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Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster 2007 (Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ron Shandler
Publisher: Shandler Enterprises Llc
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 415109
Media: Paperback
Edition: 21
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 252
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 1891566075
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781891566073
ASIN: 1891566075
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Product Description
This is the annual update to the 2006 edition. Ron Shandler’s baseball forecasters have the industry’s most consistent track record of success. Written by real experts in fantasy play, the forecaster has accurate projections that are fully supported and intuitively logical . It is the source used by Major League GMs, the media and other fantasy services. The 2007 edition includes stats and sabermetrics, performance trends, ground-breaking research results, pitching logs, bullpen charts, minor league scouting, team charts, an injury section, fantasy draft guides and cheat sheets, a sabermetric glossary and free online projections updates.
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 Forecaster vs. Online service (BaseballHQ) March 5, 2008
Honestly the online service is far better (and has outpaced the book). While the book can be physically held, the information on BaseballHQ is more recent and cotains all of the data in the book.
The only downside is the service is much more expensive, but accuracy comes at a price.
 Great content, weak presentation February 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has a lot of great information and presents users with a statistical means for evaluating players vs. what you get in most fantasy mags- someone's rankings which often seem arbitrary and quickly thrown together.
The downside is it takes weeks to figure out what all the codes stand for and how they're calculated. Would seem simple to offer a basic legend with descriptions, but no luck. There's a glossary which often assumes you know more than you already do about their proprietary info, and even those descriptions are often incomplete.
There are also a number of annoying quirks, such as players not listed with a team, and players who don't play full seasons' stats are extrapolated over a full year. That's a nice touch maybe, but can we throw in the actuals also?
I've also found the basic stats to be flatly incorrect in many cases.
Overall, a great resource that could use an editor's touch for some really basic improvements.
 Shandler Baseball Forecaster Review February 11, 2008
This book is considered the bible of fantasy/roto baseball palyer evaluations.It does live up to ites reputation. I have used it for years as do many of the GMs of MLB teams. An excellent product.
He loved Jose Valverde, I love him! January 2, 2008
The articles explaining the statistics are not well written, but who cares! I think he is the best at predicting future fantasy performance. Where Bill James and the Prospectus people focus on new measures of baseball performance, Shandler sticks to the standard 5 fantasy categories. He was the only tout who predicted Valverde doing as well as he did and I profited from that information.
Fantasy Baseball Bible October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have purchased the Forcaster for the last several years. For what it is, I rate it 5 stars.
The book is designed for people who take their fantasy baseball extremely seriously. If you are merely an occasional or casual fantasy baseball participant, this book probably isn't for you. It took me a couple of years to get a handle on some of the information which is presented, and now it helps me lay out a gameplan for my fantasy baseball drafts, the players who I would like to select, and the rounds I would like to select them in.
The Forecaster breaks down the statistics from prior years and gives you methods and procedures as to how to evaluate major, and some upcoming minor league players in the upcoming year(s). It's not just statistics-- there are articles which give you the authors' views on how they intepret some of the info. It won't tell you who to pick for your fantasy team--what it will do is to give you the tools and information to make your own fantasy evaluations and decisions. (To me, that's where the fun is--of course winning helps too.)
For those who are even more serious about their fantasy baseball, Shandler has an internet site, which has daily updates, and articles written by a very top-flite staff. The site is pricey (a little less than $100 per year) but for those who are really into fantasy baseball, it's worth every penny.
P.S. I have been a subscriber to the internet service for several years, but I have no ownership interest (nor any other financial interest) in this enterprise, other than as a subscriber.
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