Well, we kind of lost a bit of the early season momentum and the races became a little less exciting. In particular, Jimbo saw his hitters almost all sent down to the farm or given a spot on the bench. Zorny took advantage of low volume pitching numbers but an exception second half from the…
Recently, one of the measures of a player’s value to a team has been a statistic called WAR – Wins Above Replacement. The idea is to take a fielder’s offensive contributions (batting, base running, etc.) and defensive ability (ultimate zone rating, runs prevented, etc.) to give them a value that tells nerds how many more wins…
With just a month left to play, we can start to imagine what the Tigers’ individual stats will shape up to look like. Who’s having a better year than last? Who’s slumping? Who’s primed for a breakout NEXT season? Who won’t HAVE a next season? (Rumor has it veteran reliever Shinobu Fukuhara will be released.) In our…
The season really is moving along fast now that the 100th game is in the rearview mirror. The team seems to have generated more offense in recent weeks, which means certain statistical categories have seen slight changes. Overall, though, T-Ray’s team continues to rake and rack up big quantity pitching numbers. The best race right now…
All-Star break gives us a good opportunity to evaluate how are teams are doing. Some categories are still up for grabs, while others are moving along in a predictable way. At the end of interleague, we did a mini-add/drop session to help our teams out. For those we added (**), stats only count from June 21st…
We’re a week into June. The draft took place almost exactly two months ago, two weeks into the season. (Click here to see the order in which players got drafted, as well as the rules.) Some players have settled in. Hot starters are cooling off. Cold starters are heating up. But the ladder between the…
The above graphic was created by our very own Zorny. Thanks, mate! Get your stats fix here! These are all the numbers you’ve been waiting for ever since last week’s update! You can find the draft results in this post here, in case you’re new to following this. Also, keep in mind that farm (nigun)…
“Don’t you want it… can’t you feel it, your fantasy… Tigers fantasy…” You can always look back on the original draft order here. We are hoping to allow a time of waiver pick-ups and drops soon, as well. Stay tuned as we may do a special podcast detailing the fantasy season until now and how…
The interesting thing about fantasy Tigers is that even though you want the Tigers to win and every player to do well, you definitely want your own guys to be getting counting stats, and you cheer extra for your own guys! Look at the ever-so-slight difference in team batting average this week! Every hit matters! The…
I’ve decided to go ahead and post this one without any requests for it. I love seeing what the Japanese data analysts have to say! This one comes with a few comments from yours truly as well. I’m going to limit it to the “typical top 6” batters in the order from last season. With…