Reid and Michael are joined by special Patreon guest Kyle Frankiewich to review all the biggest surprises and most important takeaways from Round 29 of the MLS Fantasy Season. Seattle and Portland dominate the Live Chat group when asked about their most surprising moments, but the guys also take some time to focus on the number of clean sheets and …
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Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 30
Week 29 Recap It was a pretty good week for the BTN team, but the gains were modest at best. The BTN team put up 126 points and raised up to 319 overall. Looks like I’ll be setting my goal to maybe hit top 250 by the end of the season. The last big DGW should keep it interesting. Time …
Read More »2019 Round 29 Captain’s Conundrum
Round 29’s Captain rankings are here. Only 3 weeks are left for the end of the fantasy season. Will you go safe with a popular captain pick to maintain your rank or will you go differential to try and increase your rank? 1) Josef Martinez Martinez has scored in 14 consecutive games in a row in a run that started …
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Week 28 Recap Week 28 continued our late-season run of mediocrity as we dropped in the ranks again. I can’t remember the last time I was stuck in the OR 300s. I’ve just never really got traction this fall season. WR 1903 isn’t good enough and looking at my lineup, I probably plated it to safe. As we go into …
Read More »MLSFI: 2019 Round 29 Differential Hunting During the DGW
Reid, Michael, and Blayne are joined by top Patreon donor Sherry Snyder to review the top fantasy moments from Round 28 and preview the upcoming Round 29 Fantasy game week. They start by covering several of the most surprising moments from the previous week, including the SGW players who stood out the most, the unexpected scores, road winners, and the …
Read More »2019 Round 28 Captain’s Conundrum
Round 28’s captain rankings are here. A massive double game week towards the end of the season gives you an opportunity to make a final push with a wide variety of differentials to choose from. Which 5 players stand out as the top candidates for captaincy this week? 1) Zlatan Ibrahimović An obvious captain choice this week, Zlatan is going …
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Week 27 Recap Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. I ended up missing lineups left and right and had a bunch of money wrapped up in players who didn’t start. But it forced me to bring in some cheaper players, mainly from COL who ended up scoring really well. 82 points for WR 324 and up to OR …
Read More »MLSFI: 2019 Round 28 A DGW With A Side of International Break
Reid, Michael, and Blayne get together to review the bits of fantasy information that can be taken from last week’s round and help you prepare for the upcoming DGWs in Round 28. Even with Round 27 being a short week, it still held a few fantasy lessons and that is the focus of the first part of the show, that …
Read More »2019 Round 27 Captain’s Conundrum
Round 27’s captain rankings are here. A short single game week in the middle of the international break and Vela is doubtful because of his recent injury. Who else do you look at to fix your captaincy woes? 1) Diego Valeri Valeri has really picked up form in this recent run of home games and has shown us glimpses of …
Read More »Behind the Numbers: MLS Fantasy Week 27
Week 26 Recap Week 26 True Dream Team Here are the rules. only three players per team must be a valid formation must fit in the average budget for that week ties are broken with lowest value player making the team the bench is all 4.0 scrubs So here’s the Week 26 TRUE Dream Team Week 27 Team Defense …
Read More »MLSFI: 2019 Round 27 Few Teams But Big Fantasy Possibilities
Reid has the night off but Michael and Blayne are joined my Patreon Supporter Patrick Smith to review all of the most important Fantasy moments from Round 26 and preview the best options for Round 27. The show starts by talking about the elephant in the room, the poor point returns from the DGW players, but then pivots to the …
Read More »2019 Round 26 Predictions and Power Rankings
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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