Which one do you most prefer? I need to get one so I have a hard copy of stats from last year and projections for this year. Which do you think makes the best projections?
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I got the Sporting News Mag and I like it a lot. A lot of in depth info. Position by Position overall ranking postition rankings. Really breaks it down and rankings seem pretty accurate to me.
I grabbed Roto Times today, and it's decent. Not a ton of insight, but in the position rankings they list the past three years, 2006 projection with a quick, descriptive paragraph.
I am one of the suckers who needs different opinions and I picked up 3 mags. They all have their strengths. They all offer slightly different insight, but I like the ones that rank by position, not by hitter/pitcher. I find this much more useful in my draft, Lindy's does this. Sporting News doesn't but is OK too.
My major issue is that the magazines are roto oriented and do not necessarily reflect rankings in a points H2H league.
I just picked up MLB Yearbook and Fantasy Guide...haven't had a chance to look through it all yet, but I like the fact that they give three sets of predictions...a "most likely", "upside", and "downside" prediction for each player. Pretty cool. Also gives an analysis of each player with a risk and reward category as well as ranks and dollar values. The rankings aren't the best I've seen but you can adjust those...it is definetly roto based, which you have to account for if your in a points league like I am.
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I have 3 on my desk right now. They are Fantasy Baseball Guide 2006, Sporting News Fantasy and Lindy's. I really enjoyed reading the 1st 2 but the Lindy's was about useless.
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stomperrob wrote:I like Sporting News - Roto Times is okay - my fave is RotoWire but I haven't seen it on the racks yet.
Rotowire is out. I've looked at it at least twice in the past week and a half.
My fave I think is RotoTimes. I like Sporting News, although I'm beginning to wonder if it's more because I'm so used to the format rather than because it's got great analysis....? RotoWire is also good and I believe it's the one that's got not one, but two mock drafts in it. Lindy's I really didn't like this year although I seem to remember liking it in years past.
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