View image | gettyimages.com There were 9 games slated to be played this Thursday in April as the majority of Major League Baseball wraps up their opening series before heading into the first full weekend of the season. The two ball clubs to make it out of the American League

View image | gettyimages.com We are continuing the plate discipline series with first basemen, but for some of you this will be your introduction to the series. Before we dive into the numbers we should pause and discuss the various numbers you are viewing and why they are important. We

View image | gettyimages.com While sabermetrics are not yet standard pieces of fantasy baseball play, they can be an incredibly useful tool when making the decisions for who to draft and who to stay away from. Mainstream stats like ERA and WHIP are likely to be big factors in how

View image | gettyimages.com Everyone that studies baseball even in their spare time has pet projects and numbers they love to explore. For me, I love to explore different fielding metrics and plate discipline numbers. I’ve talked about fielding numbers on this site before, but that has a very limited

In the Week 1 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re chasing down Micah Johnson, holding tight with Andrew Miller, and giving Joaquin Benoit a great big hug. But before we do all that, let’s go through a quick introduction, since this is the first 3×3 of the season. You’ll see

View image | gettyimages.com The beginning of April is an exciting time for baseball fans as it is. When you add in the spectre of a blockbuster trade (hours before the first game of the season) you get some real excitement. The San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves pulled off

View image | gettyimages.com Happy Easter and Happy Baseball Season! Finally the time has come for us to soak up the rays (and Rays), enjoy some ballpark franks and embrace the beauty of baseball. If you’re reading this, most likely you’re not only excited about baseball being back on TV,

View image | gettyimages.com Below we’ve got a discussion of the starting pitching situation for Monday’s 14-game slate on DraftKings as well as the best teams from which to pick hitters. We’ve also got projections derived from Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections, and we have rankings of the top plays at

Ryan Noonan and Gerard Martin are back to discuss all of the starting pitchers. Alright, not all of them, but they do their best to discuss options up and down the rankings. They talk about the different advanced stats that they rely on, which buzz-worthy young guns are going to bust, which

View image | gettyimages.com Attempt to follow this argument logically. P: People like new toys. P: Baseball fans are people. —————————————– C: Therefore, baseball fans like new toys.