JonBales's Daily Fantasy Profile
| Post Count: | 504 |
| Member Since: | April 1st, 2013 |
| Last Visit: | September 8th, 2018 |
JonBales's Scouting Report
Jonathan Bales, aka Bales, is one of the most respected people in all of DFS. He’s the author of the popular Fantasy Sports for Smart People series, co-founder of FantasyLabs and leads RotoGrinders RotoAcademy . Bales is also a top-ranked Grinder as evidenced by his RotoGrinders Trophy Case
Business Insider – A Day in the Life of Jonathan Bales
Interview with DB730 at 2014 DraftKings FBWC
Last Updated: February 18th, 2018
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Most Recent Activity
| Site | Sport | Date | Buy In | Rank | Points |
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| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $9.00 | 3734 / 19607 | 6.87 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $33.00 | 659 / 3533 | 16.33 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $25.00 | 18977 / 105882 | 11.7 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $3000.00 | 23 / 134 | 292.4 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $150.00 | 433 / 2222 | 39.69 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $5.00 | 3293 / 17835 | 4.64 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 10th, 2021 | $3.00 | 42650 / 237812 | 2.92 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Jan 9th, 2021 | $150.00 | 86 / 506 | 44.81 |
Biggest Scores
| Site | Sport | Date | Buy In | Rank | Points |
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| FanDuel | NFL | Oct 15th, 2017 | $333.00 | 1 / 1481 | 2154.43 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Dec 29th, 2019 | $3000.00 | 2 / 236 | 2154.43 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Dec 21st, 2014 | $1500.00 | 12 / 2250 | 1859.75 (*) |
| DraftKings | NFL | Oct 4th, 2020 | $4444.00 | 4 / 631 | 1698.50 |
| DraftKings | NFL | Dec 19th, 2015 | $75000.00 | 81 / 200 | 1447.32 (*) |
| DraftKings | MLB | May 1st, 2017 | $333.00 | 1 / 834 | 1357.21 |
| FanDuel | NFL | Dec 30th, 2018 | $555.00 | 1 / 500 | 1357.21 |
| FanDuel | NFL | Oct 15th, 2017 | $150.00 | 2 / 3787 | 1357.21 |
- *Contests held before we were able to collect prize amount won use our old rankings formula based on prize pool and place finished. This allows these contests to still appear in historic biggest scores, but they are not directly comparable to scores after Jan 2017.
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Recent Forum Posts
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The Anti-Splits Approach
I think this is comparable to what I'm saying. Another way to put it might be that there's clear value in handedness splits, but (likely due to volatility in baseball) that value is overrated by the crowd, who often favors batters vs opp handedness of pitc... Read More
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The Anti-Splits Approach
I use handedness all the time - even when looking at park factors - so maybe I'm not being as clear as I could be. I'd never look at overall numbers over handedness splits; rather, I'm saying I'm going to weigh things like Vegas, lineup order, etc more so ... Read More
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The Anti-Splits Approach
I'm not saying to not at all use stats vs handedness, but rather that the weight most are placing on them is too much; handedness splits are not as predictive on a nightly basis as many other factors. And with the correlation between GPP ownership and hand... Read More
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The Anti-Splits Approach
I don't ignore splits at all; I just think they're probably overrated. I look at a variety of things (Vegas, lineup order, weather, SB/HR upside, line movement, ownership, etc) Read More
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The Anti-Splits Approach
I think you probably need more PAs than people think, especially when results aren't extreme, which likely plays into the idea that we can't trust handedness splits to predict success in a single night as much as most assume. Read More
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"Intangibles" in MLB
Injuries is a great one. We know they have a major impact on performance, but getting that information and properly accounting for it can be difficult. Read More
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"Intangibles" in MLB
I'm sure mental toughness and clutch play exist in some form, but I would be skeptical of our ability to quantify them and use past data to make accurate future predictions - similar concept to BvP, which "exists" in that I'm sure some batters crush certai... Read More
Screen Names
| Site | Screen Name |
| FanDuel | Bales |
| DraftKings | Bales |
Rankings Summary
| Rank | Points | |
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| Overall Ranking | 524 / 49,848 | 19,400 |
| TPOY Ranking | 346 / 49,491 | 12,894 |
| Monthly Ranking | 779 / 31,583 | 877 |
| Superheavyweight Ranking | 252 / 1,357 | 19,231 |
| NFL Leaderboard | 133 / 44,494 | 16,486 |
| MLB Leaderboard | 6,553 / 25,513 | 126 |
Results Summary
| Top 20% Scores | Average Entrants | Average Buy-In | Average Tiered Buy-In | |
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| Last 365 Days | 387 | 74,274.98 | $187.33 | $440.12 |
| Last 30 Days | 56 | 85,767.38 | $275.77 | |
| Last 7 Days | 19 | 47,589.16 | $367.79 |
Articles Written by JonBales
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RotoAcademy Adds New MLB Courses
A number of new MLB courses from the top minds in DFS have been added... Read More
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How to Actually Find Value in DFS NBA
This intro course talks about what value really means in DFS and how this course... Read More
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Secret 2: How Much Does Value Matter?
What does value truly mean in daily fantasy basketball? Read More
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NBA DFS: How Much Does the Opponent Matter?
How much does the opponent matter in NBA DFS? Jon Bales breaks it down inside. Read More
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RotoAcademy: DFS Strategy Guides
New to daily fantasy sports and don't even know where to begin? Inside you'll find... Read More
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