Below is the link to the most recently updated bases service play spreadsheet. But first a few notes and thoughts I would like to share:
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Status Report
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So far it has been really difficult to find a service worth tailing. None of them have been able to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Some of them (see the last half of the spreadsheet) are absolutely awful. And others faltered after getting off to decent starts.
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Another problem is that it has been difficult to get plays from all the services on a consistent basis. Some days plays are available from a certain services, then on other days plays are not there. A few services started off really, really well, but I have not seen a play from them since.
Please take a look at the spreadsheet and take note of the top ten or fifteen services. If by chance you have access to their plays, please feel free to contribute. I’d love to obtain plays on a consistent basis from the top services that are doing the best on the spreadsheet.
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Top Services
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Although it is still early, a few services are beginning to emerge. ATS Financial and Sebastian have my full attention. I pick them not only for their winning percentages, but because they have both accumulated more than a dozen tracked plays on the spreadsheet (13 plays and 15 plays respectively). This puts them ahead of services with 100% winning percentages like Power Play and Wunderdog. Why? Power Play and Wunderdog only have a total of 4 and 3 tracked plays (respectively). If these two services go 0~1, 0~2 or 0~3 on their next few plays, their winning percentage would fall dramatically. I will be watching their upcoming plays closely.
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Here are the Top Five services from the First Group on the spreadsheet based on winning percentage and number of plays.
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Power Play…....4~0…..100%<o></o>
Wunderdog…....3~0…..100%<o></o>
ATS Financial…10~3…..77%<o></o>
Sebastian….....10~5…..67%<o></o>
NSA……............6~3…..67%<o></o>
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All five services were inactive yesterday with the exception of ATS, who went 1~0 and keepings plugging along at a 77% clip. Impressive.
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Here are the Top Five services from the Second Group on the spreadsheet:
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Tony Onio…..3~1….75%<o></o>
Bob Balfe...…3~1….75%<o></o>
Stu Finer...…6~3….67%<o></o>
M. Cannon….13~8….62%<o></o>
SG Hotline…..3~2….60%<o></o>
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I am sure some of you may ask, why is Tony Onio or Bob Balfe (with 75% winning percentages) not in the first group? It is because they only have a total of 4 tracked plays so far and a single loss puts them at 60%, and two losses would put them at 50%. Not enough tracked plays to deem their percentage as consistent or trustworthy yet.
On a side note, more than one tracked losing day out of four tracked days will also get you temporarily demoted to the Second Group. That is why Stu Finer and M. Cannon are in the Second Group. Examine the spreadsheet and you will see that that Finer has had two tracked losing days out of three and Cannon has had two tracked losing days out of four.
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The Worst Services
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It is still a bit soon, but I will be permanently deleting all services with low winning percentages from the spreadsheet. My criteria will change as the season progresses. The first cut will come in a week or two and I will be eliminating anyone with less than a 40% winning percentage. I may even eliminate some services that we have been unable to obtain their plays. If after a month of baseball we only have 2 or 3 plays total from a given service, it no longer makes sense to track them. Later in the season I will be making cuts and the bar will be raised to 50% and later raised yet again. The goal here is to narrow this list of services on the spreadsheet down to the best of the best. I just don't want to rush things here at the start due the low number tracked plays we've had the opportunity to track so far.
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Here are the worst of the worst so far:
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Tom Freese….....1~2…..33%<o></o>
ASA...............…2~4…..33%<o></o>
Doc Sports......…4~8…..33%<o></o>
Trev Rogers.....…5~11…..31%<o></o>
Larry Ness….......2~6…..25%<o></o>
Cappers Access…2~8…..20%<o></o>
2 Min Warning....0~1….0%<o></o>
Insider Group...…0~1…..0%
B. Maxwell….......0~4…..0%
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Of course, as with the top services, things could change overnight in regard to winning percentage when you are dealing with a service that has a lower number of tracked plays. A service that is 0~1 can be 2~1 in a heartbeat. But guys like Trev Rogers and Larry Ness are looking like chopping block material for sure.
