James writes, Hey John, have we ever had such a strong division in the league? With Ken, Matt, and I sitting at 21-6 overall, I was wondering if that is heading towards the best division winning percentage ever? Good question James. Over a week has passed since McShane asked that question, and the teams in the division went 1-2 in Week 10 so they now sit at 22-8, good for a 0.
A Stats Corner themed Power Rankings. In a very particular order. Here we go: 12. No One Drafts Like Papa (1-8) Joe D. has struggled his first year in Bad Newz. Should we cut him some slack? What amounts to essentially a 2-QB league could take some time adjusting to if you’re not familiar with it. At the draft he went $177 strong on David Johnson and Joe Mixon. Neither of whom are in his starting lineup at the moment.
Over on the redesigned message board Tim asks: Can I get some kind of stats corner research to see if Darnold just posted the worst game in the history of this league? And also has a 2 QB team ever ended up with less points than the 0.1 wentz and Darnold combined for? I’ll hang up and listen Great question! This is both easy and hard to answer.
Total Points ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_point). ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_path). ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_text_repel). Hartman couldn’t quite pull off setting the 13 game points record after only 12 weeks of play. He needs all of 17 points to set a new record while D’Skae looks primed to crack the top five and Harrington the top ten.
This week’s post could alternatively be titled, “Hartman is Heading for Home” on a few covetted points records. One record he hasn’t touched this year has been the single game points record, where despite his success this year, he hasn’t even cracked the top ten. In fact, the current record was set by RJ against Hartman! I wrote about that here. But I digress. Total Points ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_point).
Another week, another check-in on potential records being set. The post last week successfully jinxed Hartman as he lost for the first time. My playoff and BYE probabilities are again calculable. Total Points ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_point). ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_path). ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_text_repel). Hartman still comfortably ahead. Both D’Skae and Harrington also remain on the board, separated by a mere 3.
Hartman has been on tear this season. The first team to start the season 7-0, then 8-0, then 9-0. He has broken my playoff probability and BYE probability metrics in the Advanced Standings. Surely this must put him on track to break some records…let’s see what the data says. Total Points ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_point). ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_path). ## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_text_repel).
This year for the first time in our fantasy baseball league history we included an obligatory buy-in. The stakes were low, only $25 per team. To increase season-long engagement we made quarterly payouts of $25 to the team with the best record that quarter. The final payouts were $50 to the runner-up and $100 to the champion. This is how it played out: Q1 Winner - Matovina Q2 Winner - Olson Q3 Winner - Thieneman Q4 Winner - Harrington Runner-up - Matovina Champion - Harrington There are definitely some names on that list that are new to fantasy success.
For the first six or so years in the league we defaulted to however ESPN thought best with the schedule. Back in the message board era of Stats Corner I posted a head to head record matrix that showed that some league members had never played each other. It also showed some people play each other too much or too little, depending on whose side you take in the Regan-Harrington beatdown.
Welcome back to Stats Corner posts for the 2017 season! Better late than never. This is the first post on a new platform, as you can see. I have purchased the domain www.statscorner.com. I’ve gone back and incorporated posts from previous years dating back to 2014. You can find through the home page. Links to both the Advanced Standings and Record Book appear on the left hand side. So if nothing else statscorner.