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17 Results for fantasy baseball

Playing with Numbers: Discussing pitchers' values

AJ Mass, Special to ESPN.com

AJ Mass follows up last week's column on hitters' values by discussing the value of pitchers.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 11, 2008

Playing with Numbers: Power profiles revisited

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks back at some stats that mark a consistent power hitter to see who's in line for a bump or decline in home run production.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 29, 2008

Playing With Numbers: Fantasy versus reality

AJ Mass, Special to ESPN.com

AJ Mass discusses whether or not fantasy leagues using 4x4 scoring are closer to real-life than other leagues he's come across.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 14, 2008

Playing with Numbers: The 'real' value of relief pitchers

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at how reliable relief pitchers can be by analyzing how well they can keep runners from scoring.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 08, 2008

Playing with Numbers: Buy low, sell high with Runs Created

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass revisits the Runs Created stat to help figure out who is set to rise and decline in the second half.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 01, 2008

Playing With Numbers: Revisiting the Pierre Rankings

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks again at how much do stolen bases really affect fantasy value by using his Pierre Rankings.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 24, 2008

Playing with Numbers: VORP

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

A.J. Mass discusses the concept of VORP and how it can be used in fantasy.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 17, 2008

Playing With Numbers: Notable home/road splits

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at the players with the most notable and extreme home and road splits this season.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 10, 2008

Playing with Numbers: Sometimes it's all about team

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at the RC-27 stat and how much hitters are influenced by the players around them.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 06, 2008

Playing with Numbers: Earned runs versus actual runs allowed

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at how fraudulent a stat earned run average can be in determining a pitcher's value.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 26, 2008

Playing with Numbers: Do bad teams shut it down in September?

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at whether bad teams shut it down or turn it up in September with some interesting results.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 19, 2008

Playing With Numbers: Every pitch counts

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass explores the often misunderstood pitch-count statistic and reveals that not all pitch counts are created equal.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 03, 2008

Playing With Numbers: Complete games out, vulture wins in

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at how irrelevant complete games are as a fantasy stat, as well as the rise of vulture wins.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 27, 2008

Playing With Numbers: The power of patience

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at look at three key stats that make up the makeup of a power hitter, and who does and doesn't fit the bill.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 20, 2008

Playing with Numbers: SECA and you shall find

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass breaks down secondary average (SECA) and discusses how it can be used to find fantasy value.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | April 28, 2008