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prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
Hi guys. The Cheatsheet Compiler & Draft Buddy, Baseball Version for 2008, was just uploaded, and the download links are updated on the Baseball Compiler webpage. You can find it at my website, right here.I'm trying to send a newsletter letting people on my mailing list know, but wouldn't you know the normally reliable website I use for the mailing list is currently down. Nice timing
At any rate, for those who have been waiting for the Compiler & Buddy, thanks for you patience. Although I did say previously I wasn't going to make any feature changes for 2008 (for the time being), I did make a couple of key improvements to Draft Buddy. Cheers.
Bud Kilmer
Footballguy
Dusty Rhodes
Footballguy
Pickles sent me an app last year that helped me kick some serious ###, any chance i can get an updated one Pickles?
If you can download a free trial from Rotolab for 10 days, why pay for it?Am I missing something? If my draft is March 21st, why not just exercise my 10 day trial on March 11? Then I have 9 days to play with it and get to know it; and then the 10th day for draft day.Am I not understanding this right or overlooking something?
culdeus
Footballguy
I do not think you get the updated rankings. Though I'm not sure. If you do go this route let me know how it worked for you.
PC Load Letter
Irregardless.
for this weekend. Thanks all 
Mike
Footballguy
The Compiler & Draft Buddy work on a Mac... if you have Microsoft Excel. There is always a catch, isn't there?
Mike,I'm curious if your utilities can be modified for a 4x4 auction? How about a league which has keeper players? Can the utility comprehend by allowing for this data to be inputted prior to the auction?Thanks,
Mike
Footballguy
Hi Howie. 4X4 is no problem. There are quite a few scoring options on the Compiler setup tab for both roto and points leagues. About the only thing we don't cover off that is halfway mainstream is Holds, because we have no projections for those currently.
Both support auctions. Draft Buddy supports keepers.
One thing that is not currently incorporated is inflation adjustments for keepers. I did want to add it this year, but ran out of time. However, you can fairly easily adjust dollar values in Draft Buddy using some built in features (see the hitters and pitchers tabs in Buddy, scroll to the right) based on your own calculations for inflation.
Both support auctions. Draft Buddy supports keepers.
One thing that is not currently incorporated is inflation adjustments for keepers. I did want to add it this year, but ran out of time. However, you can fairly easily adjust dollar values in Draft Buddy using some built in features (see the hitters and pitchers tabs in Buddy, scroll to the right) based on your own calculations for inflation.
tribecalledjeff
Footballguy
Thanks, Mike! 
bigalgreek
Footballguy
I've done the search, far and wide, tried a couple of products, and I have to tell you, if you are looking for DD for Baseball, there just isn't a tool out there.....yet (Get the hint Dodds?)
That being said, I have to say that the best value and most complete data that I've found is on Rotowire.com. For $14.95 you get their draft pack with updated cheat sheets. I think their values are right on and will be using it for my 2 drafts. Just wanted to pass that along.
That being said, I have to say that the best value and most complete data that I've found is on Rotowire.com. For $14.95 you get their draft pack with updated cheat sheets. I think their values are right on and will be using it for my 2 drafts. Just wanted to pass that along.
Bobcat10
Footballguy
Hey Mike. I drafted with the tool yesterday and thought it went pretty smooth.
One aspect that maybe could be improved upon is the "Draft Player" button. For example, the hitter cheatsheet tab only lists 40 1Bs, so if somebody outside of that range was drafted, you had to go over to the draft input tab to put the player in. Maybe in the future a tab with all players that have a projection could be added to the buddy so that all those players have the lookup value to populate throughout the spreadsheet? After the first two rounds, I entered the rest of the draft thru the draft input tab.
As far as the projections go...they seemed similar for the most part. A few glaring differences were Miggy Cabrera (HRs went from 36ish to 24) and Utley (ranked #4 2B with the new projections). Not sure if that guy factored in an injury with Utley, but he only gave him a little bit over 500 at bats, seemed strange.
One aspect that maybe could be improved upon is the "Draft Player" button. For example, the hitter cheatsheet tab only lists 40 1Bs, so if somebody outside of that range was drafted, you had to go over to the draft input tab to put the player in. Maybe in the future a tab with all players that have a projection could be added to the buddy so that all those players have the lookup value to populate throughout the spreadsheet? After the first two rounds, I entered the rest of the draft thru the draft input tab.
As far as the projections go...they seemed similar for the most part. A few glaring differences were Miggy Cabrera (HRs went from 36ish to 24) and Utley (ranked #4 2B with the new projections). Not sure if that guy factored in an injury with Utley, but he only gave him a little bit over 500 at bats, seemed strange.
