It’s commonly accepted that BABIP tends to regress toward the mean. I cite the stat in virtually every article I write, and almost any fantasy writer who ascribes to sabermetrics will use it in a a lot of their pieces. But I think there is a problem with using BABIP

Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) and Alan Harrison (@TheFantasyFix) are joined by Jason Parks (@professorparks) of Baseball Prospectus (@baseballpro). Jason is BP’s propsect expert and man does he know his shit. Jason drops well over an hour’s worth of prodigious prospect talk. They discuss Tony Cingrani, Jose Fernandez, Wil Myers, Jurickson Profar,

  Before we get to our team of the day, we have an exciting contest going on over at DraftKings tomorrow, exclusive to the readers of the Fix. It’s just $1 to enter and the top two finishers will earn tickets for a chance at $100,000 while third place wins

This article comes out every Thursday. In previous years it was updated rankings each Thursday, but weekly is too frequent for updates to rankings. Monthly seems more like the stick. And so ‘The Rubber’ will be an updated top 75 on the first Thursday of each month. These are designed

Giancarlo Stanton has hit the DL with a hamstring issue. To add insult to that injury, he injured his hamstring on the last of five hitless at-bats. Couldn’t have tried to leg out an infield hit in the first, Giancarlo? Jerk… I won’t pretend to know how serious the injury

DraftKings.com Team of the Day Today I’m playing in the Double Up! contest on DraftKings. I’m playing in the late contest. Don’t forget to get your deposit bonus here. Starting Pitchers – The Options Name Opponent Salary Felix Hernandez LAA $12,000 Felix Doubront HOU $10,100 Matt Moore @CWS $9,700 Joe

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

DraftKings.com Team of the Day Today I’m playing the $3 Double Up contest. There are 80 entrants and you (almost) double your entry fee if you finish in the top 40. And don’t forget to get your deposit bonus here. Starting Pitchers If you like to spend big on pitchers

Here are the owners of the four lowest ERAs in the major leagues: Paul Maholm, Jake Westbrook, Clay Buchholz, and Carlos Villanueva. Obviously, they are going to give up runs at rate higher than that in which they have done so to this point. But which ones are going to

DraftKings.com Team of the Day Today I’m playing the Daily Dollar contest over at DraftKings. You just risk $1 with the chance of winning $40, and you only have to finish in the top 40 to get paid. Don’t forget you can claim your deposit bonus here. C – Wilin