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Here is the link for the most recently updated spreadsheet:
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Status Report
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So far it has been really difficult to find a service worth tailing. None of them have been able to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Some of them (see the last half of the spreadsheet) are absolutely awful. And others faltered after getting off to decent starts.
<o></o>
Another problem is that it has been difficult to get plays from all the services on a consistent basis. Some days plays are available from a certain services, then on other days plays are not there. A few services started off really, really well, but I have not seen a play from them since.
Please take a look at the spreadsheet and take note of the top ten or fifteen services. If by chance you have access to their plays, please feel free to contribute. I’d love to obtain plays on a consistent basis from the top services that are doing the best on the spreadsheet.
<o></o>
Top Services
<o></o>
Although it is still early, a few services are beginning to emerge. ATS Financial and Sebastian have my full attention. I pick them not only for their winning percentages, but because they have both accumulated more than a dozen tracked plays on the spreadsheet (13 plays and 15 plays respectively). This puts them ahead of services with 100% winning percentages like Power Play and Wunderdog. Why? Power Play and Wunderdog only have a total of 4 and 3 tracked plays (respectively). If these two services go 0~1, 0~2 or 0~3 on their next few plays, their winning percentage would fall dramatically. I will be watching their upcoming plays closely.
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Here are the Top Five services from the First Group on the spreadsheet based on winning percentage and number of plays.
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Power Play…....4~0…..100%<o></o>
Wunderdog…....3~0…..100%<o></o>
ATS Financial…10~3…..77%<o></o>
Sebastian….....10~5…..67%<o></o>
NSA……............6~3…..67%<o></o>
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All five services were inactive yesterday with the exception of ATS, who went 1~0 and keepings plugging along at a 77% clip. Impressive.
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Here are the Top Five services from the Second Group on the spreadsheet:
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Tony Onio…..3~1….75%<o></o>
Bob Balfe...…3~1….75%<o></o>
Stu Finer...…6~3….67%<o></o>
M. Cannon….13~8….62%<o></o>
SG Hotline…..3~2….60%<o></o>
<o></o>
I am sure some of you may ask, why is Tony Onio or Bob Balfe (with 75% winning percentages) not in the first group? It is because they only have a total of 4 tracked plays so far and a single loss puts them at 60%, and two losses would put them at 50%. Not enough tracked plays to deem their percentage as consistent or trustworthy yet.
On a side note, more than one tracked losing day out of four tracked days will also get you temporarily demoted to the Second Group. That is why Stu Finer and M. Cannon are in the Second Group. Examine the spreadsheet and you will see that that Finer has had two tracked losing days out of three and Cannon has had two tracked losing days out of four.
<o></o>
The Worst Services
<o></o>
It is still a bit soon, but I will be permanently deleting all services with low winning percentages from the spreadsheet. My criteria will change as the season progresses. The first cut will come in a week or two and I will be eliminating anyone with less than a 40% winning percentage. I may even eliminate some services that we have been unable to obtain their plays. If after a month of baseball we only have 2 or 3 plays total from a given service, it no longer makes sense to track them. Later in the season I will be making cuts and the bar will be raised to 50% and later raised yet again. The goal here is to narrow this list of services on the spreadsheet down to the best of the best. I just don't want to rush things here at the start due the low number tracked plays we've had the opportunity to track so far.
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Here are the worst of the worst so far:
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Tom Freese….....1~2…..33%<o></o>
ASA...............…2~4…..33%<o></o>
Doc Sports......…4~8…..33%<o></o>
Trev Rogers.....…5~11…..31%<o></o>
Larry Ness….......2~6…..25%<o></o>
Cappers Access…2~8…..20%<o></o>
2 Min Warning....0~1….0%<o></o>
Insider Group...…0~1…..0%
B. Maxwell….......0~4…..0%
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Of course, as with the top services, things could change overnight in regard to winning percentage when you are dealing with a service that has a lower number of tracked plays. A service that is 0~1 can be 2~1 in a heartbeat. But guys like Trev Rogers and Larry Ness are looking like chopping block material for sure.
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Here is the link for the most recently updated spreadsheet:
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