Kingdom Ridge Capital Executive Nick Caputo — Three Keys to Rotisserie Fantasy Sports
Working as an analyst for an investment firm like Kingdom Ridge Capital doesn’t leave Nick Caputo with very much free time. However, he has nurtured an obsession with sports and sports statistics since high school, and he still finds time to play fantasy sports with his friends every season. Caputo plays baseball, basketball, and football fantasy sports, and for the baseball and basketball seasons, he participates in rotisserie leagues with his friends.
Rotisserie fantasy sports are long term grinds. The winner of these leagues isn’t the one who won the most head-to-head matchups, they are the ones who can hold onto the players that produce the most stats in the league. Here are four tips from an experienced fantasy gamer like Kingdom Ridge Capital analyst Nick Caputo:
Pay attention to projections, but not too much. Projected stats are handy to get an idea of which stats to expect from players on your roster. Usually they are close to accurate, but they are never exactly right. Don’t use projections as gospel to round out your statistic output, but don’t ignore them either.
Trade from strength. If you need home runs to boost your stats, always trade a player good at producing other stats, such as steals or batting average, to use a baseball team as an example. Try to build strength in as many categories as you can so that you can trade from them as the season wears on.
Don’t pay for useless stats. Three-point shooting in the NBA is on the rise, but you can’t expect to beat a team in threes if your opponent has Steph Curry and/or Klay Thompson. Don’t spend valuable draft capital to try to compete in stats you can’t win anyway. Instead, dominate in your opponents’ areas of weakness, according to Kingdom Ridge Capital analyst Nick Caputo.
Don’t fall in love with players from your favorite real world team.Just because you love a player on your favorite professional team doesn’t mean he is a good fit for your fantasy team.Also, be aware of the favorite team biases of your friends.If there are several New York Yankee fans in your league, it is fair to assume that some of them will over pay for their favorites.You can use this to your advantage and pick up players from less popular teams that are not as well known (or loved) by your fellow fantasy general managers.
Kingdom Ridge Capital analyst Kingdom Ridge Capital Nick Caputo lives in the New York City metro area…but is not a Yankee fan.
