years, my strength in fantasy baseball has been cobbling together quality pitching staffs and identifying good pitchers before the rest of the market. On the other side of the coin, my teams have been consistently lacking on offense! This …
Roto Pope Podcast, Ep 6: “Roto Pope Jr.” Guest, Celtics Dissent, Dodgers Struggles, Quarter-Season Baseball Stories, Seinfeld
Sean and Aaron engage in various topics for the sixth episode of the Roto Pope Podcast, including a guest appearance by “Roto Pope Jr.” Anderson Sauceda (@AndersonSauceda): Mike Francesa Update NBA Playoffs: Aaron Lambasted for Wanting Celtics, Sean Bets Rockets, …