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Can you guess the biggest problem I have with living in the northeast? It's not the foot of snow that currently sits on top of my car nor is it a lack of UC-Santa Barbara Banana Slug basketball coverage. Nope, the biggest problem I have with residing in the northeast is that I am caught in the middle of Yankees v. Red Sox and my 6th Amendment right to an impartial jury is about as sacred as the bathroom wall in your favorite bar. After the Youkilis v. Zimmerman ruling was released, I was accosted by a few angry Red Sox fans. While most were completely irrational, one happened to have a fairly good point. With his point in mind I would like to clarify my thoughts from Wednesday.

In the case of Youkilis v. Zimmerman we have a decision involving two of the more underappreciated fantasy commodities in recent years. Kevin Youkilis has been the model 4-category slugger over the past two and a half seasons and despite playing on baseball’s second biggest stage, he has been relatively overlooked. Ryan Zimmerman has emerged as the heart and soul of the Nationals offense after battling a shoulder injury and ongoing jokes about the Nationals. Who deserves to be drafted first? For that we go to the evidence.

For the past 2 years of my fantasy baseball career (if you even want to call it that) I’ve been experimenting and tampering with the Perfect Cheat Sheet in order to yield myself the best teams possible.  This process has had its ups and downs, however, I’ve found a few common denominators that have significantly changed my perspective on how to play fantasy baseball effectively.  In this article, I will discuss what these factors are and what I’m going to do about them come draft day.  So without further ado…