2012 Fantasy Baseball: Position players who could head north with a starting job
Jose Iglesias Chris Parmelee, 1B/OF Minnesota– Two short years ago Parmelee looked like a 1st round bust. Today he looks like a lock for a starting spot in the Twins opening day lineup. He tore the cover off the ball during a 21-game stint last September, hitting .355 with four
2012 Fantasy Baseball, AL-Only: Five one dollar pitchers to target in your auction
Brian Matusz By Moe Koltun of RotoAnalysis.com exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com. Winning an AL or NL only league nearly always comes down to hitting one or two of those 1 dollar guys who turn into 20 dollar guys (see Bautista, Jose) combined with not grabbing the one dollar guys that absolutely
2012 Fantasy Baseball, The NL-Only Franchise: Guys I am Willing-To-Go-An-Extra-Buck On
Mike Minor The aspect I think is great about the auction draft is being able to own exactly who you want, as long as you are willing to pay the price. Essentially you can pencil in at least four guys onto your team’s roster before you even throw out the
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Draft Strategy Podcast: Preseason Injury Education with the Injury Expert
Brett Talley (@theRealTal) of TheFantasyFix.com is joined by the injury expert, Will Carroll of SI.com. Brett brings up the most significant preseason baseball injuries and Will dishes out everything you need to know about the injured players. Listen below by pressing play, or search “The Fantasy Fix” on iTunes and
2012 Fantasy Baseball: Splits Matter, AKA get me some McDonald's & my couch
Ian Kinsler (credits below) There's no place like home. Someone said that one time, I think grandmother maybe, I don't remember. It's true though. Nothing beats the comfort of home. I used to be obsessed with Jack Kerouac's “On the Road.” Which is a great book, but I'm talking cliché
2012 Fantasy Baseball: How to use Twitter & Social Media to win your League
Since a lot of us are semi-evolved from the Brits, let’s think about how one wins a league with a laissez-faire attitude (wait for the Cake or Death part, trust me). The best way to do so is to look at your league at 7:00 pm on weekdays and 1:00 pm
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Dynasty Leagues: Under-Drafted and Ready to Help
Jason Kipnis By Matt Cott, of RotoAnalysis.com exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com After breaking down over-drafted players in Dynasty leagues, the obvious next step was who I would be targeting, and under-drafted players across positions and leagues. These were players who offer more value in a dynasty league than a regular league,
2012 Fantasy Baseball Peckin’ Order: My top five Starting Pitchers to draft
Adam Wainwright (credits below) Starting Pitching isn’t too difficult to find in fantasy sports. All thirty teams in Major League Baseball comprise their rotations of at least five players. Even though there are so many starting pitchers available you have to choose carefully when selecting the guys you’ll have on
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Quick Hitters: Bryce Harper, Joakim Soria & an Astros trade
Bryce Harper Bryce Harper (OF, WAS) The All American phenom was optioned to AAA today. This was by far the best move that Washington could have made regarding Harper. He didn’t exactly set the AA world on fire last season. There were some rumblings of Harper breaking the Nationals’ starting
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Draft Strategy Podcast: Roy Oswalt, Derek Holland & potential player movement
Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) of TheFantasyFix.com talks to Steve Adams (@Adams_Steve) of MLBTradeRumors.com about the Derek Holland deal and his fantasy value this year, a number of players who could be traded between now and July, and the fantasy value of a whole lot of other names. Plus Brett begins the