For those that watch baseball religiously, a lot has been made of the so-called five tools that scouts look to when evaluating players. While fielding and throwing are important, they typically don’t matter to fantasy players. Most fantasy players focus on the other three tools: hitting, hitting for power, and

For those that watch baseball religiously, a lot has been made of the so-called five tools that scouts look to when evaluating players. While fielding and throwing are important, they typically don’t matter to fantasy players. Most fantasy players focus on the other three tools: hitting, hitting for power, and

For those that watch baseball religiously, a lot has been made of the so-called five tools that scouts look to when evaluating players. While fielding and throwing are important, they typically don’t matter to fantasy players. Most fantasy players focus on the other three tools: hitting, hitting for power, and

My wife and I were sitting at the local coffee shop here in San Diego just shy of lunchtime on January 22nd. We were both working remotely while waiting for an appointment to visit a school for our daughter. Shortly after picking up my red-eye from the barista, I shot

Profile The layers upon layers of expectations for Los Angeles Dodgers pitching prospect Julio Urias have got to be putting a great deal of pressure on the 19 year-old to make his Major League debut. The word phenom is often thrown around casually when speaking of Urias and his potential

The Closer Report is a weekly column at The Fantasy Fix where we try to keep fantasy players updated on the machinations in each bullpen. Last year was full of volatility and we expect more of the same in 2016. We also maintain a Closer Chart on the site that

For those that watch baseball religiously, a lot has been made of the so-called five tools that scouts look to when evaluating players. While fielding and throwing are important, they typically don’t matter to fantasy players. So, most fantasy players focus on the other three tools: hitting, hitting for power,

Every offseason there is always one guy that stays on the board way too long. Sometimes their agent overplays their hand or sometimes they just don’t have the value on the open market that everyone thought they had. In this case, the qualifying offer reared it’s ugly head. The Washington

Scott Barzilla of TheFantasyFix.com and the Hall of Fame Index joins Alan on episode eight to discuss the site’s relief pitcher rankings. Scott shares his general thoughts on how and when to target relief pitching in fantasy baseball drafts. Additional topics discussed include, but are not limited to, Aroldis Chapman

The team at TheFantasyFix.com collaborated their efforts to rank short stops for the 2016 fantasy baseball season. Below you will see each writer’s ranks. Alan and Mick also discussed the rankings on a recent podcast that you can find here. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to leave