Brett Siegel

DSE User/Strategy Guide for FAAB

For years, Dynasty Sports Empire (DSE) used a First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS) process for acquiring Free Agents. The FCFS system had its advantages and disadvantages. Most notable was that some General Managers (GMs) were glued to an electronic device…

DSE Player Profile Clash: Kyle Schwarber

Fantasy “Experts” often disagree on players heading into a season. In this new series, the tradition continues as two analysts present their cases for whether a player will ascend to star status or wind up being a disappointment for your fantasy…

DSE Player Profile Clash: Raimel Tapia

Fantasy “Experts” often disagree on players heading into a season. In this new series, the tradition continues as two analysts present their cases for whether a player will ascend to star status or wind up being a disappointment for your fantasy…

Understanding Player Evaluation Differences

Too often, I read articles, listen to podcasts, or watch YouTube videos about fantasy baseball and notice from a careful analysis that they are not speaking directly to me. What do I mean by that? For example, I might listen to a podcast, and the…

DSE Player Profile Clash: Jake Cronenworth

Fantasy “Experts” often disagree on players heading into a season. In this new series, the tradition continues as two analysts present their cases for whether a player will ascend to star status or wind up being a disappointment for your fantasy…

2021 Fantasy Baseball Busts: Total Points Scoring

Everyone has their idea of what a bust is. For this article’s purposes, I will focus on players whose difference in value (based on Total Points scoring) versus their Average Draft Position (ADP) is so significant that these players are considered…

Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 3: xwOBA and Determining Good and Bad Luck

Welcome to the third article of my series discussing methods to evaluate hitters for fantasy baseball using Sabermetrics. Part one examined OPS and why it is a flawed statistical measure for individual hitters. In part two, I discussed wOBA (weighted…

Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 2: wOBA Explained.

This is the second article of my series discussing methods to evaluate hitters for fantasy baseball using Sabermetrics. Part one examined OPS and why it is a flawed statistical measure for individual hitters. In this article, I will explain wOBA…

Using Sabermetrics to Evaluate Hitters for Fantasy Baseball, Part 1: OPS and Why It’s a Bad Statistical Measure

This article is the first in three exploring ways to evaluate batters for fantasy baseball using Sabermetrics. Part One will examine what makes up the commonly used statistic OPS (On-base Plus Slugging) and why it is a flawed statistical measure for…

2021 Deep Prospect Dynasty League Sleepers

Let us be realistic: If you play in a DSE Dynasty Fantasy Baseball league for more than two years now, the Top 100 prospects are probably already rostered. The best way to build the future of your franchise to find diamonds in the rough before your…

Analysis of DSE Week 11 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

Too often, fantasy football “analysts” brag about what they got correct but rarely take accountability for what they got wrong. I want to change that trend when it comes to the advice I offer. Here are my Must Start/Sit players for the previous week…

DSE Week 11 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

A word about my Must Start/Sit selections: I try to avoid listing Must Start players that are obvious plays and avoid deep depth chart players in my Must Sit selections. I primarily consider matchups that are exploitable on either side of the ball,…

Analysis of DSE Week 10 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

Too often, fantasy football “analysts” brag about what they got correct but rarely take accountability for what they got wrong. I want to change that trend when it comes to the advice I offer. Here are my Must Start/Sit players for the previous week…

DSE Week 10 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

A word about my Must Start/Sit selections: I try to avoid listing Must Start players that are obvious plays and avoid deep depth chart players in my Must Sit selections. I primarily consider matchups that are exploitable on either side of the ball,…

Analysis of DSE Week 9 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

Too often, fantasy football “analysts” brag about what they got correct but rarely take accountability for what they got wrong. I want to change that trend when it comes to the advice I offer. Here are my Must Start/Sit players for the previous week…

DSE Week 9 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

A word about my Must Start/Sit selections: I try to avoid listing Must Start players that are obvious plays and avoid deep depth chart players in my Must Sit selections. I primarily consider matchups that are exploitable on either side of the ball,…

Analysis of DSE Week 8 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

Too often, fantasy football “analysts” brag about what they got correct but rarely take accountability for what they got wrong. I want to change that trend when it comes to the advice I offer. Here are my Must Start/Sit players for the previous week…

DSE Week 8 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

A word about my Must Start/Sit selections: I try to avoid listing Must Start players that are obvious plays and avoid deep depth chart players in my Must Sit selections. I primarily consider matchups that are exploitable on either side of the ball,…

Analysis of DSE Week 7 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

Too often, fantasy football “analysts” brag about what they got correct but rarely take accountability for what they got wrong. I want to change that trend when it comes to the advice I offer. Here are my Must Start/Sit players for the previous week…

DSE Week 7 Fantasy Football Must Start/Sit Players

A word about my Must Start/Sit selections: I try to avoid listing Must Start players that are obvious plays and avoid deep depth chart players in my Must Sit selections. I primarily consider matchups that are exploitable on either side of the ball,…