View image | gettyimages.com Offseason Overview Although the Houston Astros weren’t a very good team last year as they only won 70 games, their 19-win improvement from 2013 was encouraging after a stretch of three consecutive years with at least 105 losses. While the Astros may have a tough time

View image | gettyimages.com Last week I took a look at the players that are ranked higher than their ADP by three projection systems, Steamer, ZiPS and Mike Podhorzer’s projections. As I said last week, I like looking at projections because they’re smarter than we are. Admittedly, projection systems aren’t the

View image | gettyimages.com Most of the time, fantasy players will not reap any kind of direct benefit from the amateur draft for at least two or three years. Of course, every year there are exceptions, and Carlos Rodon will likely be the exception from the 2014 draft. Amazingly, he

Ryan Noonan and Gerard Martin are back with another fantasy baseball positional preview. This time they talk about shortstops. They discuss their approach to the position on draft day, discuss how many games we’ll see Troy Tulowitzki play, which of the top shortstops they’re avoiding, and whether or not the podcast is

View image | gettyimages.com OFFSEASON OVERVIEW Seattle was fairly active this offseason, acquiring one impact bat and several complementary pieces that could help the Mariners win the American League West for the first time since 2001. The major addition was Nelson Cruz, he of 40 home runs in Baltimore last

View image | gettyimages.com I really love projection systems. They do all the work for you, and they’re way smarter than we are. There’s no better place to start your fantasy baseball research than with systems like ZiPS, Steamer and Mike Podhorzer’s projections ($). The knock on projection systems is

View image | gettyimages.com You’d be forgiven if you saw Wade Miley in the title and skipped right over this post. In 638.2 career innings over four seasons he’s the owner of a career 3.79 ERA and 7.03 K/9. He’s played in anonymity in Arizona since 2011, and he had

View image | gettyimages.com The calendar has finally flipped over to March. Spring Training games are beginning and fantasy drafts are finally taking place. Earlier this offseason I took a look at value over replacement player (VORP) and catchers. This time, I focusing on Yahoo rankings and adding a little

View image | gettyimages.com OFFSEASON OVERVIEW If you get off the 4 train outside of Yankee Stadium and listen closely, you may actually hear a pin drop.  The Yankees had one of the quietest offseasons in years, adding a left handed bullpen arm in Andrew Miller, trading for Nathan Eovaldi and

View image | gettyimages.com Right field is so famous for being a throw away position that Peter, Paul, and Mary wrote a song about it. “Because I’m here in right field, just watching the dandelions grow.” In terms of fantasy baseball, there can be little doubt that right field is

Ryan Noonan and Gerard Martin are back with another fantasy baseball positional preview, this time they talk about second base. They discuss their approach to the position on draft day, Javier Baez, Mookie Betts, and then Javier Baez again. The ‘Funterlude’ is back as well! Listen below, or find it on iTunes

Fantasy baseball players will have to wade through the dealings of a fantastically busy MLB offseason as they prepare for their 2015 drafts. Here, I’ll run down the impact and outlook for 30ish of the top players who changed teams over the winter. Get your CTRL+Fs ready! The Crown Jewels