Fantasy sports, priced by the market

What fantasy sports are

Every fantasy football tool on Parlae reads one board. Its order comes from the draft market, where every recorded draft sets each player's average draft position, and where player stat markets cover a player his market-implied points sit beside the pick. A reader can act on a disagreement between the two. The tools below all run on it, and the fantasy football page explains the game from the first pick to the waiver wire.

Fantasy basketball runs from late October to April, with games most nights, so it is decided by per-game production and by who is playing tonight. Leagues score it one of two ways: points, where every stat is worth a fixed number, or nine categories, where you try to win points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, threes, both shooting percentages and turnovers each week. The NBA fantasy rankings rank every player both ways from real box scores, with boards for point guards, centers and every position between, and an outlook page for each ranked player.

Fantasy hockey runs from October to April, and most leagues set lineups by the week, so it turns on how many games a team plays, who is on the top power-play unit and which goalie starts. The NHL fantasy rankings rank every player for points and categories leagues from the NHL's own stats, the weekly start or sit answers close calls with each team's games, and the streamers page lists games per team and goalie starts.

Fantasy soccer here means the Fantasy Premier League game: a 15-player squad on a 100m budget, a deadline before every gameweek, one free transfer a week and a captain whose points count double. The FPL captain picks rank every likely starter on a projection built from minutes, expected goals and fixtures, the fixture difficulty grid grades the next six gameweeks for all 20 teams, and the transfers page shows who managers are buying and selling. Parlae is independent of the Premier League and its game.

Fantasy baseball is drafted in March and played every day until September, and between seasons it is a keeper and dynasty game. The fantasy baseball rankings project every player from MLB's own stats for roto and points leagues, the dynasty rankings and top prospects look further out, and the depth charts show who holds every job on all 30 clubs.

Golf has a tournament nearly every week of the year, and fantasy golf is decided one field at a time: who is playing, who suits the course and who is in form. Every PGA Tour and DP World Tour event gets a page that ranks its field on form against the field and course history, with a one-and-done section; the season-long fantasy golf rankings rank every golfer with a real record, and the golf schedule lists both tours' calendars with every winner.

How the calls are graded

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