I don’t know about you, but I get really pissed off when people accuse me of forgetting my roots or where I came from. I’m a strong believer in that where we come from and our life experiences shape who we are today. There is nothing wrong with change as scary as it may seem to some of us. But our roots are planted deep in the soil of our history and those roots are our core.
In recent years we have seen some real amazing changes to the fantasy sports industry and games that we all grew up with and love. Most notably, the growth of daily fantasy sports has gleaned so much of the attention away from our old reliable seasonal leagues that it has created a sizable rift between diehards of each format.
Change is never easy. Moving away from home for the first time. New Coke. That time that Rachel from Friends changed her hairstyle. The first time you saw Shakira shake her backside. Well maybe that last one was a good change but you get my point. Daily fantasy sports (DFS) have become a cultural phenomenon over the past few years and some of you don’t like it. I get it.
Those of you who have supported my career in sports, fantasy sports and broadcasting over the years know that I’ve been playing fantasy sports for a long time (since 1989 to be exact). You also may have noticed that over the past 18 months I have had a lot of success playing the daily game. Big checks, Playboy Playmates, trips around the world, new daily fantasy radio shows and videos have become the new norm for this kid from the South side. Make no mistake either, I have enjoyed every single minute of it.
But toward the end of 2015 when reflecting on all that we’ve accomplished at Fantasy Alarm and me personally playing fantasy sports, I noticed that maybe we had become a little too heavy on the DFS content side. This had nothing to do with the legal issues and accusations that were popping up in various states either. The fact is, as those of you who listen to the Alarm Show realize, I have never been worried about the legality of DFS. It needed to be regulated and cleaned up and that is exactly what is happening now. It’s a very good thing for fantasy sports as a whole.
The DFS Playbook PRO here at Fantasy Alarm has become a monumental success in winning our users over $4 million over the past two years as well as picking up the Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s “Daily Product of the Year” award. I am very proud of the success of this product and more importantly the way we have created thousands of informed, educated and winning DFS players as a result.
But it is time to get back to our roots.
You may have noticed a lot of improvements of our web site over the past few months. I say this knowing full well that I’ll get a ton of “the new design sucks!!” comments thrown at me which is perfectly fine. As I said earlier, change is never an easy thing. But I hope you all understand that these changes you have seen have taken literally thousands of hours over the past four months to implement and that each and every change has been done to make your experience with us better. From the aesthetic look of the website, to the brand new forums, abundance of new audio and videos to an expanded Daily Fantasy section we have taken every bit of feedback from our users and given them what they said they wanted in the best way possible. It will take some getting used to and we have already felt the fire of many of you who have noticed bugs with the new format. For that and continuing to support us, we all thank you.
It is with all of this in mind that we are very proud to unveil our brand new fantasy product in the Fantasy Alarm Seasonal Playbook PRO. See what we did there? Basically just took the DFS and changed it to “Seasonal” and…well…there you go.
Despite the boring name, you can bet your backside that this product will make you a better fantasy player and help you win your seasonal fantasy leagues. We’ve invested considerably in providing our users with the absolute best content, tools and personalities in seasonal fantasy sports starting with the 2016 MLB season. The Seasonal Playbook PRO will consist of daily articles from award winning writers, in-depth analysis from the entire team here at Fantasy Alarm, time saving tools and technology to help you plan everything from waivers to lineups and access to our brand new forums and live chats.
The Seasonal Playbook PRO is a subscription service that you can get by itself or combine with our DFS Playbook PRO service. Like the DFS Playbook, the Seasonal Playbook PRO will give you access to EVERY SPORT that we cover here at Fantasy Alarm. For 2016 we are planning on providing Season Playbook PRO coverage for MLB, NFL, NBA & NHL. We are launching with the 2016 MLB regular season on April 4th.
