I think the fantasy rankings is a must if you are going to be successful here. It seems the majority of the discussion takes place in those types of articles. I don’t think you need to publish updated stats but updated rankings might be a good idea. I think one of the things that separated PP from the rest of the websites out there were how often they updated their rankings. You could definitely make the case they updated them too often due to the extreme fluctuations that sometimes occurred but you will probably get a lot more hits if you update them periodically.

Since you seem to lean towards the NL (4 of your 5 leagues being NL only), it will probably be important that either you publish an equal amount of AL articles or John adds another fantasy writer that can cover that. I’m not saying you can’t cover AL (I’ve never read your stuff) but I think the majority of posters here seem more interested in AL than NL if they had to choose. From time to time fantasy discussions pop up and it just seems people are more interested in AL players/prospects.

If John would allow you to set it up, I think weekly/bi-weekly chats would probably be a good idea. The AQA threads would work but I think John could use a push towards chats, podcasts, etc.

If anything in fantasy young players are overvalued as everyone chases the next big thing but more earn less than projected early on. I would like to read some analysis on positional value of rookie players in relationship to risk/reward for a SP- MI-C etc and $$ amounts are good buy prices vs too ambitious or in draft leagues, round analysis and how many young players is too much. In on line leagues there’s always 1 guy who drafts all the prospects (non keeper league) Strasburg early and every other rookie hype then has no counting stats for 2 1/5 months even if players do pan out.- basically how to define true value of prospects in fantasy- outside the big names where is the value found?

Second, as MLB rosters become more and more pitching heavy - what are some rule variations to tweak dwindling position player free agent pools especially in deep leagues.
The standard fantasy set up 9 pitchers and 13 position players is counter to how MLB is playing it these days with 12/13 pitchers - are more league increasing # of pitching spots and dropping a position (non C since backup catchers won’t enhance the free agent pool)? Can flex drafting work where teams can go 10 or 9 pitchers and elect not to draft a position player etc

1. Focus on your strengths: try to focus on prospects and their potential/actual impact on their teams and on fantasy teams.
2. Do the rankings: but do them with the minor league prospect slant. Use players closer to the bigs, players most likely to have an impact, and those sorts of things.
3. Listen to your readers: not every bit of criticism but the constructive stuff and the feedback.
4. Maybe we can do a league for the readers!!!
Good luck with your new task

I am all for Fantasy Prospect Rankings. The thing is many Top Prospects are more there for their defensive value. To rank prospects in order of their expected fantasy value instead of overall value would help a lot. I am in three 30-Team Fantasy Leagues with anywhere from 15-30 prospects per team so good prospects are hard to find. (Have a few openings if anyone is interested let me know! )

Maybe fantasy value of players in the draft each year? Not sure how difficult that would be with less information and stats on those players.

I agree. Prospect rankings for fantasy baseball purposes, then monthly updated rankings

Please. I hate having to go to multiple sites to get prospect updates. That would be huge!

So, my situation is that I’m in a league or three that has a minor league system of 25 guys or so. Everyone in the league is pretty savvy so the most obvious guys are long acquired, and even the guys that emerge throughout the year are also picked up quick.

So my particular need with regards to fantasy AND minor leaguers is to identify the minor leaguers who are emerging, before everyone else knows about them! Obviously, an extremely difficult task and it will be hit or miss, but I for one would appreciate someone (anyone) trying to do that. For example, Chris Archer, Trey McNutt, Devin Mesoraco, Rubby de la Rosa, and many others emerged at some point during the year, from absolute (or nearly absolute) nobodies to tippy-top prospects.

I don’t need to know that Mike Trout, for example, is a good prospect. He is already long gone, it’s those emerging dudes who would be very helpful to know about.

I don’t know if this is what you want to focus on for this website, but I think it is a definite need for those who are in to fantasy AND minor leaguers.

I look forward to your work, no matter what you choose to focus on. Welcome!

looking forward to reading your thoughts…I think AQA’s would work really well, Cheers!

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