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"# Fantasy Football\n",
"\n",
"So - this is my first year participating in a fantasy football league. I enjoy football, but I typically only keep up with a few teams, so drafting an actual team was a bit daunting. So, like most things, I relied on data to help me out. I spent some time researching strategy, looking at projections, and even simulating some drafts. Draft day came and I felt pretty good about my team...but now I am currently 0-3 for the season. Ha.\n",
"\n",
"I started to get a bit curious about why I was doing so poorly. Typically my \"projected\" points were pretty good each week, but my team just never seemed to deliver.\n",
"\n",
"Thus, here is my first post looking at the biggest out performers and the biggest misses relative to ESPN projections. All data are from ESPN. So - lets get to it!"
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"import psycopg2\n",
"import pandas.io.sql as psql\n",
"import pandas as pd\n",
"from matplotlib import pyplot as plt\n",
"from __future__ import division #now division always returns a floating point number\n",
"import numpy as np\n",
"import seaborn as sns\n",
"%matplotlib inline"
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"db = psycopg2.connect(\"dbname='fantasyfootball' host='localhost'\")\n",
"\n",
"def get_combined_df():\n",
" actual_points = psql.read_sql(\"\"\"\n",
" select name, team, position, sum(total_points) as points_actual \n",
" from scoring_leaders_weekly\n",
" group by name, team, position;\"\"\", con=db)\n",
" predicted_points = psql.read_sql(\"\"\"\n",
" select name, team, position, sum(total_points) as points_predicted\n",
" from next_week_projections\n",
" group by name, team, position;\"\"\", con=db)\n",
" combined_df = actual_points.merge(predicted_points, \n",
" on=['name', 'team', 'position'], how='left')\n",
" combined_df = combined_df.dropna()\n",
" combined_df = combined_df[combined_df['points_predicted'] > 0]\n",
" combined_df['points_diff'] = combined_df.points_actual - combined_df.points_predicted\n",
" combined_df['points_diff_pct'] = (combined_df.points_actual - combined_df.points_predicted) / combined_df.points_predicted\n",
" return combined_df\n",
"\n",
"def get_top_bottom(df):\n",
" group = df.groupby('position')\n",
" top_list = []\n",
" bottom_list = []\n",
" for name, data in group:\n",
" top = data.sort('points_diff', ascending=False)\n",
" top_list.append(top.head())\n",
" tail = top.tail()\n",
" tail = tail.sort('points_diff')\n",
" bottom_list.append(tail)\n",
" top_df = pd.concat(top_list)\n",
" bottom_df = pd.concat(bottom_list)\n",
" return top_df, bottom_df\n",
"\n",
"def run_analysis():\n",
" combined_df = get_combined_df()\n",
" top, bottom = get_top_bottom(combined_df)\n",
" return combined_df, top, bottom"
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"# RESULTS\n",
"\n",
"For the results, I decided to show the top 5 out performers and the top 5 under performers for the cumulative season based on the absolute point difference (not the percentage). First, here are the **out performers**. This is pretty interesting. Travis Benjamin, for example, has in the first 3 weeks produced an extra 33.6 fantasy points relative to expectations. Not too bad."
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"combined_df, top_1, bottom_1 = run_analysis()"
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"Now here are the **under performers**. These are the people you don't want to be playing...For example, C.J. Anderson comes in at a whopping 42 points under expectation. Who is my running back you ask... Drew Brees takes the cake, though, under performing by 46.2 points on the season. He was injured, though."