The Seasonal Playbook PRO will replace our Assistant GM product beginning with this baseball season. But don’t worry because if you purchased the Fantasy Alarm Assistant GM for the 2016 MLB season, you have been given full access to our brand new Seasonal Playbook PRO! Oh, and you saved a bunch of money in the process as your subscription will not renew until October 2016. That is a savings of $40!
Let’s take a look at everything that is included with the Seasonal Playbook PRO:
Monthly Fantasy Baseball Rankings – At the start of every month Ray Flowers will re-rank every MLB player by position in terms of fantasy value going forward. Most sites and services give you rankings only at the start of the season. Fantasy Alarm will be with you until the end.
Ray Flowers Daily Trends – Every weekday Ray Flowers drops the fantasy baseball knowledge right into your inbox. Here Ray will be breaking down the numbers, dishing who the better waiver pickups will be, comparing players to help you make a better trade and telling you why every prospect is going to suck.
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Full Bullpen Reports by Howard Bender – Who the Closer is right now doesn’t mean much in today’s fantasy baseball. You need to know which arms are next in line for saves, holds and that can help you drop your pitching ratios. Howard Bender has you covered all season long so that you will always stay ahead of your competition.
One MANS Opinion – Who knew that the rantings of a lunatic could pay off so well in fantasy baseball? Jeff Mans sounds off on everything from how to setup a league to why FIP might not be such an honest indicator as other experts may think.
Joe Pisapia’s Relative Position Value (RPV) Breakdowns – The author of the #1 selling Fantasy Black Book comes to Fantasy Alarm starting with the 2016 MLB season! Joe will be using his prized RPV formula to help you understand which players are helping and hurting your team all season long. RPV will help you decide on the best waiver pickups, make better trades and make better starting lineup decisions all year long.
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Friday Night Weekly Preview – Evan Tarracciano covers fantasy baseball like a blanket all season long with his all-encompassing Weekly Preview. Here Evan breaks down every MLB matchup for the coming week, ranks the top 50 starting pitchers, tells you which players will be impacted by interleague play, uncovers which players will benefit from positive splits, which pitchers will throw twice and so much more.
Farm Reports – How would you like to know how the top prospects in the game are doing even BEFORE they arrive in the major leagues? David Kerr is tracking every minor league player and dishing on who is next in line to be called up and who is making it hard for his team to keep him down. The next Carlos Correa, Miguel Sano and Noah Syndergaard will all be found down on the Farm Report.
Category Impact Articles – The only way to win at fantasy baseball is to conquer categories. You need the right players to accomplish this and Colby Conway has you covered twice a week as he breaks down which players are impacting the most important fantasy categories. If you struggle in roto league formats, you especially need to know how to impact categories in fantasy baseball.
Premium Forum Access – Our brand new Fantasy Alarm Forums will launch the first week of the 2016 MLB season. Your Seasonal Playbook PRO subscription will give you access to the entire Fantasy Alarm team including Ray Flowers, Jeff Mans, Howard Bender, Ted Schuster and more. Our staff will hold office hours every day where we will go through and answer your posts, hold live Q&A sessions and talk all that trash that makes fantasy sports fun.
Live Chats - Ever wish that you could ask a series of questions about your team, lineup or anything else with someone who has the answers? Seasonal Playbook subscribers will be invited to multiple chats every week right on the Fantasy Alarm site and hosted by the likes of Ray Flowers, Jeff Mans, Howard Bender, Ted Schuster and more.
As if all of that wasn’t enough we will be unveiling new tools, apps, articles and innovations throughout the rest of 2016 that will be added to your Seasonal Playbook at absolutely no extra cost to you. You’ll get exclusive access to our premium Stats City database, player compare tools and so much more.
So whether you are a long time seasonal fantasy player, a curious daily fantasy newbie, both or anything in between I am 100% confident that we here at Fantasy Alarm have all of your needs covered. I can say with full confidence that nobody in the fantasy sports industry cares more about helping you win your leagues or contests than we do.
LET’S GET STARTED!!
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