Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Daily Double Switch for August 2nd
Welcome back to the Daily Double Switch here at the Fantasy Fix. For those who aren’t yet Daily Fantasy baseball players at DraftKings, head over there via this link and join. DraftKings gives you $50,000 to draft eight hitters (one at each position) plus two pitchers. When you join they will double your initial
Fantasy Fallout: Winners and Loser of Lackey Trade
With the 2014 season officially a lost cause for the defending World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox front office made it clear they were looking ahead to the future after trading ace Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes to the Oakland Athletics for Yoenis Cespedes early yesterday morning. That qualifies as
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Pitchers To Consider Trading Using ERA-FIP
In this piece, I’ll be reviewing one of my favorite strategies to identify starting pitchers to consider trading (or “selling high,” as some continue to refer to it) or avoiding on the trade market for fantasy baseball in 2014.
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Wade Miley Is Getting Better
Wade Miley dug himself quite a hole in April, posting a 5.36 ERA and allowing opposing batters to post a .349 wOBA against him. Pitching that poorly in April assures two things: either your line will never look good or you’ll have to pitch really, really well the rest of
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix Podcast: August 1, 2014
Below is a podcast with me discussing daily fantasy strategy for the day. It’s only six minutes long. Click the link to take you to the player. I discuss the starting pitchers with the highest projected point totals and the ones who are the best value for their price. I
Power Play- Breaking Down Lester/Cespedes Trade
It’s rare that we see a mid-season trade with proven commodities, All-Star-quality commodities no less, at the forefront of a deal. Typically deals like this involve minor-league compensation, and it’s safe to assume that’s what most had expected here, as Boston scratched Jon Lester from his scheduled start on Wednesday
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week 17 Roundup
The 2014 Major League Baseball season is roughly two-thirds of the way finished with each team having completed at least 104 games and fantasy baseball is entering the stretch run. Pressure is mounting and with each win, or in our case amassing specific statistics, they become all the more crucial
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Is Asdrubal Cabrera on the move?
There is nothing more frustrating than being stuck in the middle. The Cleveland Indians are stuck in the middle. They made it to the playoffs last year during the last week of the season and they are standing in nearly identical shoes this year. They are competing with the Royals
The St. Louis Cardinals Acquire Justin Masterson From the Cleveland Indians
The St. Louis Cardinals acquired right-handed starting pitcher Justin Masterson from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Double-A outfielder James Ramsey today, according to Peter Gammons.
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: July 30
Welcome to Trade Deadline Eve here at the Fantasy Fix. I’m sure most fans have hopes for something underneath the trade deadline tree this year for their team. In daily fantasy sports, everyday can be Christmas if you are lucky enough. As most of you know, we started the year
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Daily Double Switch for July 29th
Welcome back to the Daily Double Switch here at the Fantasy Fix. For those who aren’t yet Daily Fantasy baseball players at DraftKings, head over there via this link and join. DraftKings gives you $50,000 to draft eight hitters (one at each position) plus two pitchers. When you join they will double your initial
2014 Fantasy Baseball Value: Is Ben Zobrist on the move?
The second wild card has thrown a monkey wrench into the whole trade deadline process. It’s even caused some people to propose pushing the non-waiver deadline back into August. The problem is that too many teams think they are still in the hunt when the deadline comes this Thursday. The