2013 Fantasy Baseball
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Daily Fix: June 20, 2013
Today, I’m playing in a Double Up! contest. They range anywhere from a dollar to ten dollars, but each works the same way. If you finish in the top half you get almost twice as much as you put in. Naturally, DraftKings gets their cut because they have to pay their
Yield to Zack Greinke’s Warning Signs
Hoping he can be their number two behind Clayton Kershaw, The Los Angeles Dodgers’ handed Zack Greinke a monster contract that closed in on $150 million over six years. So far, 2013 hasn’t gone as planned for either party. Before the season, Greinke dealt with an elbow issue, but managed
Todd Frazier Is Stepping It Up
After a somewhat quietly impressive rookie season, Todd Frazier was enduring a bit of a sophomore slump until about a week ago. He started off the season off but plateaued at around six home runs despite hitting in one of the best ballparks in the league and hitting in one
Cusp Dwellers: Houston Astros in the PCL
We have all read enough about George Springer to satiate our “who’s the next Mike Trout?” fix for the time being. And while Springer might indeed get thrown to the wolves in short order, the two Astros farmhands acquired in the Hunter Pence trade with Philadelphia back in 2011 deserve
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Daily Fix: June 19, 2013
Yesterday was Wil Myers/Zack Wheeler day. At least the hurler held up his end of the bargain as he got off his big league career to a nice start. Prospects are always exciting at all levels of fantasy baseball, but particularly on the daily side of the coin. They always
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Plate Discipline: Second Basemen
We are coming to another edition of the plate discipline series. The second base edition demonstrates the fluid nature of this entire series. First basemen seemed to struggle to make contact as a group, but the opposite will be true here. It is likely because first base is more of
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Peaks and Valleys: My Dad is Baseball
Father’s Day may have been this past Sunday, but this column is set for earlier in the week. So I hope you do not mind a little sappiness for my father a short time after Father’s Day. I have been blessed to have lived 26 years with my father being
2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: June 18, 2013
This is an experimental version of the daily fix. I have attempted to record my computer screen while going through the process of picking my DraftKings team of the day complete with my narration of my process. I’m not sure the sound quality is great, and the program I used
2013 Fantasy Baseball, TheFantasyFix.com Podcast: Josh Kay
This week host Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) is joined by fellow Fix colleague, Josh Kay (@JoshKay_Fantasy). The guys talk all starting pitching this week. They start off with an indepth discussion of a couple of the advanced metrics, first pitch strike rate and BABIP. Then they compare their most recent top
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Plate Discipline: First Basemen
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate drops to zero.” The above quote is one of my personal favorites and one I reference quite often. It serves as a reminder as to why I love looking at numbers so much. Without proper context, numbers are just numbers. So, I