Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Welcome to the Kitchen. We hope you like it.



Hello, boys and girls. This is Roto Kitchen. This blog is dedicated to the art of cooking the perfect recipe for fantasy domination. We'll talk about everything related to fantasy football, basketball and baseball, as well as any other random stuff that catches my taste.

Why I decided to make this blog? Well, it's not like the world is short of fantasy sports blogs, but as I've read many of them looking for suggestions on who should I sit, start, drop, pick, etc., I've found most of the writers never fully compromise on to what they really think about a certain player.

When a writer makes a statement on how a certain player might do in the future, it's usually a very safe and ambiguous analysis that doesn't help you much and sometimes even end up leaving you more confused. They tend to proverbially leave the door open, so that if the player ends up playing good from that point on, they can get the credit for telling you he was going to be good. But if the player ends up playing bad from that point on, you can't hold it against those writers because they told you to be cautious.

For example, here is what Tristan H. Cockroft of ESPN.com wrote about Dustin Keller after a 7 receptions, 115-yards-and-a-TD performance on week 2 of this season:
"Don't expect such outbursts every week, but if Keller can continue to get looks in red zone situations, as he did this week, he might be one of the more surprising outside-the-top-10 tight end picks from the preseason."
Whoa! Way to stick your head out there, Cockroft. That was a helpful advice, I guess?

Now, suppose you are a Brent Celek owner that just got murdered for the second week in a row and wants some advice on wether Keller is a good pick or not. How does Cockroft's opinion helps you decide if you should pick Keller or not? If you pick Keller and he ends up stinking on the following weeks, Cockroft was right because he told you to "not expect such outbursts every week", but if Keller ends up having good outings the following weeks (as we all know he's been doing, except for week 5), hey, he also told you  "he might be one of the more surprising outside-the-top-10 tight end picks", right?

You are not going to get anything like that from us. You see, here at the Roto Kitchen, we take the word "safe" and throw it down the sink, and then turn on the garbage disposal. Of course, we are not always going to be right about everything. After all, we are trying to predict the future, and believe it or not, it's not as easy as you think. But if you have a question, we'll sure give you the answer you are looking for. We'll give it to you straight, without hedging the outcome.

So without further ado, here's the weekly menu, hoping to serve you with information and analysis that you may find useful and entertaining.

Fantasy Football:
-Mondays: Sunday Scoop - A compilation of highlights, observations and random thoughts from all the games played on Sunday and the game to be played on Monday night.
-Tuesdays: The Market - A list of the hot pickups for the week. We'll tell you who's worth a look and who's not.
-Wednesday: The Sampler - A look around the web for football-related stories and other tasty appetizers.
-Friday: The Works - Who you should sit, who you should start, and who's on th injury report.

Fantasy Basketball:
-Sunday: Head-to-Head Week Planning - Intended to help those on head-to-head leagues. Which players are going top have a huge week and which don't based on their game schedule and other factors.
-Thursday: The Sampler - A look around the web for basketball-related stories and other tasty appetizers.
-Friday and every other random day: Think Outside the Boxscore - Checking out news around the league and those players whose stock is moving up and those players whose stock is going down.

So that's it for now. Enjoy the NBA regular season tip-off, which is tonight. Hope you come back soon.

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