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How are we
unique?
Let us count the ways.
1. We place our entire emphasis on “value
drafting.” Simply, each pick in a draft or auction must have a chance
to accrue some positive value if a winning team is to be assembled.
Our methodology is completely pointed towards this goal. Our VIP
Pyramid explains this approach in more detail.
2. We utilize cutting-edge statistical methods
in pursuit of fantasy sports value. Specifically, we use a statistic
for baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, drag racing and NASCAR
based on the concept of
standard deviation from the mean. The linked explanation of the
concept in Wikipedia
is a bit complicated, but we include it to show the intellectual foundation
of our work. What does it mean in simpler terms? Imagine, if you
will, a spectrum from left to right, with zero in the middle of the
spectrum. Numbers to the left of zero are negative, while numbers to
the right of zero are positive. For each commonly utilized fantasy
statistical category in a given sport (i.e. home runs in baseball), we
calculate this standard deviation from the mean number, and then add up the
numbers from all of the categories (making necessary adjustment) to find a
composite score. In so doing, we measure production on a per-at bat or
per-innings pitched basis in baseball or per-game or per-race basis in the
other sports and NASCAR. This statistic allows you to measure exactly
how much some players help you in some categories (i.e. Adam Dunn’s home
runs or Ichiro’s batting average) and exactly how much some players hurt you
in some categories (i.e. Adam Dunn’s batting average or Ichiro’s home runs).
While nothing that happens the previous season is a completely reliable
predictor for the next season, this statistic offers the most accurate
baseline possible in terms of measuring productivity.
3. We work very hard to guide you towards
acquisition of breakout players in every sport. Ascendant players are
a vital component of any fantasy sports championship team, not least of
which because they can be acquired later than proven talent. The key,
of course, is proper identification of emerging talent, and that is a major
focus of our operation.
4. We cover not only the major fantasy sports,
but the widest variety of niche sports anywhere. Any sport is more fun
to follow if you have a direct competitive interest – and we help you to do
so with draft boards and suggested league guidelines.
5. We identify useful patterns across different
fantasy sports. For example, if you are playing fantasy hockey for the
first time, there are some principles from fantasy football that may be
applicable as well.
6. We bring you the information you need about
the similarities and differences across the wide spectrum of fantasy sports.
We work across a variety of media platforms, with each working in perfect
symmetry. In addition to the content on our website, we maintain the
FantasyDrafthelp.com blog and we produce a wide array of programming for
SportsTalkNetwork.com. We even cater to non-sports as well as
sports interests shared by many fantasy sports players in the form of THE
FDH LOUNGE, our Sunday evening program on
SportsTalkNetwork.com. Everything we do is motivated by an intense
competitiveness and desire to uncover new, useful and fascinating
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Where we've differed
from the conventional wisdom -- and our readers have benefited
Our draft boards always contain a component we
call the "experts' draft board." This is a consensus ranking of
several leading fantasy magazines and websites. Many times our
rankings more or less coincide with this measure of the conventional wisdom
-- but sometimes they do not. In those instances, we provide for you
an assessment of players we think are overvalued and undervalued for that
year.
In this space, we will highlight specific
instances over the past few seasons in various sports where we have broken
with the conventional wisdom. You will see two numbers next to each
player in parentheses. The first one represents our ranking for the
player that year at his position. The second one represents his spot
on the "experts' draft board."
2007 Baseball -- Values We Helped You Find
^ Nick Markakis (28, 36)
^ Russell Martin (4, 8)
2007 Baseball -- We Warned You About Them
^ Bronson Arroyo (44, 24)
^ Luis Castillo (25, 13)
^ J.D. Drew (41, 30)
^ Marcus Giles (18, 9)
^ Tadahito Iguchi (16, 7T)
^ Richie Sexson (18, 11)
^ Chad Tracy (20, 11)
2006 Baseball -- Values We Helped You Find
^ Jermaine Dye (22, 30)
^ Scott Kazmir (29, 44)
2006 Baseball -- We Warned You About Them
^ Hank Blalock (15, 8)
^ Mark Buehrle (24, 12)
^ A.J. Burnett (28, 14)
^ Sean Casey (26, 15)
^ Coco Crisp (32, 21)
^ Jim Edmonds (38, 31)
^ Freddy Garcia (45, 25T)
^ Brian Giles (47, 22)
^ Shawn Green (49, 37)
^ Jason Kendall (16, 11)
^ Matt Morris (42, 34T)
2007 Football -- Values We Helped You Find
^ Brett Favre (12, 16T)
^ Jason Hanson (7, 13)
^ Eli Manning (8, 13)
^ Adrian Peterson (18, 32T)
^ Kellen Winslow (2, 7)
2007 Football -- We Warned You About Him
^ Vince Young (14, 9)
2006 Football -- Values We Helped You Find
^ Joseph Addai (26, 33)
^ Kellen Winslow (8, Not on the Experts' Draft
Board Top 15)
2006 Football -- We Warned You About Them
^ Deion Branch (35, 22T)
^ Lamont Jordan (11, 6)
^ Michael Vick (15, 10T)
2006 Hoops -- Values We Helped You Find
^ Josh Howard (21, 30)
^ Andre Iguodala (16, 23)
^ Tony Parker (15, 28)
2006 Hockey -- Value We Helped You Find
^ Mathieu Schneider (5, 17T)
2006 Hockey -- We Warned You About Them
^ Jose Theodore (16, 11)
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