Mike
Footballguy
Thanks for the feedback, Bobcat. I agree on the first point. Even if the player is not listed for the purposes of the Draft Player button, there should at least be more players included in the drop-downs on the draft input tab. I've added this to my to-do list for '09.Bobcat10 said:
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Bobcat10
Footballguy
I was thinking everyone should be available to the draft player button. All the players are there because you have everyone's (even those not in the top 40s) 2007 projections listed to the right of the cheat sheets, they just don't have formulas. But, you make a good point about adding everyone to the dropdowns also. For keepers, I had to manually type in guys like Wood, Kershaw, etc, and other players during the draft.
Mike
Footballguy
Ha ha! You're right! I kind of forgot about that. Those players with projections were only put there originally to support the roto tab calculations.
regularguy
Footballguy
Agreed. Very nice tool and a great price! Thanks.mike,just checked this out.great stuff.
PC Load Letter
Irregardless.
I'll third this sentiment.Agreed. Very nice tool and a great price! Thanks.mike,just checked this out.great stuff.
Quick question though: What do the "Re-Rank" buttons do in the Draft Buddy? I don't see the rankings change when I press them.
Buckfast
Footballguy
I just purchased the draft software from Fantistics.com. Although I haven't had time to play around with it too much yet or fully figure out how it works, my first impression of it seems like it is pretty good. It has a nice design and seems easy to use.
It seems somewhat comparable to Draft Dominator in design and function. Like Draft Dominator's VBD, it uses a Value Above the Mean ranking system that considers positional scarcity in its valuation of players. The players' names are divided into colored tiers and contain the player's projected statistics, age, value above the mean, average draft position, and notes written by staff concerning notable trends or risks associated with the player. You can easily switch between sorting by overall or by position, sort remaining players by the stats of choice, and view other people's rosters and needs as the draft progresses. The program also allows you to run mock drafts like Draft Dominator.
Once I get a better feel for the software, I will post further updates about its functionality. From what I have seen so far though, I would definitely recommend it.
It seems somewhat comparable to Draft Dominator in design and function. Like Draft Dominator's VBD, it uses a Value Above the Mean ranking system that considers positional scarcity in its valuation of players. The players' names are divided into colored tiers and contain the player's projected statistics, age, value above the mean, average draft position, and notes written by staff concerning notable trends or risks associated with the player. You can easily switch between sorting by overall or by position, sort remaining players by the stats of choice, and view other people's rosters and needs as the draft progresses. The program also allows you to run mock drafts like Draft Dominator.
Once I get a better feel for the software, I will post further updates about its functionality. From what I have seen so far though, I would definitely recommend it.
littletank
Footballguy
I've used Fantistics for 3 years straight and it's helped greatly. I play in two h2h points leagues so it's great having a program that takes into account your scoring system. It really gives you an advantage over the people who just use magazines and other free cheatsheets as those are usually based on roto value.
I've used fantasybaseball's site but their draft projections are much more difficult to use as they don't have an actual program, you must alter their spread sheets to base it off of your scoring. Also, they have a real problem running that site. Message boards are always screwed up.
I've used fantasybaseball's site but their draft projections are much more difficult to use as they don't have an actual program, you must alter their spread sheets to base it off of your scoring. Also, they have a real problem running that site. Message boards are always screwed up.
Mike
Footballguy
Thanks jburns, regularguy and PC. Note that we plan to have a projection update Thu or Fri, in time for the weekend. I'll send a newsletter to my mailing list when its ready.The Re-Rank buttons in Draft Buddy on each of the hitters and pitchers tabs do allow you to alter the rankings. The idea is this:1. In the Compiler you create your custom cheatsheets based on the projections.2. These cheatsheets get exported to Draft Buddy when you hit Setup Draft Buddy.3. If you want to further alter the cheatsheets for your own personal taste, and without messing around with the projections (i.e. just move some guys up and down), then go to the hitters and projections tabs in Buddy, change the yellow boxes for Rank and Dollar Value (if applicable), and hit the appropriate position re-rank button.The rankings should change, but if you do have dollar values because its a roto league and/or auction, I think you have to alter the dollar value as well as the rank number.Some people like to edit the projections. Some people just like to move players up and down. The Compiler and Buddy allow for both options.Note however if you run the projection update and pull those new Compiler cheatsheets in Buddy again, it will overwrite any re-rank changes you made previously.PC Load Letter said:I'll third this sentiment.regularguy said:Agreed. Very nice tool and a great price! Thanks.jburns said:mike,just checked this out.great stuff.
Koya
Footballguy
Any of these apps work better/worse for a total baseball noob? Im in a biggish money league and have zero fantasy baseball knowledge outside of "wait for a pitcher" - I would like something that has good enough rankings and no real stinkers so I can sorta draft blind with 10% gut and 90% draft / rankings tool, then let my trading prowess take over to hopefully salvage at least a second to last finish.
