Ron Shandlers 2018 Baseball Forecaster: & Encyclopedia of Fanalytics [Paperback]

The industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, the2018 Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to approach prognostication by breaking performance down into its component parts. Rather than predicting batting average, for instance, this resource looks at the elements of skill that make up any given batter's ability to distinguish between balls and strikes, his propensity to make contact with the ball, and what happens when he makes contact—reverse engineering those skills back into batting average. The result is an unparalleled forecast of baseball abilities and trends for the upcoming season and beyond.

Brent Hersheyis the managing editor ofwww.BaseballHQ.com. He was honored in 2009 by the Fantasy Sports Writer Association for the Best Fantasy Baseball Article in a Print Publication. He lives in Philadelphia.Brandon Krusehas contributed toBaseballHQ.comsince 2005, is a Twins fan pinning his hopes on the futures of Buxton and Sano, and lives in the Minneapolis area with his wife and two kids.Ray Murphyis the managing director ofwww.BaseballHQ.com. He lives in Boston.Ron Shandlerwas the first baseball analyst to develop sabermetric applications for fantasy league play.