Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Win at Daily Fantasy Sports
Jonathan Bales' data-driven guide to winning daily fantasy football
About Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Win at Daily Fantasy Sports
A strategy book by Jonathan Bales that applies a numbers-first approach to DFS, built around the NFL but meant to carry over to other sports. It covers how to spend the salary cap, which lineup combinations tend to score best, when to be contrarian in tournaments, and how season-long players can adjust to DFS.
Features
- Salary-cap allocation
- Lineup combination data
- Contrarian tournament strategy
- Flex position decisions
- Season-long to DFS transition
- 166-page paperback (CreateSpace)
Sports and sites covered
Sports
Works with
Not tied to a specific DFS site.
Pricing
From $9.99 once
Kindle $9.99; paperback $17.99 at time of check
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