Mike,
Great job on the app. Curious about a 5x5 h2h league where you win categories. I set it to roto and set each category at 1 on the pvm tab.......Is there anyway at all to get the Marginal Productive Percentage instead of the dollar value (since we do a straight draft)?
Thanks
Great job on the app. Curious about a 5x5 h2h league where you win categories. I set it to roto and set each category at 1 on the pvm tab.......Is there anyway at all to get the Marginal Productive Percentage instead of the dollar value (since we do a straight draft)?
Thanks
Mike
Footballguy
Hi Tiger Fan. Thanks. Well, the reason the dollar values are there is for comparison sake to other fantasy baseball resources that rank/project based on dollar values. Wouldn't a straight draft just go by dollar values from highest to lowest which should be consistent with the marginal productive percentages?
I'm not sure there is an quick or easy fix to get the marginal productive percentages onto the cheatsheets in their place, but try opening up a couple hidden sheets in the Compiler and check there. Format > Sheet > Unhide ... compile_hitters and compiler_pitchers. The data is there. Yes, its a mess. Its pretty late right now so you start by looking at it and if you have any questions I might be able to look at it tomorrow.
I'm not sure there is an quick or easy fix to get the marginal productive percentages onto the cheatsheets in their place, but try opening up a couple hidden sheets in the Compiler and check there. Format > Sheet > Unhide ... compile_hitters and compiler_pitchers. The data is there. Yes, its a mess. Its pretty late right now so you start by looking at it and if you have any questions I might be able to look at it tomorrow.
I have always wondered about what happened to BBT. Was the RIP for Pickles or BBT?
_4_
Footballguy
update?
Buckfast
Footballguy
I've done a few mock drafts using the Fantistics program, and I still really like the program. I think it is actually remarkably similar to Draft Dominator. It basically has all of the features of Draft Dominator, including some additional statistical analytical data and player notes. I think the setup is very user friendly and looks pretty nice overall. I think the setup of the program is very comparable to Draft Dominator. The players are all ranked and separated into color-coded tiers. Each player has a large amount of information that you can review instantly by clicking on the player name. When you click on the player's name, it brings up a box that contains 3 tabs titled "Historical," "Impact," and "Forecaster.""Historical" contains the player's statistics over the past 5 seasons."Impact" allows you to enter in what you believe your goal statistics for each rotisserie category and then tells you how much the player-to-be drafted will contribute towards achieving your goal in each category. It takes into account the projected statistics of players you have already drafted, and thus helps you plan your draft to ensure that you draft a well balanced team."Forecaster" contains a number of statistical trends that might be useful in selecting between players including a measure of the player's consistency, 2nd half production, susceptibility to injury, slugging percentage, plate discipline (BB/K), the impact of their home ballpark on statistics, team run support, playing time in the lineup, and projected change in value from the previous season and projected risk. Pitchers have similar statistics with slugging percentage and plate discipline replaced with strikeouts per inning and WHIP, while the stadium's impact is factored in from the pitcher's perspective.Overall, many of the other features are very similar to Draft Dominator. The program includes a Draft Adviser which gives you a list of the top 5 remaining players at each position and the drop in value between each selection. It also has a chart of positional needs and how many players in each tier are remaining at each position.Another tab allows you to view each team's roster as the draft progresses. There is also a feature called "Draft Summary" that tells you how each team ranks in each category based on the 2008 projections, like Draft Dominator. The projections seem to be updated fairly regularly and as far as I can tell, they seem to be somewhat reliable. Some players such as Ian Kinsler and Adam Dunn seem to be ranked significantly higher than other projections I've seen, but there is an average draft position provided with each of the players that helps you determine whether you should take the player in that round or wait another.I am really very impressed with how the Fantistics program has incorporated so many features from Draft Dominator. I love Draft Dominator and I think that the Fantistics will be a comparable program for fantasy baseball. I'd definitely recommend it. I don't think people who are familiar with Draft Dominator will have too much trouble at all adjusting to the Fantistics program._4_ said:
Well if I'm not in an auction league (I selected draft pick for draft type), $ values aren't value added for me. And the $ values change as I change the cap allocation.....but I don't have cap in the first place!Here's my other gripe... It appears that you're comparing all of the hitters together regardless of position. To find true positional scarcity, you should be calculating marginal %s by position.
Mike
Footballguy
Hmm... good first point. I do have the Compiler reset the salary cap to the more-or-less standard $260 when it is switched from auction to draft pick type, again, working back to values that are comparable to other fantasy resource rankings/valuations. I'm just not sure people would get much out of the marginal percentage numbers.I'm positive there were many, many attempts with variations on the methodology including doing everything by individual position, but it did not produce good end results. That's not to say I wouldn't be willing to try it again.
oso diablo
Footballguy
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