2009 Toolbox
I will organize relevant articles here for the 2009 season.
Rankings
2009 FantasyScope official player rankings
Top 12 first basemen
Top 12 second basemen
Top 12 shortstops
Top 12 third basemen
Top 12 catchers
Top 36 outfielders
Top 50 starting pitchers
Top 40 relievers
Player rankings by fPAR-PECOTA
Projections
FantasyScope final 2009 projections
January 30, 2009 release
November 2008 release
Sleepers
Sleepers: Valuable when they play
2009 Rookie SPs
Hitters: Extrapolation of minor league batted ball data
Hitters: Extrapolating Quad-A players
Good rates, good returns: Hitters limited by playing time in 2008
Case Studies
Interested in a particular player? Check here for a detailed discussion.
RP Chad Cordero
C Victor Martinez
2B Chase Utley
SP Chad Billingsley
SP Joba Chamberlain
Strategy
Positional scarcity in context
Don’t draft pitchers early?
I Need Steals!
Aiming for 3rd place: Team balance
Outside Resources
Fantasy baseball info from other excellent sites.
Fantasy Gameday’s ADP and Scarcity Report for 2009
Baseball Prospectus 2009 PECOTA projections
Bill James 2009 projections (available on individual player pages at Fangraphs.com)
Brian Cartwright’s 2009 Oliver projections (hitters)
Sean Smith’s CHONE 2009 Projections
Tom Tango’s 2009 Marcel projections
Dan Szymborski’s 2009 ZiPS projections
Tim Dierkes’ 2009 RotoAuthority projections
Colin Wyers’ 2009 Marcel projections
Brian Cartwright’s 2009 Quad-A projections (hitters)