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"45 Colts Colts D 12 34.4 \n",
"223 Dolphins Dolphins D 14 36.3 \n",
"213 Texans Texans D 12 32.1 \n",
"470 Lions Lions D 14 27.4 \n",
"141 Chargers Chargers D 10 23.1 \n",
"366 Adam Vinatieri Ind K 5 31.5 \n",
"24 Matt Prater Det K 8 30.9 \n",
"461 Phil Dawson SF K 13 35.8 \n",
"399 Andrew Franks Mia K 14 33.6 \n",
"193 Josh Scobee Pit K 16 32.1 \n",
"21 Drew Brees NO QB 28 74.2 \n",
"251 Andrew Luck Ind QB 41 69.5 \n",
"426 Sam Bradford Phi QB 27 55.5 \n",
"477 Teddy Bridgewater Min QB 28 55.5 \n",
"428 Peyton Manning Den QB 43 67.7 \n",
"20 C.J. Anderson Den RB 6 48.0 \n",
"276 Marshawn Lynch Sea RB 19 55.0 \n",
"184 DeMarco Murray Phi RB 18 50.3 \n",
"311 Jeremy Hill Cin RB 20 50.0 \n",
"416 Lamar Miller Mia RB 15 42.8 \n",
"16 Zach Ertz Phi TE 8 22.0 \n",
"386 Benjamin Watson NO TE 4 15.4 \n",
"226 Mychal Rivera Oak TE 1 12.0 \n",
"136 Jeff Cumberland NYJ TE 1 10.8 \n",
"227 Martellus Bennett Chi TE 16 25.0 \n",
"296 Alshon Jeffery Chi WR 7 37.4 \n",
"123 Calvin Johnson Det WR 24 48.7 \n",
"32 Andre Johnson Ind WR 4 27.9 \n",
"87 Demaryius Thomas Den WR 30 52.5 \n",
"105 Mike Evans TB WR 10 32.4 \n",
"\n",
" points_diff points_diff_pct \n",
"45 -22.4 -0.651163 \n",
"223 -22.3 -0.614325 \n",
"213 -20.1 -0.626168 \n",
"470 -13.4 -0.489051 \n",
"141 -13.1 -0.567100 \n",
"366 -26.5 -0.841270 \n",
"24 -22.9 -0.741100 \n",
"461 -22.8 -0.636872 \n",
"399 -19.6 -0.583333 \n",
"193 -16.1 -0.501558 \n",
"21 -46.2 -0.622642 \n",
"251 -28.5 -0.410072 \n",
"426 -28.5 -0.513514 \n",
"477 -27.5 -0.495495 \n",
"428 -24.7 -0.364845 \n",
"20 -42.0 -0.875000 \n",
"276 -36.0 -0.654545 \n",
"184 -32.3 -0.642147 \n",
"311 -30.0 -0.600000 \n",
"416 -27.8 -0.649533 \n",
"16 -14.0 -0.636364 \n",
"386 -11.4 -0.740260 \n",
"226 -11.0 -0.916667 \n",
"136 -9.8 -0.907407 \n",
"227 -9.0 -0.360000 \n",
"296 -30.4 -0.812834 \n",
"123 -24.7 -0.507187 \n",
"32 -23.9 -0.856631 \n",
"87 -22.5 -0.428571 \n",
"105 -22.4 -0.691358 "
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"source": [
"Next, I wanted to take a look at the distribution of point differences by position. The below chart shows that the median player in all positions is under performing, except for TE which is pretty close to zero. There are a few break out WRs and quite a bunch of under performing running backs. The spread is also pretty wide for most of the positions."
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},
"metadata": {},
"output_type": "display_data"
}
],
"source": [
"ax = sns.boxplot(combined_df.points_diff, groupby=combined_df.position)\n",
"plt.title(\"Distribution of Point Differences by Position\")\n",
"sns.despine()"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"I also looked at the distribution of actual points by position. One thing you hear in fantasy is to select RBs early because they are high variance players. Meaning that you suffer more by getting a lower ranked RB than a lower ranked QB. This is also due to the fact that a lot more RBs are getting drafted than QBs. Below is the distribution for all players and provides a general sense."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": 23,
"metadata": {
"collapsed": false
},
"outputs": [
{
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"ax = sns.boxplot(combined_df.points_actual, groupby=combined_df.position)\n",
"plt.title(\"Distribution of Actual Points by Position\")\n",
"sns.despine()"
]
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"To see if the high variance difference is playing out, we can look at the top 12 quarterbacks and top 36 running backs so far in the season (assume 12 team league with 1 starting QB and 3 starting RBs). You can see below that indeed the RBs standard deviation is quite a bit higher (about 7 points) than the QBs."
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"execution_count": 34,
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"# In conclusion\n",
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"These were just some quick analyses I did to try and get a sense of which players are doing well/poorly and how various positions are performing. \n",
"\n",
"If people find this interesting, I can try and update the data as the season goes on.\n",
"\n",
"I am hoping to find time to investigate the ESPN projections to see how sensical they really are. Based on the chart above, they seem to aim high, leading to many under performers. I would like to try and build my own projection model to see how well I can compare. Now that I think about it, here are the overall summary statistics below. It looks like on average ESPN is over projecting by about 4 points with a standard deviation of 10.5 points."
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