· I wrote players in groups of 15 based on early ADPs from the National Fantasy Baseball Championship. Once I started this process, I had to stay in an ADP time frame to ensure I didn’t miss any players that might jump up a tier by changing the date of research data.
· After writing about 15 players at a position by their ADP, I reranked them from my research. I’ve only documented 15 players at each position in the infield, but there will be cases where I like a player from the remaining unresearched options. For example, Masyn Winn ranks 15th at shortstop by the latest ADPs in the NFBC. I haven’t done his player profile, so he doesn’t rank in the top 15. I know he will after documenting his player write-up.
· When making my way through outfielder and starting pitchers, I did 75 players in each position. I didn’t jump players from one grouping to another. Another example: In the second 15 group of starting pitchers, I moved Hunter Brown up to SP31 but not into the next tier (too much jockeying of text), where I believe he’ll move to when the lights come on in spring training.
· When researching ADPs, the goal is to find public opinion on players at each position – who is moving up and down? A sliding player doesn’t necessarily mean he will be a value. This data is often news-driven, but the fantasy market over projects in some instances while dropping the ball in others. Draft players you like and buy sliding players if your view is against the grain.
· I haven’t written about any DH player (next week) other than Shohei Ohtani (l listed him as an OF1 when writing about the players). I’m working on each team’s bullpen this week, but I haven’t researched the closers ranked 16 through 30. I included them by ADP but removed handcuff options and placed them in the closer in-waiting tier (not ranked yet).