Fan Graphs

buttsy00  7/26/2020 1:09 AM

A few questions for anyone that can help please.

I used the FanGraphs (Steamer) projections for my draft, I've never used FanGraphs before so i'm a little bit lost.

What are "Steamer" projections? What are Zips? What is Steamer 600? What should I be using?

What ROS (Rest of Season) projections should I use? Do I need to pay for FanGraphs membership to get ROS projections?

Any help would be appreciated.

trendonite  7/26/2020 10:49 AM

They are just the names of the projections. ZIPS is one of the Fangraphs guys and the Steamer one created by a teacher. Steamer uses pitch data to project pitchers; I am unsure if ZIPS does.

buttsy00  7/26/2020 9:44 PM

Thanks, which one would you recommend? Zips or Steamer? Also what about ROS projections, do I need a Fan Graphs subscription for them?

smolitaris  7/27/2020 9:54 AM

There aren't currently any ROS projections. I didn't have a subscription last year and was still able to get ROS projections. I have a subscription this year and there aren't any available. So I would just keep an eye out. 

smolitaris  7/28/2020 9:23 AM

They've added ROS projections btw.

buttsy00  7/29/2020 3:07 AM

Awesome, thanks

buttsy00  8/1/2020 6:19 AM

Does anyone know how often Fan Graphs update their ROS projections? Just trying to work out how often I should import them in to here.

smolitaris  8/3/2020 5:15 PM

Sometimes multiple times per day. Can see the last time they were updated at the bottom of the page.

mikeyhale1978  8/4/2020 2:31 PM

Quick question on fangraps i keep trying to pull the split data for teams and it keeps giving me way to many games played as the season is only a week in and it is showing like 100 plus games for some teams vs L? Any help would be great I even tried to adjust the date range to a month long and it did not fix anything>>