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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Often times, when making statistical observations, there’s no gray. We can become too ‘black and white’.  Certain outcomes are assumed based on past performance or current trends, and more times than not, these assumptions are true. One assumption that I want to discuss today is the demise of Rays 2012

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2013 Fantasy Baseball2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

As life goes on, things change.  Some change is good, some change is bad, and sometimes it is just indifferent.  We may not even know which until it happens.  The future, after all, is tough to predict.  Yet, we continue to try, especially with fantasy baseball.  So, maybe we fit

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Fantasy BaseballFront OfficeTotal Run Index

There is no more controversial fantasy position than on the rubber. At least starting pitchers are more consistent than relief pitchers. This doesn’t remove the fact that fantasy baseball is still dependent on three statistics that most sabermetricians have thrown out of the window. In particular, wins simply don’t matter

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Judging starting pitchers is nasty business. Much of their performance is dependent on their teammates. The pitching numbers are greatly affected by the fielding that goes on around them and the won-loss record is affected by run support and bullpen performance. There is a movement afoot to remove the win

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Here is TheFantasyFix.com’s week fourteen update on all notable injured players, right here in one spot. Here you will find an update on a player’s progress as well as my spin on their expected return dates and fantasy impact upon return. The players are listed by expected return date. The big addition this week

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2013 Fantasy BaseballBrett TalleyFantasy Baseball

Lately I’ve been talking a lot about a recent study by Baseball Prospectus’ Russell Carleton in which he establishes the point at which certain statistics stabilize. I’ve been using it to look at the statistics that have passed their stabilization point already this season to identify some guys who have

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

I still remember the first time I went to Las Vegas like it was yesterday. I had pretty good success at playing video poker and I did decently at the blackjack tables, I had checked out sites like Macauindo.com beforehand so I was pretty clued up on how to do

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Here is TheFantasyFix.com’s week seven update on notable injured players. Here you will find an update on a player’s progress as well as my spin on their expected return dates and fantasy impact upon return. The players are listed by expected return date. The big addition here is David Price, who was just placed on

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The first month of the baseball season has come and gone, so now is your opportunity hit the trade trail. Here is the Fix’s first round table discussion of the 2013 fantasy baseball season: Buy Low Targets. Read it, then go convince your rivals to cough up their underachievers. Enjoy!

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Brett TalleyFantasy Baseball

David Price, Matt Cain, Cole Hamels and Gio Gonzalez all had ADPs of 40 or higher, but they all currently have a negative player rater number on ESPN. Normally, I wouldn’t worry about a slow start from a stud pitcher so long as an injury didn’t appear to be a

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