Last Player Picked

UPDATE 02/18: The ESPN script is now working. I’m still adding IDs for some minor players, but anyone who is fantasy-relevant should show up.

I just got a heads-up that the Greasemonkey script for ESPN is currently out-of-order.

ESPN switched around all of their player IDs, which broke the script that inserts dollar values onto their league pages.

I’ll need to update the IDs for a thousand or so players to get it back up and running. So if anyone happens to have already compiled a bunch of ESPN player IDs, I’d love to know about them.

I’ll let you know when everything is fixed.

I’m working on a new feature for the Price Guide — the ability to upload your own projections to use when generating player values.

I’m still getting the details worked out, but I’m looking for some people who would like to try it out. If you are interested in testing this out, leave a comment below or email me (mcopeland@lastplayerpicked.com), and I will send you the link to access it.

You may have noticed it already, but the 2010 Marcel projections are now available on the Price Guide. Many thanks to Tom Tango for allowing me to use them here.

I also had a request for a fantasy category of saves + holds, and that is now available. Keep in mind that no one projects holds, so what you are seeing is just the past year’s stats.

It’s a new year, and that means a new fantasy baseball season is on the way!

Here at Last Player Picked, the wheels are beginning to turn again after a quiet and restful offseason.  That means that the Price Guide will start being updated with 2010 projections very soon.

The regular schedule of posts will return next Monday and continue on through the start of the baseball season.

I’m looking forward to having some excellent discussions on draft strategy and player valuation.

A couple of miscellaneous notes for this Tuesday:

• The scripts to add dollar values to ESPN and CBS leagues have been updated to show values on pages after ajax updates.

  If you have been using these scripts in the past, you may have noticed that the dollar values didn’t show up when you clicked on certain links. I think that has been corrected, now.

  If you haven’t tried adding dollar values to your league homepage (and it works for Yahoo leagues as well), the scripts to do that are available on the Price Guide.

• To date, I’ve been updating the previous day’s stats the following morning, whenever I happen to wake up. (Sorry, I can’t stay up for west coast games…) The stats update process has now been automated and scheduled for 3:00 AM EDT each morning.

• It will be interesting to watch Brett Cecil’s first major league start today. He projected as surprisingly decent (low 4.00’s ERA; WHIP in the 1.30’s; pretty good K/9), comparable to guys like Gil Meche, John Maine, and Jeremy Bonderman. With his good projection and a very strong spring performance, he’s someone I would have targeted in drafts if he had opened the season in the Jays’ rotation.

  Cecil’s AAA stats so far this year have not been impressive, but some of that is the product of the environment. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Cecil do well if he gets a long enough look in the majors.

• With about a month of the 2009 season now in the books, I’m going to start looking at some of the players who have the biggest gaps between projected dollar values and value to-date. Should we be trusting one price over the other?