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Javier Baez

Fantasy Baseball

Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA projections always come at a time of year where it is a good idea to reboot the rankings. The first round of rankings are based largely on past performance in the various formats. Past performance can be valuable, but sometimes it is inappropriate for the future. So,

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2017 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Head to head leagues are well into the playoffs now and daily fantasy players have their attention divided between fantasy football and the end of the baseball season. In many ways, it is perfect timing to take advantage of those divided loyalties. We’ve taken a bit of a break in

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

In the newest edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re selling high on Mookie Betts, buying low on Gerrit Cole, and sending some love to Javier Baez. Thoughts, questions, whatever… you can always find me on Twitter. 3 TO CATCH Players to be picked up; available in most standard leagues Embed

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Anyone paying any attention the Cubs offseason has to admit that they are absolutely loaded with talent. Picking out a position player that could either fly under the radar or be a player that is key for them to advance to the playoffs is difficult. There might be more Cubs

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

In the Week 23 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re dumping Pablo Sandoval, staying with Dexter Fowler, and rekindling our love for Javier Baez. There are plenty of waiver wire columns out there that provide an exhaustive list of the most added players in fantasy leagues. This isn’t one of

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Alan HarrisonFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Carlos Correa, Major League Baseball’s number one overall draft pick in 2012, provided enough punishment to his Minor League opponents to start the 2015 season and is on his way to Houston to join the parent club. In 53 games between Double-A Corpus Christi of the

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com As we continue our journey through this VORP series, we get to maybe the most difficult position to pick on the diamond. Shortstop might be shallowest of all the positions on draft day, but that makes for good opportunities if you know more than your opponents.

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Fantasy baseball players often base their selections on two things: the average draft position for the player and preseason rankings from the particular site they are using. Funny, but those average draft positions (ADP) are based mostly on the preseason rankings. It all comes down to

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2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft GuideFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com As we continue on the over and under train, we should throw out a few general reminders. The numbers you see for each player constitute the three year averages as expressed over 150 games played. Often times, the aggregate gives us a very good idea of

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

In the last edition, a reader wrote in and asked about Buster Posey’s ranking among first basemen. As it turns out, a number of players are eligible at multiple positions. Choosing which position to list them at can be a tricky proposition. Most of the time they are listed where

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