Our story
One red paperclip.
The name comes from one trade, and then thirteen more.
The paperclip
In 2005 Kyle MacDonald started with one red paperclip and set out to trade it for something a little better. Then he traded that for something a little better again. Fourteen trades later, he had a house. (The full story is on Wikipedia.)
No single trade did it. Each one was a small step up, and whatever he got became what he offered next.
What that has to do with fantasy
Most fantasy seasons aren’t won by one blockbuster. They’re won by a run of smart moves: the waiver claim on Tuesday, the start/sit call before lock, the trade that fixes a hole without opening another one. Each move should leave your team a little better than it was, and what you pick up becomes the depth and the trade value for the next one.
RedClip is built around that idea. It looks for the next move that actually improves your team and shows you the numbers behind it. Each time you check in, RedClip works from the latest news, so you’re not following last week’s plan. Big trades aren’t off the table: if a blockbuster really makes your team better, RedClip will say so. You always make the move yourself.
How it plays out, sport by sport
Fantasy Football · in beta
A football season is a long run of small weekly decisions. RedClip treats each week as the next trade in the chain: a waiver claim, a start/sit call before lock, or an offer another manager might actually take. Players you add, and starters who slide to your bench, become what you can trade from next. How it works in football.
Fantasy Basketball · coming soon
Basketball moves faster: more games, more lineup decisions and a deeper waiver wire. The idea stays the same. Make the next move that leaves your team better, and keep stacking them.
More fantasy sports · coming soon
Every fantasy game rewards the manager who keeps improving a little at a time. Whatever the sport, RedClip will make the same kind of call: one clear move, with the numbers behind it.
The mission
Every fantasy league gets its own weekly newspaper. Every manager who wants an edge gets honest, private advice for their own team.
The league paper, The Ledger, is being built for everyone in the league: recaps, power rankings, the playoff race and the waiver moves, written about your league and nobody else’s. It tells the week’s stories; it never gives advice to any team.
The advice is just for you, and only for the team you manage.
The rules we build by
- Honest. Every call comes with the numbers behind it, and RedClip can explain the assumptions it made. When the data is missing, RedClip tries to say so rather than guess.
- Your team only. Advice goes to the manager who owns the team, and to no one else.
- Private. We collect the minimum we need. No ads, and your data isn’t for sale.
- Fair to the platforms. RedClip reads your league with your own sign-in, at a normal pace, and never tries to get around the platforms’ rules or bot detection.