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Fantasy Baseball
April 22, 2026 / April 22, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
How a season gets defined is largely by how you respond to the inevitable ups and downs of a 27-week fantasy baseball grind. This week was about as low as it gets. Rather than wallow in what happened, we’re going to keep fighting and start clawing our way back up the standings. This isn’t the […]
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April 14, 2026 / April 14, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
It wasn’t the strongest week overall for our NFBC Main Event squad, and there are real weaknesses we need to address going forward. The goal is simple: make the best possible decisions each and every week and grind our way to a league title. If you’re new here, each week I walk you through my […]
April 7, 2026 / April 7, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Welcome back to the NFBC Main Event Tracker. If you’re new here, you can find the first installment of the series here, where I broke down my entire draft thought process as I assembled the squad competing for the $200,000 NFBC Main Event prize this year. Last week, I recapped everything that happened during the […]
March 31, 2026 / March 31, 2026 by Dave Shovein | 2 Comments on Dave’s NFBC Main Event Tracker: Week 1 Review
Welcome back, fantasy baseball fans. First, if you missed it, check out my NFBC Main Event draft recap. I broke down my entire draft process as I put together the squad gunning for the $200,000 overall NFBC Main Event prize this year. Each week in this space, I’ll walk you through my full process: how […]
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March 27, 2026 / March 27, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
If you read my articles, you probably know how passionate I am about fantasy baseball. One of my dreams in life is to win the most prestigious event in what I consider to be the best hobby in the world – the NFBC Main Event. This past Saturday, I had the privilege of drafting my […]
March 19, 2026 / March 19, 2026 by Dave Shovein | 1 Comment on Fantasy Baseball Sleepers and Busts for 2026 Drafts – Outfield
MLB Opening Day is quickly approaching. Our biggest fantasy drafts are here. Today we look at fantasy baseball sleepers and busts in the outfield. We already covered sleepers and busts at: A draft strategy article followed sleepers and busts for each position. Outfield strategy will be available soon. This series picks players that are undervalued […]
March 14, 2026 / March 14, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
In this series, we review fantasy baseball ADP (average draft position) to help formulate a draft plan at each position. We can identify the tiers or groups of similarly ranked players to understand position depth. Plus, we try to identify players to target and players to avoid at their current draft cost. We covered catchers, […]
March 9, 2026 / March 9, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Here is the fifth in my fantasy baseball sleepers and busts series. We covered catchers, first base, second base and shortstop, plus published a draft strategy article for each position. Now it is time for third base sleepers and busts. This series identifies players that appear to be undervalued or overvalued relative to their current […]
February 28, 2026 / February 28, 2026 by Dave Shovein | 1 Comment on 2026 Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy & ADP Analysis – Shortstop
In this series, I look at ADP (average draft position) to help develop my fantasy baseball draft strategy at each position. I’ll attempt to highlight where the tiers fall at the position, players to target, and players to avoid at their current draft cost. If you missed any of the previous instalments, check out catchers, […]
February 20, 2026 / February 20, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Welcome back and welcome to the fourth in my fantasy baseball sleepers and busts series. We already covered catchers, first base and second base. Now we are on to sleepers and busts at the shortstop position. This series identifies players that appear to be undervalued or overvalued relative to their current market prices in fantasy […]
February 15, 2026 / February 15, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
In this series, I look at how 2026 fantasy baseball ADP (average draft position) is shaping up at each position to develop a draft plan. I started with catchers, then first base, and now we are looking at ADP for second base. I’ll attempt to highlight where the tiers fall at the position, areas of […]
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February 11, 2026 / February 11, 2026 by Mike | Leave a Comment
After I made Fantasy Baseball Draft Buddy available for download for the 2026 season, a user politely asked, “what is with all of the strike through text?” (and green triangles). Heck. That is due to Microsoft Excel’s Error Checking feature. And one specific error check applies to Draft Buddy, Excel thinks the formulas are displaying […]
