For pitchers, though, it was all over the place. Sometimes one system clearly did better than the others, but more to the point, pitchers had breakouts and lost seasons that deviated from their central estimate (or even their distribution, insofar as I could generate or infer it) more often. Why this dichotomy? My guess - an educated guess based on me tinkering with IWAG to little avail - is that hitters
Despite signing a one-year contract just a week before the season -- and coming off the bench for six games -- Westbrook is among the top 40 fantasy scorers, and he certainly is trending in the right direction statistically. The well-traveled future Hall of Famer is easily the fantasy points leader for the downtrodden Kings, who have missed star C/PF Domantas Sabonis (knee) for a month, and there seems no end in sight to the production.
Remember the seemingly surefire breakout for Nikola Jovic? You know, the one that looked like it might define the 2025-26 NBA season at large for the Miami Heat? Well, it hasn't happened. What's worse is there have been zero indications it'll come any time soon. He is scoring and distributing less than last season while shooting worse than he has since his rookie year. He has a single three-pointer (on seven attempts) to show for his last three trips to the hardwood combined.
We're going to start with an ascending rookie tight end who is being schemed up in a versatile role -- and producing. There are multiple backfield rotations also worthy of your attention, and I also see an emerging wide receiver worth adding to rosters. Fannin is averaging 13.1 PPG over his past four games, but I still see more upside here for the rookie tight end because of his versatility in coach Kevin Stefanski's offense for the Cleveland Browns.
The Braves will hit this offseason at a reasonably-sized crossroads. I think that's pretty clear, clear enough that I will almost certainly have a post early in the offseason where the title is some variation of, "The Braves are now at a crossroads." There is the potential to say a lot about where the Braves go from here, what they do next, and how they enter their next franchise phase