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Rankings for DraftKings Post-Break Best Ball
14 days ago
Todd Zola takes a look at second-half best ball leagues from DraftKings and has Shohei Ohtani topping his rankings in the format.
The Z Files: First-Half Hitters Review
22 days ago
Todd Zola reviews the first-half performance of the top hitters at each position and has remorse over fading Aaron Judge during draft season.
The Z Files: Mid-June Review
37 days ago
Todd Zola digs further into the run-scoring environment of 2024 and sees reason to believe there may not be serious regression coming for pitchers like Seth Lugo.
The Z Files: Will Scoring Pick Up?
50 days ago
Todd Zola digs into the 2024 run-scoring environment to see if more offense is on its way, but spots some trends that suggest pitchers like Tanner Houck might continue to keep the ball in the yard.
The Z Files: Would You Rather, Hitting Style
56 days ago
Todd Zola plays another round of Would You Rather?, this time with hitters, and has trouble finding reasons for optimism with Randy Arozarena.
The Z Files: Would You Rather, Pitching Style
65 days ago
Todd Zola polls different groups on which of a pair of pitchers people would prefer for the rest of the season, and thinks Bailey Ober deserves more consideration than he got.
The Z Files: Can the Drop in Flyball Distance Influence Roster Management?
86 days ago
Todd Zola considers the impact of the 2024 baseball on the homer totals of certain players, including Corey Seager.
The Z Files: Fantasy Introspection
98 days ago
Todd Zola considers the dilemma of how aggressive is too aggressive when it comes to potential breakout performers like Garrett Crochet.
The Z Files: Meet the New Individual Weekly Player Rankings
114 days ago
Todd Zola introduces individual player rankings to the Weekly Hitter Rankings and offers a peek at how they get compiled, and how they might get adjusted as the season progresses.
The Z Files: Five Is the New Four
137 days ago
Todd Zola considers the impact of extra rest on starting pitchers and wonders if the Orioles will treat Corbin Burnes with the same care that the Brewers did.
The Z Files: How Does Changing Divisions Affect ERA?
165 days ago
Todd Zola considers the impact of changing teams on pitching like Corbin Burnes, over and above how a new home venue might alter their projections.
The Z Files: Projectability of Hitter Strikeout Rates
175 days ago
Todd Zola look at how players like Adolis Garcia made significant improvements in their strikeout rates, and whether any lessons can be drawn that could help project 2024 breakouts.
The Z Files: Surveying 2024 Park Factors
185 days ago
Todd Zola reviews park factors for 2024 and notes that the change in Camden Yards' dimensions is likely having an impact on righty sluggers like Ryan Mountcastle.
The Z Files: Projecting Pitcher's BABIP
195 days ago
Todd Zola considers a new approach to regressing a pitcher's BABIP, which suggests better days should be ahead for Hunter Greene.
The Z Files: How Much Influence Does a Pitcher Exert?
205 days ago
Todd Zola digs into year-to-year correlations on pitching metrics to see which ones a hurler like 2023 All-Star Mitch Keller might be more likely to repeat.
The Z Files: Pitchers I Rank Lowest
219 days ago
Todd Zola digs into the projections on pitchers he has ranked lower than his compatriots on the RotoWire Roundtable, including NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell.
The Z Files: Pitchers I Rank Highest
229 days ago
Todd Zola continues his review of Roundtable Rankings where he's out of step with the consensus, and holds his ground on the Twins' Bailey Ober.
The Z Files: Some 'Splaining To Do
235 days ago
Todd Zola follows up the latest update to the Top 300 Roundtable with a look at some players he made significant adjustments to, including Yordan Alvarez.
The Z Files: Hitters I Rank Lower
251 days ago
Todd Zola looks at some hitters he has ranked lower than his Round Table colleagues, and promises his caution with regard to drafting Adley Rutschman isn't an Orioles thing.
The Z Files: Hitters I Rank Highly
259 days ago
Todd Zola takes a look at hitters he has ranked ahead of the pack in the RotoWire Top 300 Roundtable, and isn't sure why everyone else is so down on Ozzie Albies.
The Z Files: Projecting 2024 Stolen Bases
279 days ago
Todd Zola takes an initial look at how to handle stolen base projections for 2024, especially when it comes to outliers from last year's league-wide boost like Bo Bichette.
The Z Files: NFBC - Postseason Hold 'Em Rankings
294 days ago
Todd Zola offers some strategy tips for the NFBC's Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest and has Mookie Betts at the top of his rankings once he equalizes for games played.
The Z Files: Underdog Fantasy Playoff Best Ball Rankings Refresh
301 days ago
Todd Zola offers an update on the Underdog best-ball playoff contest and explains why he has so much exposure to Julio Rodriguez and the Mariners.
The Z Files: Underdog Fantasy Playoff Best Ball Rankings
324 days ago
Todd Zola reviews Underdog's new playoff best-ball leagues, where the runaway success of Atlanta and Ronald Acuna in the regular season may actually hurt their value to your roster.
The Z Files: Expect the Unexpected?
344 days ago
Todd Zola tries to deduce which players have been lucky or unlucky this season when it comes to homers and thinks Spencer Torkelson could increase his power pace down the stretch.
The Z Files: Predicting Pilfers
352 days ago
Todd Zola digs into the question of whether steals are predictable, and considers how to account for a player who dominates his team's pilfers, such as the Nationals' CJ Abrams.
The Z Files: Four Month Check-up
357 days ago
Todd Zola looks over offensive trends through the first four months of the season and sees no sign that the resurgence in steals led by players like Corbin Carroll will abate.
The Z Files: Look At Me Now
July 22, 2023
Todd Zola analyzes pitchers whose numbers have improved after a rough April, and wonders why Kyle Bradish continues to be overlooked.
The Z Files: DraftKings Second Half Best Ball Rankings
July 10, 2023
Unsurprisingly, Shohei Ohtani occupies a prominent spot on Todd Zola's list of players to go after in second half contests on DraftKings.
The Z Files: Underdog Fantasy Rankings for Second Half Best Ball
July 10, 2023
Find out where Elly De La Cruz ends up on Todd Zola's list of players to target on Underdog in the second half.