2017 Fantasy Baseball
The Hall of Fame Index: David Ortiz
“I have come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” – William Shakespeare The wisest thing the Hall of Fame ever did was insert the mandatory five year waiting period. Otherwise, Hall of Famers would get in due to the mob mentality that overcomes fans when their favorite legends
2017 Fantasy Baseball, Week 11 Preview
You know the old saying; “you can’t predict baseball”? Well, the last fortnight this has been truer than ever. Back for the week 9 preview, I offered up 4 Two Start Stars. They started the week with a bad start, two ok starts and one great start. And that was
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Three To Add, Three to Keep, Three to Drop– Outfielders
Most platforms treat outfielders as a group, so we will also treat them as a group. However, we will include the individual positions where they are eligible to help you out in case your league treats each position individually. As you have seen, choosing players to add is difficult. You
Using ERA-FIP To Identify Starting Pitchers To Target Or Trade: June Update
In this piece, I’ll be updating one of my favorite strategies to identify starting pitchers to target via trade for fantasy baseball players in 2017. Each and every baseball site you visit can probably provide you with a strategy to identify players to target via trade. One of my favorite
The Hall of Fame Index: Current Catchers
Back in 2010, Iuniverse was gracious enough to publish The Hall of Fame Index. The Hall of Fame has been a labor of love of mine for nearly two decades. So, even though the book has long been published, we soldier on and makes all the updates we can. Primarily,
The Double Dong Daily Fantasy Baseball Podcast: June 6, 2017
Welcome to the 94th episode of the Double Dong Daily Fantasy Baseball Podcast hosted by Ryan Noonan and Broc Miller presented by TheFantasyFix.com! Ryan and Broc typically bring the goods three times per week here at TheFantasyFix.com (as well as iTunes and Stitcher) for the daily breakdown of the MLB slates for daily fantasy baseball.
2017 Fantasy Baseball: The Weekly Standard
Here we are in week two of the weekly standard. The goal of the weekly standard is to highlight the best position player, starting pitcher, and relief pitcher available on the market. Availability is defined as any player owned in fewer than 50 percent of ESPN and Yahoo leagues. Of
2017 Fantasy Baseball, Week 10 Preview
We are entering week 10 and things are a tad different this week. Due to my own schedule (namely a weekend away), the week 10 preview is being typed up on a Thursday. Obviously, this means a fair bit more guess work when it comes to our Two Start Stars.
2017 Fantasy Baseball: 3 to Add, 3 to Keep, 3 to Drop
Sometimes it seems if half of your roster is on the disabled list. Believe it or not, those perceptions are more correct than you think. More players have been placed on the disabled list than in season’s past and the three to keep and three to drop are littered with
2017 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles– Washington Nationals
We’ve reached the end of the line on the fielding chronicles for another season. I often enjoy this series because it helps explain teams like the Nationals. They are a very good team and yet over time they have underachieved. You look at their starting pitching and their hitting talent