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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

They say you can never go home again. Yet, here we are with Draftkings yet again. In case you are just joining us, Draftstreet and Draftkings merged, so we are back to playing with Draftkings. The good news is that Draftkings has incorporated some of the popular aspects of Draftstreet.

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The trade deadline is rapidly approaching. One could go to MLB Trade Rumors every 15 minutes to check out the rumors, but most of the deadline deals are about common sense. Which teams are in the playoff hunt and which teams are clearly out of the playoff hunt. From there

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Troy Tulowitzki Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The history of the shortstop position has been littered with light hitting mighty mice with quick feet and slick gloves. We could certainly point to certain players in history that have broken the mold, but it is a testament to the rarity of offensive prowess that got Derek Jeter his

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

It’s funny, but the second group of fantasy third basemen is almost as distinguished as the first. This is how things often go in fantasy baseball. The question comes on how long to wait for normalcy to return. Sometimes it never does. The all-star break is closer to the 60

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

We’ve taken a break along with most of the league on our game wide rundown of real offensive value. Many of you might be new to the discussion, so first let’s talk a little bit about real offensive value (ROV). Real offensive value combines batting average and secondary average to

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

A look at the second group of second basemen reveals why there might be a lot of movement at the position around the trade deadline. Second base might be the weakest position on the diamond for fantasy baseball teams, Some teams want to move beyond an absolute hole and into

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome back to another edition of the daily fix. As we approach the all-star break we come to realize that most of the players are who they are at this point. Sometimes you have some matchups that you are just dying to take advantage of. Yu Darvish has had seven

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Brian Dozier Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

We continue the yo-yoing through positions when we move to second base. We saw how different first base was from catcher and now we move to the other extreme with second basemen. For those that haven’t checked out this series before today, we are chiefly concerned with a statistic called

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

First base is the easiest position on the diamond to punt on draft day. If you have no doubt about that then all you need to do is look at this second tier list of first sackers. They are a part of the second list because they fell outside the

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Draftstreet has been a terrific platform for daily baseball and to prove it we are going to play a different game today than what we have played before. Draftstreet offers three types of games in addition to the multitude of ways you can get paid out. You can play salary

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