Fantistics Player Projections utilize
a time tested forecasting algorithm that has allowed us to maintain our
status as a leader in fantasy baseball forecasting. Year after year
Fantistics Player Projections are at the top of the various studies
conducted by independent research (2004-2008,
2009 study).
Despite the success, statistical correlation
(see links above) does not tell the entire story. Among other things, to
win a fantasy baseball league, you also need to draft players that are in
line for a breakout season and draft them before the rest of the field.
Below is a partial list of players that
Fantistics went "out on the limb on" in 2009. These are players that
Fantistics felt would have a better season than the rest of the fantasy
community believed was likely during the preseason of 2009.
Next to each players
name is the consensus ADP or Average Draft Position from 5 major online
commissioner services (Including ESPN, Yahoo, CBS). ADP is a
representation of where players are being drafted in individual league
drafts. The result is an average ADP, specifying what round and selection
within that round where these players are being drafted. The results were
normalized for a typical 12 man league. Thus a ADP of 9.11 would represent
selection in the 9th round and the 11th slot within that round.
The column following ADP in the list below is where
Fantistics Software (fantasy baseball projections) ranked these players during the preseason of 2009. The
last column (early) represents the net number of rounds that
Fantistics was ahead of ADP. The bottom line: This is the value that a
Fantistics subscription brought to it's members in 2009.
Back to
the original question, are all fantasy baseball projections and ranking
systems the same or not better than the ADP consensus? You decide...
