And so closes another fantasy baseball season. Some of you hoisted championship trophies. More of you did not. Depending on the group you fall into, I offer congratulations or a thank you for playing.

This was a significant season for me, for a number of different reasons.

I hoisted the Championship in my NL only league
I finished 3^rd in the Blog Wars league hosted by the RotoExperts, my first “expert” league.
I committed the fantasy baseball blunder of the century.

Just as important as looking back on the performance of my fake teams is going to be looking back on the projections and rankings made before the season started. I want to know how I did there. So during the playoffs, I’m going to go back and look at what projections I made and then compare them to the numbers at seasons end. We’ll see where I had hits and misses and then count a final score. For the record, I’m anticipating a lot of misses. For fun, we’ll keep a tally like win-loss-tie. I’ll try to be as far as possible. If you disagree, let me know.

So, the first 5 players I projected…

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Playoff Push

Written by Matthew McMillen on 06 September 2012.

Well here it is... A new article. Sorry to leave you all hanging so long. That was pretty irresponsible of us.

Anyhoo...this is the last week of the season for head to head leagues (for most leagues anyway I imagine) and in roto leagues you still may have a category or two to make a move in to pick up some points. Are there any players you can look at that have picked it up lately, or have favorable match ups in the coming weeks that can help you out? Yes. If I said No, this would have been a very short article. All of the ownership percentages that follow come from Yahoo!.
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Hamels Stays & Hanley Goes

Written by Mark Schruender on 25 July 2012.

At first glance the tendency is to look at the new ballpark that Hanley Ramirez will play in and say this is bad for fantasy owners. Marlins Park has proven to be a better than average hitter's park and we know historically that Dodger Stadium hasn't been great. I don't care. This is a good trade for Hanley owners. He needs a change. He's hit under .250 for more than 162 games now. Maybe he needs a pennant race. Maybe he needs a large market. Maybe he needs his old position. I don't know, but I know that the status quo wasn't working.

Cole Hamels to the Phillies. Obviously it makes sense long term. Hamels has the 15th best WAR among pitchers since 2010. It doesn't sound that impressive, but there are 30 teams in Major League Baseball. He would be an ace on half of them, and thus a 28-year-old free-agent-to-be deserves to get paid. More money than any NL pitcher in history. For fantasy purposes this isn't good. Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence probably won't be on the team in a week and the Phillies will continue to provide lower than expected run support for their pitchers. Also, Hamels doesn't have that mental pressure to pull a Sabathia and get every cent that he deserves in the final rehearsel before winter meetings. Anyway here are some links to discuss the issue...

Hanley a Steal for Dodgers

Hamels Paid Like an Ace

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