Our trip around the diamond ranking the top 10 fantasy options for standard leagues in 2014 makes a stop at the keystone today. If you’re looking for my catcher or first baseman rankings you can find them here and here. Second base is much deeper than its middle infield counterpart

I recently posted my top 10 catchers for 2014. Our next stop around the diamond is first base. Historically, first base has been a haven for 30-40 home run mashers. We all know that offense is down in the current era; for a multitude of reasons. In 2013, only 5

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be rolling out my early top 10 lists for each position for the 2014 fantasy baseball season. Some of the names & positions may change as I do a little more research over the winter and as free agents and trade chips find their

Pedro Alvarez is one of the hardest players in fantasy baseball to own – especially in a head-to-head format.  Nonetheless, Mr. Alvarez finished the 2013 fantasy season as the 11th rated player with 3B eligibility according to ESPN’s player rater. If you’re in an auction league you might have gotten

There are pretty solid odds that if you’re reading this piece you were on the Anthony Rizzo hype train as it roared into 2013. I was. I considered Rizzo one of players most likely to break out. When Dan Szymborki’s ZIPS projection came out I got even a little more

I’ve been working on my top 10 for 2014 for a few days. My Braves suffered a devastating loss last night and despite not wanting to think about baseball for a long while, I couldn’t let it go. I began doing some preliminary research on my top 10 for 2014

Gerrit Cole has been on prospect radars for years. He’s been there for good reason; near triple digit heat, huge frame, and good off-speed stuff. He finally arrived in Pittsburgh this year and the results have been extremely positive. As of today, Mr. Cole has a 3.23 ERA. His peripherals

Anibal Sanchez could quite possibly be the best pitcher in the major leagues who is never mentioned. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard Sanchez mentioned in the same breath as teammates Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander; much less in the same instance as Felix Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, and Adam Wainwright. In my opinion, he belongs there. Sanchez’s

I’ve written about Patrick Corbin here at The Fix before. I decided to revisit Mr. Corbin after a Twitter conversation between myself and Fangraphs’ Eno Sarris last night. Basically the conversation went a little something like this. Eno made the point that Patrick Corbin doesn’t seem to be elite at

The Taijuan Walker show is finally going to arrive in Seattle on August 30 (Friday). Walker’s been on prospect radars for awhile now, but we’ll finally get our first looks at how major league hitters will fare off of the electric arm of the 21 year old. Background & Scouting