Research has shown that the marketplace will significantly overvalue the impact of one season's performance when assessing talent for the subsequent season. It's time to take advantage at the draft table.

[FREE] What the heck do you do with Adam Dunn?

[FREE] Show #3 of 2012 features an interview with longtime baseball writer Joe Sheehan, of the Sheehan Newsletter and other outlets. Joe talks about recent player moves, the price of winning, and the value of players ... Also NL and AL player news ... Rob Gordon looks at KC OF prospect Wil Myers ... Matt Beagle discusses Scarcity at 1B ... and BaseballHQ.com publisher Ron Shandler looks at the Adam Dunn conundrum ... Runs 1:12:10...

As much as this fantasy game is elegantly constructed, there are still elements of it that are agonizingly flawed.

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Show #2 of 2012 features BaseballHQ.com Managing Editor Ray Murphy, talking about changes to the BHQ business and web site, as well as about goings-on in the majors ... Harold Nichols and Matt Beagle cover player news from the NL and AL ... In his Minor League Minute, Rob Gordon looks at SD LHP Robbie Erlin ... In the Market Pulse segment, Beagle discusses the mistake of overvaluing catcher scarcity ... And in Master Notes, Baseball HQ.com publisher Ron Shandler talks about how he managed risk in the early rounds of the year’s first experts’ draft ... Runs 1:06:30

It seems that Shandler is having an odd obsession with Draft & Hold leagues. I have been so involved in advanced fanalytic analysis for so long that people are surprised that I would be writing about a league format that is seemingly ... well, stupid. Draft a team and then watch it for six months? Where is the fun in that?

The Rotisserie 500 game was introduced last year and taken out for a test run in two high-level leagues, in New York and Toronto. During the course of 2011, several of us wrote about the experience extensively, we surveyed the participants and analyzed the final results. In the end, we decided that Roto500 was a promising new format but needed a few tweaks.

What is the quick takeaway from the Prince Fielder surprise?

Our first show of 2012 features interviews with Lindy Hinkelman, two-tine NFBC overall champ, and Steve Moyer of advanced data providers Baseball Info Solutions. Plus the usual great stuff. Runs 1:22:40