Lineup Optimizer

Reasons For Using A Lineup Optimizer

If you are wondering if using a lineup optimizer is right for you, the answer is that it likely is. Optimizers have now been around for a few years, and many sites added them in that span. Stumbling upon our lineup optimizer, we have put years worth of work into our optimizer and projections to help you become a more profitable player. If you are wondering how it will help you out, there are various ways. Most of us have jobs and other events in our life, where we can’t sit down and dedicate a few hours to fantasy sports. Using an optimizer can help shrink down that time for you to play, because why should you be excluded because you don’t have the time?

There are a few ways it can help shrink down your time for making lineups. For one, research. Every daily fantasy player is going to need to do some research, and the optimizer is going to put everything in one spot for you and point out where the best value is, players to avoid, and also players to target. We also highlight who is in and out of the starting lineup, or who is questionable with an injury. Knowing this information is half of the battle. If you are still short for time, exporting lineups over in bulk is an easy way to mass enter a contest instead of building one by one.

Now say time isn’t an issue for you, and you are looking to enter more lineups than the average user does. The old days of handwriting 50 lineups is over, as those looking to produce a lot of lineups will need some technological support. The optimizer for one is going to create the amount of lineups you want, and instead of entering them one by one, you can send them over via a CSV. The optimizer is going to eliminate all of those tedious tasks that were once needed for entering a mass amount of lineups into a contest.

If you are looking to have a lot of customization, the lineup optimizer can help with that. There are different models and player pools to select that help narrow down more power bats in baseball, or three point shooters in basketball. You can fine tune projections based on different stats, or how often a player is used to give the projections selected a twist based on what you selected. Projections can be changed, whether that is one player, or changing multiple via our upload. This customization gives you total control, but also incorporates the formula to give you the optimal lineup based on the projections chosen.

The Human Input Of A Lineup Optimizer

While the optimizer is going to generate based on a formula, we have a lot of customizable inputs that can help churn out better lineups. Projections are the driving force behind the optimizer, as it relies on that data to optimize the best lineup. While we have a few default projection sets, you can completely customize or upload your own. You can either edit one or two players, or do an entire projection upload. This is going to give the optimizer new data to work with and react to what you have inserted. The other default projection sets are going to be either historical data, based on previous performances, or be based on contest styles. You will see cash game projections and tournament projections where it puts more of an emphasis on their ceiling.

With such a large player pool at times, you can narrow down the player pool selected. That can be based off numerous things, no matter which sport. If you want to see hitters from teams with only a team total over five, we will pull that in for you. Finding a player that you are dead set on and want in all of your lineups, you can use the lock button to make sure that he is in there. Exposure is another big customizable aspect of the optimizer, where you can decide how many of the lineups a player gets put into. If you want a player in 50% of the lineups, you can select 50%. If you want them in just 10% of the lineups, you can customize it that way.

The next customizable feature is the projection models, which are going to add or subtract fantasy points based on the model. For example in NBA, you will see a Vegas total model that will increase or decrease projections based on what that player’s Vegas total is. If you want a model that is based more off of defensive matchups, then a player’s projections will be weighted more on that. The better the matchup, the more fantasy points they will project. This will give the projections a more personalized feel based on what you choose. It also helps more casual users who want to update projections.

Using A Lineup Optimizer For Research

Each sport is going to have it’s own research process, and our goal of an optimizer is to help cut down that research time, but also to keep you in one spot. Now of course you can venture off around the site and look at other information, but most of what you need is going to be right here. Knowing starting lineups seems simple, but it really is the first step of having a successful lineup. You can’t win if you have players getting zeros. That is why there are projected and confirmed starting lineups within the optimizer, and projections will be shown for players who are confirmed playing. That means injured players will have a limited projection or be ruled out completely. You don’t have to worry about lineups getting players out of the lineup in your build.

When looking to build your lineup you are going to see their performance history, which is their recent fantasy trends. Things like the floor over the last ten games, which shows the average of their lowest score, and then their ceiling which highlights the highest fantasy point games. A consistency rating is also given so you can see how consistent players are at hitting their projection. If you are looking for how often they are playing, say like hockey and basketball, we will show you the average minutes they have. In our NBA optimizer we also have minute projections. In a sport like football, you can see the amount of snaps and touches a player gets.

Research is always going to include Vegas data as well as opposing defense matchups. Instead of heading to another page, everything is listed right there for you so you can slide across a player’s name and check out their Vegas numbers and the opposing defense. It will break down how good or bad a defense is against the position, as well as fantasy points allowed. In most circumstances we target high scoring games for Vegas, and want teams with good win odds. That is why Vegas data is important to show. All of the player data is also there for research where you can see the projection and if they are a good value based on their site specific salary.

What To Know Before Using A Lineup Optimizer

Now we can’t just simply come into the lineup optimizer, generate a lineup, and go from there. Otherwise we would have driven these sites out of business already. There are a few things to note before you start generating optimized lineups. While our optimizer calculates site rules and pricing, you need to be aware of them as well. Every sport is going to have unique scoring based on their rules. The roster sizes also change, and the overall formats can be different. Everything is still calculated within the optimizer, but having an understanding can also help with the human input side of things, but knowing why players were selected and not selected in the lineup is important as well.

There are a few different styles of contests in daily fantasy sports, where you are playing cash games and tournaments. Cash games are going to be where the 40% or more of the field is paid out. This is where you see 50/50 tournaments, and double-ups. These contests are considered safer, and more of a long term way of building up bankroll because the chances of a payout are easier. The other style of contest is a tournament where a smaller percentage of the field is paid out, and the payout structure is usually very top heavy. This means there is more risk, and the lineup build is a bit different. You will need to prep and design the optimizer for the style of choice you are looking for. Target scores are much higher for tournaments, in comparison to cash games where it will be lower and you are only looking to beat half the field.

After knowing your contest selections and all the site scoring and rules, have a plan of what kind of daily fantasy player you want to be. If you want to be a straight up tournament player, you are well within your right. If you are looking to be a grind it out cash game player, that is quite all right as well. There is no wrong way to go, but having a bankroll plan is helpful and understanding the amount you want to play each night alongside how you want to play that money. Before you go generating lineups, check in on the contests you want to play and then go about building those lineups.

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