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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 24

Week 23 Team Value Recap I’m hoping this week can serve as a launching pad to push up the rankings as we head toward the end of the season. Spring season finished on a surge, but fall has been stuck in neutral. Last week was solid with 112 pts and WR 184. This pushed the BTN team up into 216 …

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2019 Round 23 Captain’s Conundrum

Round 23’s captain rankings are here. This list is dominated by NYCFC players who have a double game week along with Houston Dynamo. No Dynamo player makes the list due to their bad run of form and 2 away games this week. 1) Maxi Moralez Expected to be the most popular captain pick this week, Moralez is a force to …

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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 23

Week 22 Review The Behind the Numbers Team put up 59 points and rose to 271 OR. The total team value continued to rise with an increase up to $118.8 on the season. What can you say about Week 22, did anyone really have fun? It’s almost crazy how many high scores are on the dream team and how absolutely …

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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 22

Week 21 Review The Behind the Numbers Team put up 94 points and rose to 215 OR. The total team value continued to rise with an increase up to $117.8 on the season. The injury bug struck again with Moralez managing just one point. Pozuelo didn’t quite pan out as I’d hoped, but the big disappointment was the autoroo players …

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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 21

Week 20 Review The Behind the Numbers Team put up 160 points and remained at 248 OR (which is impressive in its own right to gain/lose no places). The total team value continued to rise with an increase up to $114.1 on the season. Pozuelo injury as my captain is unlucky, it happens. My biggest regret was not going with …

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2019 Round 20 Predictions and Power Rankings

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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. It’s a good system, but soccer is not chess because soccer can end in a draw. Fortunately chess also allows for a draw and the ELO system is setup to …

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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 20

Week 19 Review Week 19. What was week 19. No one I’ve talked to feels like they did that well, so mostly it was about surviving. I felt a lot better before the late late late Gaitan score correction from a 7 to a 3…especially since he was my captain. I tried all the a-roos possible, but couldn’t quite hit …

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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 19

Week 18 Review Week 18 left a lot to be desired for the Behind the Number Team. I didn’t do a good job picking the team or managing the team and it hurt. On a week where people were sniffing 200, the BTN just barely scraped a 162 (saved by Vela (C)) Blessing and Gregus getting rotated were on teams …

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2019 Round 18 Captain’s Conundrum

Round 18’s captain rankings are here. A double game week for LAFC means that Vela is on the top of the charts again. But who are the contenders challenging him for the #1 spot this time? 1) Carlos Vela Vela failed to make an impact in the loss against Colorado Rapids where he only managed to rack up 3 points. …

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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 18

Week 17 Review The Behind the Numbers Team was respectable, but unremarkable in Week 17. 143 was good enough for top 800 on the week and a total score of 262, but it still dropped our OR down to 105. The team added +$1.7M for a total of $105.8M. Like most of the rest of the fantasy world, the Portland …

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