UPDATE: The FBS Expert League Enters the Playoff Run!
I have to say this has been an outstanding 1st annual expert league held at Fantasy Baseball Search. Throughout the season we did lose 3 experts for a variety of reasons, but lives change and we roll with the bounces. One of the teams was replaced in April due to lack of being an actual expert and his replacement Chris Farino from Pro Fantasy Games went on to finish in third place in the West division and is now in the playoffs.
There was some drama during the season like most leagues, but all-in-all it was a fun year to play against these outstanding experts.
Before we get to the playoffs I want to say that there were several reasons for hosting and playing in this expert league. We all give great advice on players and strategies, but how is the actual reader/listener suppose to know who are the best experts for them? Every expert is a little different. They depend on similar, but different philosophies to generate their projections and to find the players they think will lead a team to victory.
I though that a benchmark should set to determine if an expert is truly an expert or he is just not as good as he thinks. We all claim championships in unknown leagues that nobody sees, but I think its fair to assume that the readers/listeners want to know if the advice we give not only applies to us, but is proven to win. The benchmark was a 12-team expert league and H2H rotisserie to boot. Meaning that every week was a different strategic match up against a different expert. There can be no excuses. Once the season is over we will cover more on how some of the experts stacked up.
The playoffs are here and we will crown our first champion for the FBSEL. The six teams that made the playoffs are without a doubt 6 of the most outstanding experts in the industry and survived a long hard season to get there.
In the West Division, my team Fantasy Baseball Search won the division and also claimed the best record overall and the best overall expert vs. expert record at 17-5-1.
Sean Sultaire from Fantasy Baseball Geeks finished in second place in the division and second place in overall expert vs. expert match ups at 16-7. Pro Fantasy Games grabbed the final playoff spot in the West Division and won 9 expert vs. expert match ups and 112 games overall.
In the East Division, Tim Dierkes from Roto Authority had an amazing season winning his division by 25 games, gathering 137 total wins and 15 expert vs. expert wins.
RC Rizza from Junkyard Jake who had a rough start to the season and was left for dead by one of the former hosts of my radio show came on to dominate the East Division and show why he is the real deal. Junkyard Jake finished with the most wins (114) outside of a division winner and 11 expert vs. expert wins.
He will play Geoff Stein from Mock Draft Central who played with a strategy that most experts including the same one dogging RC found unorthodox and painfully bad. I liked the strategy and it earned him a playoff spot. Geoff powered his way to this spot with 109 wins and 10 expert vs. expert wins.
So there it is. Pro Fantasy Games vs. Fantasy Baseball Geeks and Mock Draft Central vs. Junkyard Jake. Keep checking our blog. We have much more analysis of how all the experts did and if your favorite expert still deserves that title. We will also analyze the league as a whole.
Good Luck Playoff teams. Not to much, I'm in the playoffs as well.
There was some drama during the season like most leagues, but all-in-all it was a fun year to play against these outstanding experts.
Before we get to the playoffs I want to say that there were several reasons for hosting and playing in this expert league. We all give great advice on players and strategies, but how is the actual reader/listener suppose to know who are the best experts for them? Every expert is a little different. They depend on similar, but different philosophies to generate their projections and to find the players they think will lead a team to victory.
I though that a benchmark should set to determine if an expert is truly an expert or he is just not as good as he thinks. We all claim championships in unknown leagues that nobody sees, but I think its fair to assume that the readers/listeners want to know if the advice we give not only applies to us, but is proven to win. The benchmark was a 12-team expert league and H2H rotisserie to boot. Meaning that every week was a different strategic match up against a different expert. There can be no excuses. Once the season is over we will cover more on how some of the experts stacked up.
The playoffs are here and we will crown our first champion for the FBSEL. The six teams that made the playoffs are without a doubt 6 of the most outstanding experts in the industry and survived a long hard season to get there.
In the West Division, my team Fantasy Baseball Search won the division and also claimed the best record overall and the best overall expert vs. expert record at 17-5-1.
Sean Sultaire from Fantasy Baseball Geeks finished in second place in the division and second place in overall expert vs. expert match ups at 16-7. Pro Fantasy Games grabbed the final playoff spot in the West Division and won 9 expert vs. expert match ups and 112 games overall.
In the East Division, Tim Dierkes from Roto Authority had an amazing season winning his division by 25 games, gathering 137 total wins and 15 expert vs. expert wins.
RC Rizza from Junkyard Jake who had a rough start to the season and was left for dead by one of the former hosts of my radio show came on to dominate the East Division and show why he is the real deal. Junkyard Jake finished with the most wins (114) outside of a division winner and 11 expert vs. expert wins.
He will play Geoff Stein from Mock Draft Central who played with a strategy that most experts including the same one dogging RC found unorthodox and painfully bad. I liked the strategy and it earned him a playoff spot. Geoff powered his way to this spot with 109 wins and 10 expert vs. expert wins.
So there it is. Pro Fantasy Games vs. Fantasy Baseball Geeks and Mock Draft Central vs. Junkyard Jake. Keep checking our blog. We have much more analysis of how all the experts did and if your favorite expert still deserves that title. We will also analyze the league as a whole.
Good Luck Playoff teams. Not to much, I'm in the playoffs as well.
Labels: expert leagues, fantasy baseball websites, Generals, Patrick DiCaprio, Paul Greco, Roto Authority, Tim Dierkes
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Monday, September 08, 2008
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