The Calculus of the Clean Slate: Arbitrage Opportunities in the CRFFL Pre-Draft Window

We currently reside in the most mathematically beautiful phase of the fantasy football calendar. It is mid-August. The CRFFL rosters are blissfully empty, the scoreboards read a sterile zero, and the league’s ecosystem exists in a state of theoretical perfection. Unburdened by the predictable cognitive biases of my peers, the data is currently pure. Naturally, that pristine environment will be ann...