With the first pitch of baseball season just a few days away, it’s become apparent that our initial post on the FSTA baseball accuracy challenge was a bit lacking in specifics and clarity.

Just to restate, the challenge is being put on by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association in conjunction with FantasyDispute.com, the Fantasy Football Librarian and TheMostCredible.com to recognize fantasy outlets that provide the most accurate player stat projections for the coming season.

The baseball version of this challenge that originated in the 2008 football season differs in that participants must provide specific projections rather than just player rankings.

“We decided that you just couldn’t do the player rankings as easily with baseball as with football so we’re looking at projected stats for specific players instead,” said Sara Holladay, the FF Librarian and one of three judges for the challenge.

Those interested in participating should download the rules sheet and the official entry form from the FSTA’s site. Completed forms should be sent to Holladay (fflibrarian@gmail.com), Bill Green (greenbill@fantasydispute.com) and Donnie Campbell (dc@themostcredible.com).

Entries will be welcomed throughout the season, as long as participants can verify that their projections were published before the start of the MLB season.

Back in January, Fantazzle became the surprise winner of the inaugural football rankings Accuracy Challenge. Now, purveyors of baseball advice will get their chance at the title.

Fantasy Football Librarian Sara Holladay and FantasyDispute.com founder Bill Green return as judges after handling the football competition. Joining them will be Donnie Campbell of TheMostCredible.com.

For anyone not familiar with the exercise, fantasy sites can submit their preseason rankings to the competition. At the end of the year, all submissions will be compared with actual production, and the rankings will be ranked for their accuracy. (Hence the name.)

Scoring will follow the common 5×5 rotisserie categories: average, runs, home runs, RBIs and steals for hitters; and wins, ERA, saves, strikeouts and WHIP.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the season, as long as it can be proven that they were posted or published before MLB’s opening day.

The winning site will be awarded at the 2010 FSTA winter business conference, and only FSTA members will be eligible to win. The top third of the final rankings list will be shared publicly after the conference.