ROTISSERIE: COVID, the short season, and long-term trends

COVID, the CBA, player trends, cats and dogs, living together, mass hysteria! So much has happened over the past year or so that it’s dizzying; forget trying to factor it into our approach to fantasy baseball.

But that’s why you subscribe, right? We’ll give you a rundown here on the big picture and how it may affect your approach to managing your team.

Looking back

Okay, so 2020 was a weird year. How much weight should we give players’ 2020 stats? The simple answer: none.

But surely, 2020 is a data point that should be factored into our analysis, right? Yes. We should give 2020 the same consideration as we would any 60-game sample. Still none.

Take the case of Dylan Bundy (RHP, LAA). He seemed to break out in 2020, with a 3.29 ERA and...

Almost!

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