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.

With the introduction of the unbalanced schedule just over a decade ago, Major League Baseball introduced a system where teams face divisional rivals for a greater number of games than teams outside the division. From a fantasy perspective, one has to wonder what impact this macro-level divisional factor might have on player performance over the course of a season and how it could be leveraged to positively effect draft strategy.

Part 2 of last week's bullpen article—evaluating bullpen options in the event that the incumbent or designated closer is traded, injured or otherwise replaced. This article covers Milwaukee through Washington.

If you use Standings Gain Points to value players, you'll know that the denominators are the key to the whole thing. Here are estimates of the denominators, culled from league standings for the past three years.

Should you deviate from your ADP or dollar values? Is it better to drain money at the beginning of your auction? When setting your draft slots, should you prefer the earlier slots or the wraparound pick? All of these questions have general rules, but when do you break them? Read on and find out.

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

[FREE] Let’s concentrate on some of the top stars who failed to meet expectations last year because of injuries and are now major question marks heading into this year’s drafts. Let’s see where they are going right now in NFBC pay leagues and slice the crap from the player notes.

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For years we have warned you about scarcity at first base. With many looking at this position for Corner Infield and DH spots, the field gets thin quickly. In 2012, scarcity of the proven talent you need to anchor squad rears its head at first base after the first three rounds.

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[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...