Andrew Pankin 7/9/21 Andrew Pankin 7/9/21

All-2000’s: Aquarius

I left the Aquarius All-2000’s roster for last, because that’s the place in the standings where the Water Bearers most frequently found themselves in the last two decades. You might look at a player pool that incudes the likes of Vladimir Guerrero (Sr.), Roberto Alomar, and Lance Berkman, and wonder how they performed so poorly overall, but… the fantasy points don’t lie.

Andrew Pankin 7/6/21 Andrew Pankin 7/6/21

All-2000’s: Capricorn

My personal favorite Capricorn player happens to be the top-scoring All-2000’s Capricorn player: Hall of Fame outfielder Rickey Henderson. It’s not just because the career leader in runs scored and stolen bases (and times caught stealing) played the majority of his career for my favorite team – the Oakland Athletics – but because one of my earliest baseball video game memories involves his digital avatar in Triple Play ’96 for the Sega Genesis.

Andrew Pankin 7/4/21 Andrew Pankin 7/4/21

All-2000’s: Taurus

Taurus has had more of a roller coaster ride over the last 20 years than any other sign, spending time at the very top and also the very bottom of the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League standings. While their current pitching depth still leaves something to be desired, the Bulls currently sit at the top of the Earth Division (although with slightly lower playoff odds than second place Virgo), and they could be on their way back to relevance soon.

Andrew Pankin 7/2/21 Andrew Pankin 7/2/21

All-2000’s: Sagittarius

I must admit that the winter signs have always proved the most enigmatic to me in terms of Astrology Baseball. Sagittarius (encompassing parts of November and December) always seems to have a stable of superstars at their disposal, but except for one random year (2008), the Archers haven’t been especially relevant in the FABL standings.

Andrew Pankin 6/27/21 Andrew Pankin 6/27/21

All-2000’s: Pisces

If you believe the playoff odds provided by the ESPN fantasy baseball client (which I use to run the official Fantasy Astrology Baseball League), Pisces has a 99% chance to make the postseason this year. I know what you’re thinking: there’s still more than half of the season left to play, how can they be so certain? But enough about 2021 – let’s shift our focus back to the Pisces All-2000’s roster.

Andrew Pankin 6/25/21 Andrew Pankin 6/25/21

All-2000’s: Gemini

I’ve noted often that the strength of Gemini is their starting pitching depth, but looking at the sign’s All-2000’s roster, it’s clear that this was a fairly recent development: for most of the previous decade, the “Twins” were known for their top tier power hitters. This group includes two Hall of Fame first basemen, but also a very strong crop of left fielders, including a personal hero of mine: Manny Ramirez.

Andrew Pankin 6/20/21 Andrew Pankin 6/20/21

All-2000’s: Virgo

If you look at the top 50 players in Major League history (according to baseball-reference Wins Above Replacement), you’ll find that the relative majority of them are Virgos. They only have nine total players, but they’ve amassed 931.2 bWAR between them, compared to the second place Aries, with seven players and 782.9 bWAR. However, in the last 20 years, we haven’t seen a Virgo team lead the league in fantasy points.

Andrew Pankin 6/18/21 Andrew Pankin 6/18/21

All-2000’s: Libra

In the years leading up to when I created the first Fantasy Astrology Baseball League (which was in 2012), Libra was in the midst of a mini-dynasty. They had an infield almost as star-studded as their outfield, plus enough pitchers ranging from solid to great, that they were able to score the most fantasy points in the league three times in a row, despite having basically no depth at first base or catcher.

Andrew Pankin 6/15/21 Andrew Pankin 6/15/21

All-2000’s: Cancer

With today’s post, we have reached the one-third mark in our examination of the All-2000’s Fantasy Astrology Baseball League lineups with my home sign, the Cancer Crabs. Cancer is actually in the bottom half of the league in terms of the aggregate point totals of all their All-2000’s starters, but I’m allowed to show some blatant bias on my own blog.

Andrew Pankin 6/13/21 Andrew Pankin 6/13/21

All-2000’s Aries

The first All-2000’s sign I profiled (Leo) had the two highest scoring players to have appeared in a FABL lineup in the last two decades. The second sign (Scorpio) had the most aggregate points when adding up the totals of all players who started for them in the same time period. Today’s sign (Aries) has had the most recent sustained success of any sign, scoring the most points in the league five times in the 2010’s.

Andrew Pankin 6/11/21 Andrew Pankin 6/11/21

All-2000’s: Scorpio

On Sunday, I began a deep dive into the players with the best career numbers who appeared in a Fantasy Astrology starting lineup any time from 2000 through 2020. This time, I’m looking at Scorpio, since they have the highest aggregate point total of all players who started for them in the last two decades: more than 1.4 million.

Andrew Pankin 6/6/21 Andrew Pankin 6/6/21

All-2000’s: Leo

Last Sunday, I introduced a new database tracking players’ career stats, rather than season-by-season performance. I plan to make this new database a hallmark of this blog moving forward, by analyzing depth charts for each astrological sign going back the last twenty years.

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