It's the thick of draft season, and once again this year, members of the Reddit fantasy baseball community are rallying to the /r/SultansOfStats subreddit to sign up for drafts. SoS uses a unique format, in which managers seek to progress season-to-season through a premier-league style system of four divisions. Make your way up to Division 1, and you could even challenge yours truly for the title! To add yet another wrinkle, these leagues use a unique 6x6 roto scoring setup (HR, R, RBI, SB, OBP, OPS for hitters and QS, SO, ERA, WHIP, SV, HD for pitchers). To that end, I'm here today to write about the top players that are value gainers in this format, and the top players that are value losers in this format from the changed categories. All of this analysis was done using the Big Board - if you're interested in creating your own customized rankings and winning your fantasy leagues (like I did in SoS), check it out! Additionally, I'll drop them into a few categories, as you'll see there are certain types of players that are good or bad in SoS.

Incidentally, I'm already more than halfway into my D1 slow draft at the time of writing here, so worry not - I will not bias my words here to throw off my competitors! Hope this is of interest to the rest of Sultans of Stats, let me know your thoughts in the comments - anyone else you're targeting or avoiding? Agree or disagree on the guys listed here?

GAINERS