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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

If you read only one thing….. As we approach the all-star break, the fantasy world and real word shift their attention to the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline. I remember when I was a kid, there was only one deadline. It came on August 31st. That deadline was only for

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com 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 a week, but if you want to maximize the number of starts per week, it’s important

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

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

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Fantasy Baseball

There is nothing quite like the Winter Meetings in baseball. Sure, the NFL has the market cornered on amateur draft hype and the NBA has an advantage when it comes to a focus on free agency, but baseball does it right with the Winter Meetings. You get a little bit

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

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

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

In the Week 21 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re buying in on Trevor Bauer, calming down on Dustin Ackley, and being realistic about Troy Tulowitzki. 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

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2014 Fantasy BaseballBrett TalleyFantasy Baseball

It’s about that time for updated starting pitcher rankings. Below you’ll find my top 60 starters from here on out. To compile the rankings I calculated fantasy value above average by running the Steamer RoS projections through the Zach Sanders method for calculating fantasy value and looking at K-BB% for

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

A funny thing happened on the way to looking at the AL Central pitching market. When you have hard and fast rules at who belongs in what tier, you sometimes find some tiers underrepresented. As it turned out, only one pitcher qualified as a tier one starter in the AL

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

It’s always interesting how things look like they will last forever. When the offensive explosion began following the strike in 1994, we thought hitting would dominate forever. It seems that forever has come to an end. Such studies wouldn’t seem to belong on a fantasy sports site except that assumptions

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