In the newest edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re scooping A.J. Reed, dumping Starlin Castro, and sticking with Justin Upton. Thoughts, questions, whatever… you can always find me on Twitter. 3 TO CATCH Players to be picked up; available in most standard leagues Embed from Getty Images A.J. Reed |

View image | gettyimages.com Fantasy leagues are underway and owners are gearing up for a long summer of ups and downs. A fantasy owner’s best friend is the waiver wire—where finding value can make the difference between a great week and a very disappointing week. Most pitchers see the mound once

View image | gettyimages.com A wise man once said that those that do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it. Nowhere can this be seen more than in baseball free agency. The economics of baseball are way too complex to simplify the analysis of a contract to the

Pitching in fantasy baseball is an interesting dichotomy. On the one hand, pitching has never been more dominant at any time in fantasy baseball. Sure, they played some Stratomatic back in the 1960s, but fantasy baseball has only been popular in the internet age. In the internet age, hitting has

The final tier of starting pitchers is usually reserved for the scrubs of the world, but when you look at the table for the aggregate tier one, tier two, and tier three guys you will see that the tier three guys actually had more starts and more innings than the

We reach the end of the line in terms of the starting pitchers we will officially rank, but you will see far more than 60 used in your league. Even ten team leagues will probably see closer to 100 starting pitchers used than 60. Judging by the ADP, in a

In the last edition of the starting pitching countdown, I introduced a term that really isn’t all that new. I simply applied an official sounding term called “substitution value.” The whole idea behind substitution value is to look at a player’s value as not an absolute value (above replacement, average,

For years, CC Sabathia has been the definition of a reliable ace.  Since his debut in 2001, the left-hander hasn’t pitched below 180 innings in a season.  And during the past seven seasons, he never ended with an ERA and WHIP above 3.38 and 1.23, respectively.  These numbers are usually