Using ERA-FIP to Identify Starting Pitchers To Trade
In this piece, I’ll be looking at one of my favorite strategies to identify starting pitchers to consider trading (or “selling high,” as some continue to refer to it) or avoiding on the trade market for fantasy baseball in 2014. Each and every baseball site you visit can probably provide
2014 Fantasy Baseball, Week 10 Tools of the Trade: Aces Worth Paying For
TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league. The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis
2014 MLB Draft Board
Unlike every other draft in the known universe the MLB draft does not have a set number of picks in the first round. Compensatory picks change the total number of first rounders from year to year. This year 34 players will get to say they were “first round picks”, ignoring
2014 MLB Draft: The Pitchers
After the appetizer, it’s time for the main course. What the 2014 MLB Draft lacks in hitting talent it makes up for in intriguing arms. Here are the ones with the best chances of being first round picks come June 5th. Carlos Rodon – North Carolina State University, LHP Rodon
2014 MLB Draft: The Hitters
The 2014 crop of hitters kind of sucks. There will be big leaguers. There will probably even be a couple pretty good ones but, the draft class lacks both elite high-end talent at the top AND depth. While the overall class will likely go down as one of the worst
The Best High School Lefty Since Clayton Kershaw
Scouts always liked him, but Brady Aiken used to be described in a series of back-handed compliments. He was “solid” and had great “pitchability”. Aiken projected as a middle-to-back-of-the-rotation starter, still valuable, but any real upside was wish-casting. Sometimes wishes come true. Gradually 89 MPH became 94 MPH. The movement
2014 Fantasy Baseball, Week 9 Tools of the Trade: Michael Brantley’s Trade Value
TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league. The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis
Tyler Kolek: Josh Beckett or Todd Van Poppel?
The NFL and, to a lesser extent, the NBA drafts have become sports holidays. Tons of hype and prime-time TV coverage have made moderate sports fans into armchair Mel Kipers and Jay Bilases (Jay Bilii?). Only the most ardent fans know *anything* about the MLB draft. Even while access to
2014 Fantasy Baseball, Week 7 Tools of the Trade: Dozier, Murphy Gaining Steam
TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league. The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis
Using ERA-FIP to Identify Starting Pitcher Trade Targets
In this piece, I’ll be looking at one of my favorite strategies to identify starting pitchers to target via trade for fantasy baseball players in 2014. Each and every baseball site you visit can probably provide you with a strategy to identify players to target via trade. One of my