January 22, 2015

BP Unfiltered

Get to Know: Concepts That Confuse BP Fantasy Readers

by Ben Carsley

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1. Javier Baez is listed as a shortstop

2. Ben Zobrist is listed as a shortstop

3. Most leagues still use AVG, not OBP

4. We don’t know any more about Player X’s surgery than you do

5. Javier Baez is not listed as a second baseman

6. The Cliff Lee you knew and loved is gone. Soon, we all will be, too

7. Yoan Moncada

8. Writing to a wider audience does not mean we think AVG is better than OBP

9. Why didn’t they just fly the Eagles to Mordor

10. Not all sandwiches are rankings, but some rankings are sandwiches

11. Where Ben Zobrist is

12. Bret allows BP Fantasy Staff members to have different opinions

13. For the love of god just take the value

14. You’ll feel the same way about someone next year as you feel about Kris Bryant now

15. Leagues that split OF into LF/CF/RF are dumb

16. The crocodile paradox

17. We value players in the same tier similarly

18. By the time that J2 guy you agonized over reaches the majors, your dynasty league will have disbanded

19. The Bat Signal

20. Javier Baez, positionally speaking

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