Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Ziddy. Who's Ziddy? Other than my dormant, edgy alter-ego that used to frequent the Boston bar and club scene in the 80's and 90's, Ziddy is an Excel spreadsheet designed to facilitate managing your fantasy baseball teams as well as serving as a research tool in the off-season.
Ziddy will be updated daily for 2019 Platinum subscribers. However, to wet your your whistle, the 2018 version is available for free download (see below).
In short, you enter the player and the date range you want to look at and Ziddy will provide an array of stats for that period. You can enter as many players as you want. Here's an example of the whole season data for the recently named MVP awardees:
And one for the 2018 Cy Young award winners:
Now let's change the dates to an arbitrary slice of the season:
The player pool and dates are easily entered via a pull down menu.
This is a beta-version. I already have a couple of tweaks planned for the upcoming season. For example, HR/FB will be added for both hitters and pitchers. The wOBA for hitters isn't accurate as it doesn't include intentional walks. I'll clean that up for the daily-updated 2019 version.
In addition, there will be three different formats. The first will be exactly as displayed here where you can customize the dates. The second will limit the number of players to five, but you'll be able to customize several sets of dates. The idea here is to help evaluating free agents or for roster moves. Below is a screenshot of the hitting version. The pitching one is similar.
l don't have a sample of the third version yet (primarily because I just thought of it). The last one will be dedicated to points leagues. I'll have preset options for the house settings on the major sites along with some DFS options. You'll also be able to input the scoring system for your league, so long as I'm tracking the scoring category.
Being a beta-version, I'm happy to take suggestions to incorporate into the 2019 version. Please post these on the site forum. In addition, if you need help manipulating the data in Excel, or any other questions about Ziddy, I'll offer assistance when able, also on the forum. Platinum subscribers will get priority.
For those considering a Platinum subscription, Ziddy is only a small part of the content. You get:
- Projections and rankings updated weekly
- Over 400 player profiles
- START (STandings And Roster Tracker)
- Rankings for points leagues including NFBC's Cutline and Fantrax Best Ball
- Strategy articles including my contributions to Rotowire as well as all archived content
- Minor League rankings.
Six of the last seven NFBC Main Event Champions are Platinum subscribers. Three of 2018's NFBC Overall champions subscribed (Main Event, Rotowire Online Championship, Draft Championship).
Click HERE for a free download of the final version of Ziddy for the 2018 season.