Looking For a Holiday Gift?

December 11, 2010 at 11:40 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Good news, I’m proud to announce that the 2011 issue of the Graphical Player is now available for purchase. I’ve been working with Heater Magazine for a few years now, a great resource for fantasy players, and every year Heater publishes a yearly fantasy annual. I’ve written the Dodger player captions, of course, but each team is represented by top bloggers from around the country.

Through working with Heater, I’ve been lucky enough to write a weekly fantasy article at Baseball Prospectus, and the combination helped me get to the finals in each of my two main fantasy leagues this year. The Graphical Player book is full of the same stats and graphs you can see in my latest BP article, and it’s a must-have for anyone looking to gain a fantasy edge. As a bonus, here’s an 18-page sample from the new GP book.

If this all sounds interesting, here’s the link to order. The book sold out last year, so act quickly. A rundown of what you can expect in the GP2011:

Graphical Player includes dashboards for over 1,050 ballplayers from both the majors and the minors, chosen expressly for their interest to fantasy leaguers. Featuring analysis from 24 of the web’s savviest baseball writers, Graphical Player is now bigger and better than ever. Key features include:

NEW FOR 2011 Ownership figures for online leagues
NEW FOR 2011 New metrics such as RS% and RBI% for hitters and Lead and Disaster Starts for pitchers
NEW FOR 2011 A mega “Draft Pack” section for easy drafting
NEW FOR 2011 A table comparing each player to his competition at his position
NEW FOR 2011 Four years of factors for Scoresheet Baseball
Projected and historical dollar values for single and mixed Roto leagues, as well as tallies for point-based leagues
Support for a variety of fantasy categories, including Caught Stealing, Complete Games, Blown Saves, Holds, Quality Starts, and more
A unique mini-browser showing five players with similar projections at the same position
Profiles of more than 100 top prospects, with independent rankings from three experts
Full player stats by team for 2010
Four years of career stats for each player, including splits
Minor-league stats down to Single-A for each player for 2010

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Msti why doesnt l.a make a trade for jacoby?please neddie dont even think of trading for quentin!

Comment by Pete guerrero— December 11, 2010 #

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- Because Ellsbury sucks?
  
  Comment by Jason— December 11, 2010 #
  
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- Even John Lindsey is better than him
  
  Comment by DodgersKings323— December 11, 2010 #
  
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  - Wow really? Are you serious? You think Ellsbury sucks!? And that John Lindsey is better!?!?!?!?!?!?
    
    Did Lindsey ever steal 70 bases in one season? – No
    
    Did Lindsey ever hit .301 in Major League Baseball? – Hell no, he’s not near Major League caliber to even be a Major League starter.
    
    Did Lindsey ever lead the league in defensive WAR? – Oh Christ no.
    
    Honestly. It had to be a joke. And I’m going to say it was a joke. If the dodgers could get him, we would want him dearly. Especially since he’s capable of getting on base. I’m sure Mike would want him simply for that reason, considering how much he’s been freaking out over the 2011 team’s inability to get on base. Which is fair to do so.
    
    Comment by Baseball God— December 12, 2010 #
    
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A) RedSox are not going to trade him
B) We don’t want him

Comment by Table— December 11, 2010 #

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Congrats MSTI, but i’m not a “fantasy” type of guy.

Comment by DodgersKings323— December 11, 2010 #

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What r u guys talking about he fast gets on base has a little pop he would be perfect for l.f(his d is a lil weak buts its ok)whats all this love affair with lindsey?(so he finally made to the m.l.b hooray !!lets have a parade cmon please!)were talking about the l.a dodgers not the aaa team a.b.q!

Comment by Pete guerrero— December 12, 2010 #

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