2016 Fantasy Baseball
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Candidates — Michael Pineda
The New York Yankees have done little to nothing this offseason to improve their biggest question mark heading into the 2016 season: the starting rotation. Instead, the Yankees addressed their problem at second base by adding Starlin Castro up the middle to pair with shortstop Didi Gregorious. In addition, they added Aroldis
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Orioles Re-sign Chris Davis
“Crush” Davis is heading back to Baltimore. Davis was seeking a contract somewhere north of $200MM this offseason, and as a Scott Boras client that has hammered 126 homers in the last three seasons, that request seemed plausible. Although a lot of the money spent this offseason has gone into
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Padres Sign Alexei Ramirez
One of the more fun things about the offseason is watching the game of musical chairs evolve. There are 30 starting spots at each position and when one team improves at a spot, then that guy might end up landing somewhere else. The Padres were the latest recipient of the shuffling
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Candidates — C.J. Cron
C.J. Cron has been a player that has peaked my interest since I first drafted him to one of my dynasty teams back in 2012. While he’s never done much at the major league level for him to really catch anyone’s eye, 2016 might be the first year he actually
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Marlins to Sign Wei-Yin Chen
Prior to this year, the Marlins organization had been notoriously known throughout Major League Baseball as one not to shy away from a “fire-sale.” They took this approach in both years following their World Series Championships in 1997 and 2003, and they also cleaned house when their experiment with Ozzie Guillen, Jose
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Giants Sign Denard Span
The San Francisco Giants continued their offseason spending this past week, signing outfielder Denard Span to a three-year, $31 million dollar contract. Span, of course, spent much of last year on the disabled list, which is one of the reasons he’ll be earning an average of $10.3 million dollars a
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Is the Christian Yelich Breakout Coming?
Christian Yelich has been a much better player for the Miami Marlins in his three seasons in the Majors than he has for fantasy owners. Yelich has put up 7.9 fWAR in just over two full-seasons’ worth of games (332). His wRC+ in each season? 117. His wOBA? .341, .341,
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Ben Revere Swapped for Drew Storen
The Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays made a trade on Friday that flew a bit under the radar but really addressed the needs of both ball clubs. As first reported by MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, the Nationals will acquire outfielder Ben Revere and a player to be named
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Scott Kazmir Signs with the Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers decision to sign left handed pitcher Scott Kazmir had a slight stench of desperation to it. As a die-hard Met fan who once saw the once-prized pitching prospect dealt for the likes of Victor Zambrano, I’d like to state right off the bat that I have no
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Dodgers Sign Kenta Maeda
The Los Angeles Dodgers continued the arms race in the NL West by reaching an agreement with free agent right-hander Kenta Maeda. Now, the top three teams in the division have each added two arms to their rotation (although the Dodgers technically lost Zack Greinke, so they net one extra