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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Baseball is at the one third mark as most teams have already played their 54th game of the season. Pitching has been the story over the past several seasons, but whether the ball is juiced or hitters are just plain better, hitting has become much more dominant. That is true

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Gambling and sports go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly. I would be willing to bet (if you excuse the pun) that a lot of the people who go to a casino online will also be a sports fan. Its something about the risk and high stakes that

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

A lot has happened in the last week and it can be difficult to prioritize the news. We should probably start with the major news from today. The Dodgers have recalled Julio Urias presumably to join their starting rotation and will make his debut against the Mets Jacob DeGrom. Obviously,

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Finding breakout players isn’t all that difficult. We are looking for players that were drafted outside of the top ten at their position and are currently performing amongst the best at their position. Before we do that, we are going to look at the top five guys that were drafted

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Baseball is a game of numbers. I suppose all fans of all sports could say that to a greater or lesser degree. However, no one could say that more than baseball fans. We remember 714 home runs and 755 home runs. We remember 4,192 hits and we remember 511 wins

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

We are officially at the quarter pole of the season. Most historians have said that Memorial Day is the day when the season really begins. Yet, you can’t help but look at some teams and know their season is already done. The Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves have gotten off

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Most teams are approaching the 40 game mark for games played. When you get to the quarter pole suddenly we are leaving “it’s still early” mantra and are beginning to look at what is going on with individual players. So, we can begin to look at players that are surprising

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chris sale
2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Back in 1968, Denny McLain became the last pitcher to win 30 or more games in a season. There are a number of reasons why 30 wins will likely never happen again. For one, the advent of five man rotations (and occasional six man rotations) means that most starters don’t

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The vast majority of the action from the last week happened on Wednesday night. Two pitchers turned in legendary performances that you often see only once in your life at the ballpark. Max Scherzer tied a long-standing major league record with 20 strikeouts of the Detroit Tigers. The fact that

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Most of the opening day fantasy shortstops have gotten off to a decent start, but a few have struggled coming out of the gate. Coming into Saturday’s action, Troy Tulowitzki was hitting .163 with five home runs and 13 RBI. The power numbers are certainly pretty good, but no one

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