Alright, so I’ve been messing around with this fantasy baseball thing for a while now, and let me tell you, it’s a whole different ball game when you start taking it seriously. I decided to dive deep into the rankings over at FantasyPros, and boy, was that an eye-opener.
First, I logged onto the FantasyPros website. I mean, you gotta start somewhere, right? Then I looked for the rankings section. This year, I’m in a couple of pretty competitive leagues, so I knew I needed to up my game. No more just picking players I like – I needed a real strategy.
Getting My Hands Dirty with Expert Data
The cool thing about FantasyPros is that they pull in rankings from a ton of different “experts.” I’m talking about like 60 or more. You can see what all these different folks are saying about each player. I spent a good chunk of time just browsing through those, trying to get a feel for the general consensus. Who’s hot, who’s not, that kind of thing.
Then, I started playing around with the import feature. You can actually pick your favorite experts and create a custom cheat sheet based on their rankings. So that’s exactly what I did. I picked out about five or six experts whose opinions I generally trust and imported their rankings into a single sheet. Makes things way easier during the draft when you’re on the clock.
Tiers, Glorious Tiers
But it didn’t stop there. FantasyPros also lets you customize these rankings with tiers. Basically, you can group players together based on how valuable you think they are. So, you might have a top tier with your studs, then a second tier with your solid starters, and so on. I spent another hour or so just tweaking these tiers, moving guys up and down based on my own gut feeling and some late-breaking news I’d been reading.
- Logged onto the FantasyPros website.
- Looked for the expert rankings.
- Spent time browsing to get a feel for consensus.
- Picked out favorite experts.
- Imported their rankings to create a cheat sheet.
- Customized rankings with tiers.
- Tweaked tiers based on gut feeling and news.
In the end, I ended up with a cheat sheet that I felt really good about. It’s got all the expert data, but it’s also personalized to my own preferences. We’ll see how it plays out during the actual draft, but I’m feeling a lot more prepared than I was last year. Maybe this is the year I finally take home the championship! Wish me luck!