Identifying when to pick up a player

solo225  4/1/2015 12:13 AM

As the rankings change over the course of the season wanted some advice for when to pick up a pitcher or a hitter.  What indicators are best too look at in order to decide to pick up a player.  For example if I remember correctly, Brian Dozier was not ranked high in last years projections.  However, over the course of the season his stock increased.  

Additionally, are there going to be tools on baseballmonster that would compare pre-season projection rank to present day projection rank? The idea being I want to be able to pick up players in my league before anyone else using baseballmonster.

11 Teams | 12 Hitters Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R BA] | 9 Pitchers Per Team [5 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO]

Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
1	5	3	1.15	Andrew McCutchen	Day to Day - Probable - Andrew McCutchen (lower body soreness) is back in the Pirates' Grapefruit League lineup Tuesday.	PIT	OF	154		578	96	182	105	93	115	0.315	24	17	0.56	1.57	0.40	1.13	2.10
1	9	6	1.03	Jose Abreu		CHW	1B	146	3/31/2015 10:54 AM Jose Abreu (personal) returned to the White Sox lineup Tuesday.	579	91	175	109	54	142	0.303	36	3	1.93	1.81	-0.78	0.74	1.44
2	13	9	0.89	Jose Altuve		HOU	2B	157		683	95	213	72	35	63	0.311	7	49	-1.46	-0.46	3.01	1.12	2.23
4	36	23	0.47	Matt Holliday		STL	OF	149		577	97	164	97	76	98	0.285	22	4	0.27	1.06	-0.70	1.25	0.48
4	44	29	0.37	Carlos Gonzalez	Day to Day - Probable - Rockies manager Walt Weiss said he does not expect Carlos Gonzalez will miss much time, if any due to his sore knee.	COL	OF	130		524	95	144	81	54	140	0.275	27	11	0.84	0.07	-0.13	1.10	-0.02
5	51	33	0.30	Chris Davis		BAL	1B/3B	149		553	88	135	97	64	211	0.244	38	4	2.21	1.11	-0.67	0.50	-1.65
6	61	40	0.19	Evan Longoria		TB	3B	157		613	85	161	97	57	141	0.263	27	5	0.93	1.10	-0.60	0.24	-0.72
9	92	58	-0.01	Melky Cabrera		CHW	OF	146		613	87	179	76	46	76	0.293	14	5	-0.64	-0.20	-0.56	0.38	0.96
10	101	59	-0.07	Dee Gordon		MIA	2B	139		590	85	160	47	35	106	0.271	2	59	-2.10	-1.99	3.78	0.20	-0.27
14	148	80	-0.22	Joe Mauer		MIN	1B	138		541	77	159	88	71	110	0.294	9	2	-1.26	0.53	-0.80	-0.49	0.89
22	232	116	-0.54	Yadier Molina		STL	C	139		519	63	155	71	33	62	0.299	14	1	-0.64	-0.54	-0.92	-1.68	1.10
23	244	119	-0.58	Marcell Ozuna		MIA	OF	151		549	65	146	73	42	144	0.266	20	7	0.03	-0.41	-0.46	-1.52	-0.52
23	251	124	-0.59	Jhonny Peralta		STL	SS	150		557	64	154	72	54	119	0.277	18	4	-0.20	-0.48	-0.70	-1.64	0.05
Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
			2.39	Avg Stats/Total Values				1904		7,476	1,088	2,128	1,083	712	1,527	0.285	257	169	0.48	3.18	0.87	1.33	6.08
			2.97	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				1754		6,927	1,023	1,982	1,011	670	1,383	0.286	238	162	0.46	3.60	1.33	2.85	6.60

Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
5	54	19	0.28	Sean Doolittle	Injured - left shoulder surgery - is out indefinitely Projected Return 5/1/2015	OAK	RP	59	3/31/2015 12:31 PM Sean Doolittle has played catch twice, the smallest of steps on the road that will eventually lead him back to the A’s bullpen.	58.9	38	14	13	9	70	4	1.94	4	28	0.79	-1.29	1.10	1.17	1.53	-1.12
7	77	28	0.13	David Robertson		CHW	RP	66		66.4	49	20	18	23	89	5	2.45	4	39	1.09	-1.27	1.76	0.71	0.27	-0.81
8	84	33	0.05	Huston Street		LAA	RP	72		72.2	54	29	26	16	68	8	3.27	4	41	0.97	-1.16	1.93	-0.28	0.93	-1.16
9	95	37	-0.03	Mat Latos		MIA	SP	31		202.0	185	74	68	56	163	12	3.02	13	0	1.19	0.76	-0.70	0.12	-0.79	0.46
11	111	50	-0.10	Matt Shoemaker		LAA	SP/RP	34		207.4	196	85	78	45	173	21	3.39	15	0	1.16	1.08	-0.70	-1.26	-0.27	0.63
11	117	52	-0.12	Jose Quintana		CHW	SP	34		214.2	205	82	75	55	181	17	3.16	14	0	1.21	0.89	-0.70	-0.44	-1.12	0.77
12	129	57	-0.16	Homer Bailey	Injured - right forearm surgery - is questionable for his first scheduled start Projected Return 4/15/2015	CIN	SP	31		196.5	168	83	76	55	181	22	3.48	12	0	1.13	0.52	-0.70	-1.52	0.11	0.77
14	151	69	-0.24	Kyle Hendricks		CHC	SP	39		168.6	152	70	64	32	106	14	3.41	12	0	1.09	0.50	-0.70	-1.09	0.59	-0.52
15	158	71	-0.26	Pedro Strop		CHC	RP	73		65.3	48	20	18	26	77	3	2.48	6	6	1.13	-0.72	-0.31	0.67	0.05	-1.00
16	169	77	-0.30	Sergio Romo	Day to Day - Probable - Sore right shoulder	SF	RP	67		59.9	47	22	20	13	59	6	3.01	5	13	0.98	-1.06	0.14	0.05	0.70	-1.32
Round	Rank	TRank	Value	Name	Inj	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
			-0.76	Avg Stats/Total Values				505		1,311.4	1,140	496	456	329	1,166	112	3.13	89	128	1.12	-1.75	1.12	-1.87	2.00	-3.30
			-1.04	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				446		1,252.5	1,103	482	443	320	1,096	108	3.19	86	100	1.14	-0.46	0.02	-3.04	0.48	-2.18

ken_admin  4/1/2015 9:29 AM

Currently, the best way to find a player is simply under Projections, using Available & My Players filter to compare your players to those available.   If you're looking for short-term moves, you can do the same under Weekly Projections.

Ideally, there would be more automated ways to highlight available players. In theory (for Yahoo! at least), we can download your current rosters automatically and find the best available.  Maybe there can be a threshold where we email you suggested adds.  As a start, a page summarizing your complete league with best available would be a good beginning.

During the season, you will be able to see a players Preseason Projection vs. Remaining Projection under the Player Info. We could also add a Comparison Column which includes Preseason projection.

RyanH  4/1/2015 6:17 PM

I also had a similar question as Solo225. Ken - I like the idea of having a page summarizing the league with best available. Basketball monster started to do this with a daily summary this year and was super helpful. Thanks