2014 Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Rookie Report, All-Star Break Update
Apologies for not having an update for a few weeks. Between work and my summer vacation – I went to Denver; it was delightful – I just haven’t been able to write much. That changes now and everything is back to normal, which is nice. Name Team PA R HR
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The 5×5 All-Star Team
Zach Sanders of Rotographs has an awesome method for distilling fantasy value down to one number. The method uses z-scores to determine how far players are above or below average in each fantasy category in terms of standard deviations. For example, a player with a z-score of 2.00 in steals
2014 Fantasy Baseball Week 16 Waiver Wire: 3 to Catch, 3 to Cut, 3 to Keep
In the Week 16 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re evolving Jarrod Dyson, evaluating Henderson Alvarez, and evangelizing for Jesse Hahn. There are plenty of waiver wire columns out there that provide an exhaustive list of the most added players in fantasy leagues. This isn’t one of them. Here, we’ll
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week 16 Free Agent Fixes
Sometimes non-closing relievers need a little love, too, and a pair get it in this week’s Free Agent Fixes. They’re joined by a young catcher that seems to be turning the corner, a veteran first baseman with an amended injury timetable, a rookie second baseman, and a pitcher that was
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 15 Closer Report
Welcome back to The Fantasy Fix’s Closer Report for Week 15. I’m a couple of days late this week as I was closing out my vacation so please pardon the delay. We are heading into the All-Star break with a lot of stable bullpens, a few trouble spots that have
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Daily Double Switch for July 12th
Good morning! If you’re like me, you’ve finally woken from your ‘Free Slurpee on 7/11’ induced coma and you’re ready for some DFS plays. Let’s take a look at today’s slate, and see where we can exploit the match-ups! You can find me on twitter @RyNoonan if you have player
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Mike Minor is Sinking
Recently, I spoke about Yovani Gallardo’s success, including the development of his sinker that truly began in 2012. Now, it appears as if Mike Minor is pulling a Yovani Gallardo. Unfortunately for Minor, his 2014 season hasn’t gone as well. He has given his fantasy owners a bloated ERA (4.54)
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix Podcast: July 11, 2014
Below is a podcast with me discussing daily fantasy strategy for the day. It’s only about six minutes long. I discuss the starting pitchers with the highest projected point totals and the ones who are the best value for their price. I also discuss which teams are the best to
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week 15 Roundup
It’s well known that pitching requires players to repeatedly make unorthodox movements with their arms and the stress of repeatedly hurling a baseball 90+ MPH often leads to pitchers breaking down in the latter stages of their career. Humans just aren’t meant to be able to sustain this violent motion
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Injured Starters With Second-Half Value, Part 2
In part one of this series, I looked at three arms returning this week giving them more immediate value to fantasy owners, but there are still several arms working their way back who can deliver real upside this summer and should be given serious consideration if you’re in dire need