Pinch Hit Musings: Reflection Creates Consistency

Reflection is an essential step in finding out who we currently are. How can we know the direction we need to go if we don’t know where we are starting from? Getting into the rhythm of self-reflection is also a great way to establish consistency during the fantasy baseball season as well as in the off-season. You are creating checkpoints in the continuous journey of playing this game.

During the season, a reflection checkpoint could be implementing a weekly tracker for your category targets. This is a helpful way to find out where your team is currently, so that you know what direction via FAAB/waiver wire you need to go in order to improve on certain categories. In the offseason, reflection checkpoints of your team could be very specific. Perhaps, it’s reviewing what underperforming players were injured, or how your FAAB/waiver wire spending process wasn’t very efficient leaving you deficient in that final month.

When you don’t take the time to reflect, it can make seeing the path forward more difficult. This results in making incorrect team management decisions due to a lack of direction as well as just giving up too soon. Having a process of reflection actually helps create the consistency needed to continue grinding a long fantasy baseball season.

As much as the end goal is to win your league and/or win money, it’s having a consistent process that will yield better results over time. The top fantasy baseball players know this well. I believe in their own defined way, they fall in love with the process and the challenges that each season brings. It’s consistency that continually builds the momentum needed to improve your skill in playing this game. Regardless the result of one season ending in a good or bad outcome, what you’re trying to do is get into the habit of becoming the type of fantasy baseball player that is consistent in a process even when that process needs to be adjusted every season.

Also, consistency is not about doing everything perfect. It’s less about hitting a home run every time you work at something, and more about getting up to bat to give yourself an opportunity to get on base. Don’t think of consistency as an all or nothing approach. The more you allow yourself to get into that mindset, the more time you’ll spend on the bench watching the game. When that happens, you rob yourself of the opportunity to truly learn, grow and get better at this fantasy baseball game.

Remember, by reflecting, you’ll become a consistent fantasy baseball player, and consistency will yield better results over the long-term. Simple but not easy.

Thanks for reading. Take care.