RON SHANDLER'S BASEBALL FORECASTER 2009
The Industry's Most Consistent Track Record of SUCCESS
Written by REAL Experts in Fantasy Play
- 16 national championships, plus 6 second and 8 third place finishes since 1997
- The first to develop sabermetric applications for fantasy league play
- Accurate projections, fully supported and intuitively logical
- The source used by Major League GMs, the media and other fantasy services
- Innovators of proven strategies like the LIMA Plan and the Portfolio3 Plan
- Innovators of new gaming formats like Rotisserie7 and Quint-Inning
In the new 2009, 23rd Edition:
Stats, Sabermetrics and Projections... more than three dozen categories that analyze every aspect of skill, for more than 900 players.
Performance Trends... five years of history, complete with leading indicators that identify potential power surgers, pitcher abuse, and hundreds of sleepers and gambles. PLUS - Breakout/Breakdown scores!
Ground-breaking research results... on performance forecasting and fantasy applications. MOre than 20 new essays from Ron Shandler and the analysts at BaseballHQ.com, PLUS a complete library of past research results.
Bullpen Charts... complete 3-year leading indicators for all relief pitchers, PLUS 7-year closer volatility analysis.
Prospects... scouting reports for next year's top minor league prospects, and major league equivalents for every Double-A and Triple-A player from 2007-2008. PLUS complete Japanese League coverage.
Team and League Charts... batting and pitching breakdowns by team and league, at home and away, and for the opposition in each home park, for the past three years.
Injury analysis... 5-year history of injuries and disabled list days for every player, PLUS prognoses for off-season hobblers.
Fantasy Draft Guides and Cheat Sheets... ratings and rankings for Rotisserie auction drafts, snake drafts and simulation leagues, PLUS more than 50 specialized cheat sheets for power, speed, risk assessment and more.
Sabermetric glossary... definitions and benchmarks for the important gauges you need to accurately evaluate performance.
NEW! MORE PLAYERS... complete analysis of more players than any previous edition!
NEW! Batter Consistency Charts... 5-year history of each player's week-by-week performance consistency. Perfect for Head-to-Head gamers
NEW! Pitcher Consistency Charts... 5-year history of each pitcher's start-by-start consistency, using Pure Quality Start (PQS) ratings. Includes each year's Domination/Disaster percentages, pitch count averages, qERA, and more.
NEW! Reliability Grades... new system breaks down risk into three components -- health, experience and performance consistency.
FREE Online Projections Update! Completely revised set of 2009 projections, available on or about March 1 for book owners only -- RIGHT HERE.
BASEBALL FORECASTER 2009: $24.95 plus $5.00 Priority Mail S&H (Additional for foreign orders)
SPECIAL BONUS!
Order the Baseball Forecaster direct from BaseballHQ.com and receive the complete book online! PDF files of everything between the covers; Excel files of most key charts. (Downloadable online, January 2009)
This special bonus is for books purchased through BaseballHQ.com ONLY.