February 9, 2026 / February 9, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Greetings once again baseball enthusiasts and welcome to the third edition of fantasy baseball sleepers and busts. If you missed the first two instalments, check out the catcher sleepers and the first base sleepers. Each week I’m going to break down a different position, highlighting a couple of options that appear to be incredibly under-valued […]
January 27, 2026 / January 27, 2026 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Entering a fantasy baseball draft without any type of plan at all is a sure recipe for disaster. One of the most important tools at the disposal of any fantasy manager is average draft position (ADP). It’s the data that gives everyone insight into the going rate for each player in fantasy drafts. In this […]
December 16, 2025 / December 16, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Welcome back fantasy baseball enthusiasts. This is the second edition of fantasy baseball sleepers and busts for 2026 drafts. The first time we covered catchers. Now we are on to first base. Identifying sleepers and busts involves highlighting players that appear to be undervalued or overvalued relative to their current prices in fantasy drafts. Our […]
December 13, 2025 / December 13, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Even for the most casual players, entering a fantasy baseball draft without any type of plan at all is a sure recipe for disaster. One of the most important tools at the disposal of any fantasy manager is average draft position. It’s the data that gives everyone insight into the going rate for each player […]
December 4, 2025 / December 4, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Greetings fantasy baseball enthusiasts. This is the first edition of fantasy baseball sleepers and busts for 2026 drafts. To start things off, let’s look at the catcher position. Identifying sleepers and busts involves highlighting players that appear to be incredibly undervalued or overvalued relative to their current prices in fantasy drafts. Our multi-site Average Draft […]
November 19, 2025 / November 25, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
In the first two instalments of this 2025 fantasy baseball recap series, we took a deep dive to see how the Top 75 players actually performed relative to their ADP (part 2). We are using last season’s NFBC Main Event average draft position data. In part three, here, we’ll look at the next five rounds […]
November 12, 2025 / November 25, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Last time I reviewed the Top 30 players based on 2025 fantasy baseball ADP, comparing their actual production last season. Who met or exceeded expectations, who disappointed, and why? This is important analysis to make sure biases and fuzzy memory of events don’t creep into our preparation for 2026 fantasy baseball season. Now we’ll continue […]
November 5, 2025 / November 25, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Greetings party people in the place to be. Whether you’re riding high off of a fantasy baseball championship and are champing at the bit to get a head start on the 2026 season. Or, if you’re coming off a miserable season and are looking to turn the page and get that bad taste out of […]
August 21, 2025 / August 21, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Welcome back to the ongoing saga of my 2025 NFBC Main Event team, posting weekly updates. This is the week 21 recap and week 22 prep. We are getting to the end of this 27-week marathon of a fantasy baseball season. Did we miss an update last week? Yep, things happen. Unfortunately, there were no […]
August 5, 2025 / August 5, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Welcome back to the ongoing anthology of my 2025 NFBC Main Event team, posting weekly updates. This is the week 19 recap and week 20 prep. We are approaching the final turn of this 27-week marathon of a fantasy baseball season. We mistakenly kept saying 26 weeks up until now. Since last week, we didn’t […]
August 3, 2025 / August 3, 2025 by Dave Shovein | Leave a Comment
Greetings fantasy baseball enthusiasts. The MLB trade deadline proved to be more active than usual with an unprecedented amount of players swapping jerseys. Lets walk through it all and explore the fantasy implications from each of those moves to get you caught up as you plan your FAAB bids and get ready to set lineups […]
July 30, 2025 / July 30, 2025 by Dave Shovein | 2 Comments on Grinding It Out – Tracking My NFBC Main Event Week 18
This is the ongoing recap of my NFBC Main Event team, posting weekly updates. It is week 18 (recap) and week 19 (prep). We are getting to the home stretch in this 26-week marathon of a fantasy baseball season. It wasn’t the worst possible week that we could have had, so that’s at least a […]
