How I Start Each Day of Research

I have a confession to make. Can you keep this between the two of us?

Okay, here it is: I’m not handy with Excel.

Thank you for not laughing. I know I’m not the only one, but still. Yeah, it’s a disability I’ve been dealing with for years, but that doesn’t make it any less painful. I think I was born this way; I don’t know. I’m not even sure if there’s a cure.

Here’s the cool thing, though: you don’t have to be handy with Excel in order to succeed at MLB DFS!

Let’s take that pile of jokes and set it aside. Let’s get serious. That’s what you’re here for, right? Seriousness and learning.

Spreadsheets are employed every day by a lot of top MLB DFSers (yes, “DFSers” is a word – it means, um, daily fantasy sporters? Okay, so it’s not a word, but I’ll keep using it anyway). But not all the top MLB DFSers use spreadsheets. I know this, because I don’t use spreadsheets.

But “not using spreadsheets” does not mean that I have to fill my bucket of research every single day. Essentially, I do the same thing those with spreadsheets would do, except I do it without using spreadsheets.

I’m about to lead you on a brief walk through the way in which I start my research process each day, and this is something you can do with or without spreadsheets. If you’re handy with spreadsheets (lucky!), you can take your accumulated information and stick it right into your spreadsheet in whatever way makes the most sense to you. If you don’t use spreadsheets, you can do what I do (or, heck, you can do whatever else feels right to you).

To read the rest of this lesson, you must purchase the course!

Article Image

RotoAcademy offers one-of-a-kind, data-driven content to help you win.

Enroll in a course today!

About the Author

JMToWin
JM Tohline (JMToWin)

JM Tohline (Tuh-lean) – DFS alias JMToWin – is a novelist and a DFS player who specializes in high-stakes MLB and NFL tourneys, with a strategy geared toward single-entry play in multi-entry tourneys. He joined the DFS scene at the beginning of the 2014 MLB season, and has since won five DFS championship seats and two separate trips to the Bahamas. His tendency to type a lot of words leads to a corresponding tendency to divulge all his DFS thoughts, strategies, and secrets…which is exactly what he does in his RotoGrinders articles and RotoAcademy courses. You can find JM on Twitter at JMToWin.