2017 Fantasy Baseball: Washington Nationals Team Preview
Offseason Overview For the past few seasons, there have been many of us who have crowned the Washington Nationals as the World Series champions before the season even began. Most recently, it happened after they signed Max Scherzer, which added a solidified ace to a rotation that was already loaded
New York Yankees and Matt Holliday Agree to a One-Year Contract
For the first time since the 2014 offseason, the Yankees have inked a player to a major league contract. In a move that seems like it was a match made in heaven, the team signed Matt Holliday to a one-year, $13 million deal to presumably be their full-time DH. While
Kendrys Morales is a Large Risk
The Toronto Blue Jays made their first major splash in the offseason last week when they inked free agent DH Kendrys Morales to a three-year, $33 million deal. While $33 million is a modest cost in today’s baseball, there is plenty of reason to believe that this will come back
New York Mets Acquire Jay Bruce
The New York Mets were active at the trade deadline once again this year, as they struck a trade for Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce. Bruce, who leads the league in RBIs, should provide the Mets with the big bat that they’ve been craving all season. While the team ultimately
Cleveland Indians Acquire Andrew Miller from New York Yankees
The New York Yankees finally pulled the trigger on an Andrew Miller deal Sunday, trading him to the Cleveland Indians in a four-player return headlined by top prospects Clint Frazier and Justus Sheffield. Many speculated that Miller would be traded prior to the deadline, but the Yankees kept insisting that
Three Teams Who May Be Better Off Selling at the Deadline
Deadline day is right around the corner, and aside from a couple of deals in the past few days, we’ve mostly just heard rumors of teams that “could” make a trade, but very few definite candidates to be dealt before the deadline. Since the addition of the second wild card
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Breaking Down the Aroldis Chapman Trade
The New York Yankees officially traded closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs Monday, a trade that many anticipated would happen. It had long been known that the Yankees were taking calls on Chapman, and that whether or not they were waving the white flag this season, he seemed to
2016 Fantasy Baseball: New York Yankees Team Preview
Team Overview The New York Yankees had a somewhat uncharacteristically quiet offseason, especially from the free agent standpoint, where they didn’t sign a single player to a major league contract the entire offseason. The one contract they had struck with pitcher Tommy Hunter fell through due to his medical records,
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Sleeper Candidate — David Peralta
Baseball today is so weird when you compare it to what the game used to be years ago. Let’s say a decade ago I came to you to try and convince you that someone who just this past season hit 17 home runs and drove in 78 RBIs was an
2016 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Profile: Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge tops the New York Yankees’ farm system that has been depleted for as long as many people can remember but is finally starting to feature some of the best prospects in baseball. While fans of the team have overreacted to former top prospects (see Manny Banuelos, Joba Chamberlain,