Hitting for the Cycle
A Sunday Review - January 9, 2022
📖 What I’m Reading:
How I Won the Pallazzo Podcast Invitational - Richard Sands
Richard goes through his experience and process of drafting, managing, and winning the Enrico Palazzo Podcast Invitational overall title for the 2021 season. The article is a great introduction for folks interested in playing in the NFBC Draft Champions format.
🎧 What I’m Hearing:
CBS Fantasy Baseball Today podcast - NFBC Roster Construction & Draft Strategy w/ Jenny Butler! (12/30 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
NFBC veteran player Jenny Butler provides insight into how to plan for a draft that provides for flexibility. Jenny explains her positional target flow charts, and how that has led her to drafting successfully balanced teams in high-stakes games. Jenny’s roster construction process and advice is really about actually writing down a plan of different player draft scenarios to see where that leads you before actually drafting a team with real money on the line.
📊 Metric of the Week:
K-BB%
The percentage of batters that a pitcher strikes out minus the percentage of batters that pitcher walks. League average K-BB% is approximately 14%. In terms of pitching metrics, this is one of the main statistics used to evaluate pitchers, especially for their in-season performance.
💬 Quote of the Week:
“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” - Carl Jung