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    • in Projections · R
    • — 30 Aug, 2013

    Drafting the Best Starting Lineup in Fantasy Football by Taking into Account Uncertainty in the Projections: An Optimization Simulation

    In a previous post, I showed how to determine the best starting lineup to draft using an optimizer tool.  The optimizer identifies the players that maximize your projected points within your[…]

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    45
    • in Draft Optimizer · R
    • — 28 Aug, 2013

    Calculating the Highest Value to Bid on Each Player in an Auction Draft: The Bid Up To Value

    In this post, I calculate the highest value you should bid on each player in an auction draft—what I refer to as the “bid up to” value.  In a previous[…]

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  • 23
    • in Draft Optimizer · R
    • — 17 Aug, 2013

    Update to Fantasy Football Draft Optimizer OpenCPU app

    By popular demand, I updated the Fantasy Football Draft Optimizer OpenCPU app with two changes: The app now takes into account how many teams are in your league when estimating players’[…]

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    32
    • in Projections · R
    • — 11 Jul, 2013

    Expected Points by Position Rank in Fantasy Football

    In this post, I calculate the expected fantasy points scored by players based on their position and position rank.  This post is modeled after a post by Chase Stuart (see here and[…]

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  • 375
    • in Draft Optimizer · R · Tools
    • — 14 Jun, 2013

    Win Your Fantasy Football Auction Draft: Determine the Optimal Players to Draft with this App

    In this post, we use a Shiny app in R to determine the best possible players to pick in a fantasy football auction draft.  The app includes the most accurate fantasy football[…]

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    83
    • in Draft Optimizer · R
    • — 14 Apr, 2013

    Win Your Snake Draft: Calculating “Value Over Replacement” using R

    In prior posts, I have demonstrated how to download, calculate, and compare fantasy football projections from ESPN, CBS, and NFL.com and how to calculate players’ risk levels. In this post, I will demonstrate how to win your snake[…]

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  • 24
    • in R · Risk
    • — 13 Apr, 2013

    Calculate Fantasy Players’ Risk Levels using R

    In prior posts, I have demonstrated how to download, calculate, and compare fantasy football projections from ESPN, CBS, and NFL.com. In this post, I will demonstrate how to calculate fantasy[…]

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    • in Projections · R
    • — 10 Mar, 2013

    Calculating Custom Fantasy Football Projections for Your League using R

    In prior posts, I have shown how to download fantasy football projections from ESPN, CBS, and NFL.com.  In this post, I will demonstrate how to take the projected points from these sources and[…]

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    • in How To · Projections · R
    • — 7 Mar, 2013

    Downloading CBS Fantasy Football Projections in R

    In this post, I will show how to download CBS fantasy football projections using R. The R Script The R Script for downloading fantasy football projections from CBS is located[…]

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    • in How To · Projections · R
    • — 4 Mar, 2013

    Download Fantasy Football Projections from ESPN.com using R

    In this post, I will demonstrate how to download fantasy football projections from ESPN.com using R.  Having projections allows us to do many different analyses to determine our best possible[…]

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