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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

A majority of the fantasy coverage on the main sites (ESPN, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs) centers around players that are relevant in mixed leagues. When an injury occurs, a players replacement is deemed mixed league worthy, or not. However, guys who get around 350 plate appearances each year, platoon players, are

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome to the Fix’s week 10 fantasy baseball mailbag. We’re going to skip the fluffy introduction and fast forward to the meat-and-potatoes: @thefantasyfix better ROS: Zack Wheeler, Michael Wacha, Kevin Gausmann? Thanks. — Eric Bertram (@EricDBertram) June 6, 2013   Let’s see what the Fix staff has to say about

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Fantasy Baseball Sonny Gray
2013 Fantasy Baseball

Grant Green, 2B – Green has been tabbed in prospect rankings and subsequently monitored in the dynasty universe since being drafted 13th overall back in 2009. We’re still waiting. A prodigious collegiate career at USC, two ‘Futures’ invites (MVP in 2011) and consistent MiLB production still has not resulted in

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2013 Fantasy BaseballAndrew MillerFantasy Baseball

DraftKings Team of the Day Today I’m playing the $1 Double Up contest. Be sure to claim your deposit bonus when you sign up at DraftKings. Player  Matchup Salary Note SP – Hiroki Kuroda at Seattle – The Mariners offense is actually better than what I thought it’d be, but

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballProspects

Tampa Bay Rays fans are impatiently awaiting the arrival of their team’s top prospect Wil Myers’ to the big club.  The Rays acquired Myers from the Royals in a trade last December, a trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to Kansas City.  Big game James was a fan

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

Just before the 2013 season kicked off, the Detroit Tigers made a very large investment in Justin Verlander.  And if you happened to acquire the Tigers’ ace for your fantasy team, then it’s safe to assume that you also made a very large investment.  Through May 6th, it seemed like

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

Albert Pujols has been absolutely abysmal thus far in 2013. His current triple slash sits at .243/.311/.420. Many fantasy owners are wondering whether their first round pick investment will pan out, but unfortunately I believe Pujols will finish outside the top five amongst first baseman. Here’s why: [am4show have=’p3;p4;p7;’ guest_error=’Front

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2013 Fantasy BaseballBrett TalleyFantasy Baseball

1.    Clayton Kershaw, 100% owned 2.    Adam Wainwright, 100% owned 3.    Yu Darvish, 100% owned 4.    Justin Verlander, 100% owned 5.    Felix Hernandez, 100% owned 6.    Cliff Lee, 100% owned 7.    Matt Harvey, 100% owned 8.    Hisashi Iwakuma, 100% owned What a stud. Iwakuma was pretty good in his

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Yesterday went a little better than the past several contests had gone, but anyone could say that after the two weeks I’ve had. Baseball has been rocked by some bigger news, but we’ll touch on that later. There is nothing like a little action to make you forget your troubles.

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Yasiel Puig
2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Michael Wacha, St. Louis’s first round pick in the 2012 Draft, pitched very well in his Major League debut last week against the Royals. In mowing down an anemic Kansas City lineup, Wacha pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just two hits and no walks. He struck out six batters, four

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