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About Alex Zelvin

Alex Zelvin was the winner of the 2008 Rotohog Baseball contest. He also runs the site Draft Bug, which offers daily fantasy sports contests. You can read more of his thoughts on fantasy baseball at his blog The Waiver Wire. and at Draftbug Millionaire, which will follow a group of fantasy baseball enthusiasts seeking to earn enough to become professional fantasy sports players. His newest website is Daily Baseball Data, which has daily hour by hour weather forecasts for all games on one screen and batter vs. pitcher matchup data for the full day's schedule.


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Alex Zelvin's Articles

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Why daily fantasy sports contests are a better investment than the stock market

June 03, 2009
Daily fantasy sports contests have a variety of characteristics that combine to make them a better investment than the stock market.

Daily fantasy baseball contest picks for Draftbug and Snapdraft for Wednesday, May 20th

May 20, 2009
Analysis and recommended picks for daily fantasy baseball contests at Draftbug and Snapdraft for Wednesday, May 20.

Daily fantasy baseball contest picks for Wednesday, May 13th

May 13, 2009
An in-depth discussion of my daily fantasy baseball contest picks for Wednesday, May 13.

Keys to winning daily fantasy baseball contests

May 06, 2009
Six tips for winning daily fantasy baseball contests such as those offered at Draftbug, Snapdraft, and Fantasysportslive



An introduction to daily fantasy baseball contests

April 29, 2009
How daily fantasy baseball contests provide a greater opportunity to gain an edge using Sabermetric knowledge.



Are you smarter than a sabermetric spreadsheet? (Part 2)

April 15, 2009
Comparing the top five outfielders for games on Friday, April 10, as picked by readers to those identified by calculating daily projections.



Are you smarter than a Sabermetric spreadsheet?

April 08, 2009
Comparing the top five outfielders for Friday's games as picked by readers compared to those picked by formulas that factor in park, opponent, home field advantage, platoon advantage, and other factors.

Favorable Opening Day schedules and matchups

April 03, 2009
A brief look at some teams with favorable opening day match-ups for daily transactions leagues.

Using high variance poker tournament strategies to win money at fantasy baseball

March 26, 2009
The same strategies that lead to success in large multi-table poker tournaments can greatly increase your chances of success in many forms of fantasy baseball.

Pitchers to target in daily transactions leagues

March 20, 2009
How to identify pitchers who are so bad that opposing hitters will far outperform their season averages.

Using middle relievers in Yahoo fantasy baseball leagues

March 13, 2009
Some detailed advice on how to use middle relievers to improve your chances of winning Yahoo fantasy baseball leagues.

Winning Yahoo fantasy baseball leagues

March 06, 2009
Seven tips to help your chances.

Fantasy baseball games with daily transactions

February 27, 2009
Formats that reward predicting daily player performance based on opponent, park, home field advantage and more.

Building a statistical model for Rotohog

February 20, 2009
A few steps to start you building a statistical model for Rotohog.

How to handle double headers in Rotohog

February 13, 2009
They can have a real impact on where you finish.

Managing your money in Rotohog

January 29, 2009
In some situations managing roster value in Rotohog can be a challenge and require players to sacrifice some short term lineup optimization in order to remain competitive over the course of the season.

Players who are worth more in Rotohog

January 22, 2009
In this article, I'll talk about which players are worth more in Rotohog relative to other fantasy baseball formats.

Maximizing closer innings in Rotohog

January 16, 2009
Because of the innings pitched limit and the high value of saves in Rotohog's format, it is absolutely essential to maximize the number of innings pitched that you get from closers.

Looking ahead to 2009 Rotohog baseball

January 08, 2009
Three steps for winning serious fantasy competitions.

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