In the Week 7 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re sticking with Carlos Santana, giving Brandon McCarthy a follow, and trying to find a new home for Colby Rasmus. There are plenty of waiver wire columns out there that provide an exhaustive list of the most added players in fantasy

Thirty-year old starting pitchers aren’t supposed to be throwing the hardest they’ve ever thrown in their career, but one is this year and he’s a player that I suggest more gamers roster. He’s joined by a Cubs reliever that appears to be settling into the closer gig. Changing gears to

After looking at all three tiers of the NL only starters, we have discovered that pitchers themselves have very little control over what happens once the hitter makes contact with the ball. Strikeout rates were far and away the best predictor of pitcher success between the three tiers. Of course,

Let’s start with a list. Here are the guys with the biggest positive differences between their ERA and xFIP. After the list we’ll examine who has the best chance to take their ERA from (about) 5.00 or more to under 4.00. Name ERA xFIP ERA-xFIP Edwin Jackson 5.76 3.58 2.18

Growing up 45 minutes south of Chicago, it was much easier to grow up a White Sox fan than a Cubs fan. Frank Thomas, Jack McDowell, and a once great broadcast team of Ken “Hawk” Harrelson and Tom “Wimpy” Paciorek peaked my interest in the early 1990’s. As I grew

A week ago today, Russell Carleton (@pizzacutter4) posted a piece at BaseballProspectus.com showing when certain pitcher statistics become reliable. The methodology is somewhat complicated, and I suggest you click through to that piece and read through the full explanation. But the main point of the article is that there is

It’s commonly accepted that BABIP tends to regress toward the mean. I cite the stat in virtually every article I write, and almost any fantasy writer who ascribes to sabermetrics will use it in a a lot of their pieces. But I think there is a problem with using BABIP

One group of pitchers that seemingly goes unnoticed by many is the group that hasn’t been elite but has produced several years of solid performances. Those pitchers fall in the rankings anywhere from 40 to 60 and provide a good back-end to your rotation whether you drafted a couple of