CREATiVESPORTS.com > Mike Ladd’s High and Tight
We have an ever-increasing pool of fantasy information out in the world, but it is hard to compile and thus rarely referenced. I’m talking about the actual results of actual fantasy leagues.
Mike Ladd of CreativeSports.com has a story in today’s newsletter that analyzes the early-round drafting strategies of the players in the World Championship of Fantasy Baseball drafts and looks to see if any particular strategy is a winner.
It’s really not a huge surprise that no distinct three-round strategy emerges as a clear winner. The sample size issues, as Mike points out, would make it awfully hard to draw strong conclusions even if there was a lot of agreement from league to league. And there isn’t. But I do think it’s meaningful that the first pick in each of the top ten team’s drafts was a power hitter.
And while this story won’t blow your mind, it is a very solid effort that points the way to increasing efforts to find out what actually happens in fantasy leagues. There is still too much debate about position scarcity, for one.
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