Sports and Fantasy Football

For the first time in about 7 years, I'm excited about a baseball season. With a shorter season and expanded playoffs, every game means more, and anything can happen. The season reduction from 162 games to 60 games means that every game actually counts as (162/60) = 2.7 normal games. Then right before opening night, Major League Baseball expanded the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 teams (5 per league to 8 per league). As a fan of a team which has been historically bad, my first reaction was "wow, this makes every game mean so much more!"

Ideas to Take Back Sports Including In-Season Promotion and Relegation, Mic'ing Up Every Player, and Introducing One-Pitch Strikeouts.

2019 Fantasy Football Rankings and Point Projections are ready to go. Updates will continue as cuts, signings, and trades are made. Read below for rankings, players to target, players to avoid, and sleepers.Last Updated: 09/07/20

New for 2018: Individual statistics and actual fantasy point projections rather than a derived "value" metric. Statistics are driven by projected possessions dependent on the teams' schemes, and the players' histories. Rookies!

It's the 2018 NFL Season, and @MSilbanalytics is back! Full rankings should be expected over the next few days - 1 week, but I'll start off by sharing some of the data I've collected to build a Fantasy Football Toolbox.

2016 Fantasy Football Individual Player Value Projections are linked above. The "Score+" column represents a player's projected added value to a team with a score of 0 meaning no added value.

Last year, I correctly/luckily predicted Yoenis Cespedes to win the 2013 Home Run Derby. I'm back at it again for 2014, and have another prediction. Read below for the explanation of my method, and projected outcome of the 2014