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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Walk off wins are en vogue. I’m not quite sure who first coined the phrase walk off win, but there is no more exciting moment in baseball. Chicago Cubs rookie Kris Byrant had the pentultimate walk off moment with the walk off home run early in the afternoon. The rookie

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

There was a very interesting article about the dip in offensive statistics. In particular, walks are down considerably this year as compared to recent years and certainly since the last decade when offense was at its peak. Billy Beane cited capitalism but that’s just a fancy way of saying the

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The San Francisco Giants had been in on the Chase Utley sweepstakes, but lost out to their rivals in Los Angeles. The Giants couldn’t sit still and let the Dodgers get the upper hand, so they added to their outfield on Thursday afternoon. They traded Double A right hander Stephen

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The Philadelphia Phillies pulled the trigger on another deal sending long time second baseman Chase Utley and four million dollars to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for two minor league players that have yet to be determined. The Dodgers will cover the other 1.85 million that Utley is owed. Utley

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The Rangers have recently been emboldened by a winning streak and continued struggling from the Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros. On Monday night, they pulled to within three games of first place and a single game of second place. Additionally, Reformed outfielder Josh Hamilton is currently on the shelf, so

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

August and September is the most fun time in the baseball year. With the exception of the AL and NL Central, every division is still in play. You have annual dog fight between the Dodgers and Giants in the NL West. A three team race in the AL West and

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

In my last edition of the Fantasy Baseball Final, I said not to sleep on August deals and sure enough a couple went down today. Sure, neither are earth-shattering deals that will affect the fantasy baseball landscape, but one of them could affect the playoff race down the stretch. Both

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

With the dust settled on the non-waiver trade deadline, it is time to take stock on the winners and losers of the deadline. Christopher and I will be selecting two winners and two losers for teams at the deadline and each of us will be choosing a player we like

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Don’t sleep on trades for August. July 31st was only the deadline for non-waiver trades. There are always plenty of moves made after August 1st. One of the many things that some fans misunderstand is that there technically isn’t any trade deadline from here on out until the end of

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Today was the non-waiver deadline for trades. The deadline comes at 4 PM EST, but there are always trades that get announced after the deadline. This season’s trade deadline was unique for a number of reasons. First, there were more significant trades made this year than there have been in

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