We urge you to either read or print these essays to use in conjunction with the 2008 STALLVALUE SYSTEM. Look for additional or updated essays throughout the spring of 2008. Also, listed below are our “Tactical Essays” which cover topics and player lists that are only relevant to the current season.
Performance, Playing Time, Price (the valuation keystone) (updated 3/04)
Salary Allocation Hitting vs. Pitching, impact of injuries, etc. (updated 3/04)
Draft Inflation i.e. the impact of protected players (updated 2/04)
Historical Performances i.e. How to project stats – HR increases and decreases (updated 3/04)
Peak Years The Myth of Age 26 (updated 3/04)
Positional Scarcity i.e. overpaying for stats (updated 3/04)
Park Effects i.e.Roger Clemens in Minute Maid? A Rod in Yankee Stadium?
(coming soon)
Major League Equivalents i.e. How to project rookies (updated 3/04)
Defensive Adjustments Kaz Matsui and Mike Cameron on the Mets, etc. (Coming soon)
September Stats and Winter League Myths (updated 3/04)
Other Valuation Methods How we are different and why we are better (updated 2/99)
Future Closers Get a start now on 2009 (coming soon)
Minimal Bidding And other stupid draft tricks (updated 3/03)
Computers in the Draft Why not to take them, how to beat them (updated 3/04)
Phantom Inflation The Draft Wolf in Sheep's clothing (updated 3/03)
Managerial Styles Which team's reserves, set-up men to get or avoid. (coming soon)
Draft Day Tips How to get the maximum benefit from our system on draft day. (updated 3/01)
Interleague Play The impact could be huge but not why you think. (updated 3/04)
Projecting Pitchers Can it but done with any degree of accuracy? (updated 3/03)
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TACTICAL ESSAYS
Minor League Rankings (the top players per league and top 5 at each position) – (Available Now)
Sucker Bets – Trade Risks (Available Now)
Digging for 24K gold (Available Now)
Final Draft Prep (Available Now)
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