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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The last group of starters in the National League is the kind you only use in National League only leagues. After all, when we do the math on the first two tiers, we find more than 40 guys in the first two tiers. That includes pitchers with more than 100

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

It’s another day and another daily fix on the docket. One of the great things about daily fantasy baseball is that it allows you to tinker with your strategy from day to day. That’s also the best reason to come here to the Fantasy Fix for your daily fix. With

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Yesterday, we began taking a look at National League only starting pitching prospects. The general idea was to split the starters into three tiers based on their Fair Run Averages (FRA) from the previous season. Pitchers with FRAs under 4.00 were in the first tier. Today, we will look at

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

As regular readers know, I have been going through my rotters and sleepers series up until this week. I could go through the same process with pitchers, but pitchers are so plentiful and so often used, that I thought of going through another method. Instead of focusing on individual pitchers,

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

It may seem silly to look at rotters and sleepers now that the season has started, but everyone can upgrade their bench at any time. What we have seen so far (with the exception of the center fielders) are players that teams use in platoon roles. The smaller market teams

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome to another season of daily fantasy baseball. We have a new partner at Draftstreet.com, and the season is just getting started. The primary advantage of DraftStreet are some new games that should be fun. In addition to the traditional salary cap game, we also have a snake and pick

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Sleepers come in all shapes and sizes and that can be seen more acutely in center field. Some leagues don’t differentiate between outfield positions, but enough leagues do that it makes sense to look at each position individually. Ironically, the players we are profiling today arguably had better seasons than

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Fantasy outfielders are a dime a dozen. Of course, such a statement involves a lot of different perspectives on how to build a good fantasy baseball team. One could build from a position of strength and load up on fantasy studs. On the other hand, the advanced use of platoons

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The Boston Red Sox are a fascinating organization. They have the financial wherewithal to play with the big boys and when you look at their overall payroll it certainly looks like they try. Yet, they have experienced more success when they go the other way. In fact, their most successful

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Nothing is ever cut and dried in New York. The legacy of Derek Jeter will be another in a long line of convuluted tales that changes depending on the person perceiving it. On the one hand, he could get to 3,500 hits with a healthy season and join the all-time

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