Fantasy Baseball
2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide: Third Base Over/Under
View image | gettyimages.com Third base is an interesting position within fantasy baseball. There are a number of players that have produced huge seasons in the past, so it has the appearance of being a deep position. But last season most of those players seemed to fall flat on their
2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide: Second Base Over/Under
View image | gettyimages.com As we continue on the over and under train, we should throw out a few general reminders. The numbers you see for each player constitute the three year averages as expressed over 150 games played. Often times, the aggregate gives us a very good idea of
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Fun with VORP — Starting Pitchers
View image | gettyimages.com I’ve spent a long time avoiding evaluating starting pitchers. I suppose it beats evaluating relief pitchers, but otherwise it’s a pain in the tookus. The standard numbers are so volatile that basing your predictions on those numbers makes little sense. Yet, when you compare the sabermetric
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Andrew Heaney
View image | gettyimages.com Profile Andrew Heaney is a 23-year-old left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels and is considered one of the better pitching prospects in all of baseball. The southpaw stands 6’2 and weighs 185 pounds. The Miami Marlins made him the ninth overall selection in the 2012 draft
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Julio Urias
View image | gettyimages.com Welcome to the Julio Urias edition of our 2015 “30 Prospects in 30 Days” series. We’ve decided to review some of the top prospects ranked by some of our favorite prospect analysts for fantasy baseball purposes. You can see some of the other recent prospects discussed here: Corey
2015 Fantasy Baseball: The Fickleness of Pitching
View image | gettyimages.com A wise man once said that those that do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it. Nowhere can this be seen more than in baseball free agency. The economics of baseball are way too complex to simplify the analysis of a contract to the
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Corey Seager
View image | gettyimages.com Profile Corey Seager is a 20-year-old shortstop in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ system. The Dodgers drafted him 18th overall in 2012 out of high school, and the younger brother of Kyle Seager has hit the ball very well at four stops stretched out across three seasons. Seager has
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects In 30 Days — Miguel Sano
View image | gettyimages.com Profile Miguel Sano missed the entire 2014 minor league season following Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. He tore his UCL in spring training, but, after a full year of recovery and rehab, appears to be ready this season. Sano’s raw power can’t be overstated
2015 Fantasy Baseball: When Will Daniel Norris be Fantasy Relevant?
View image | gettyimages.com First of all, during spring training Daniel Norris lives in a Volkswagen Westfalia van nicknamed “Shaggy.” The Tennessee native is as interesting a person as he is a prospect. This offseason he was rated as baseball’s #17 prospect by MLB.com, number #18 by Keith Law, and
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects In 30 Days — Addison Russell
Profile Many an eyebrow were raised when the Oakland Athletics shipped off Addison Russell for a season and a half of Jeff Samardzija and a few months of Jason Hammel. Russell, the A’s then number one prospect and now the Chicago Cubs’ number two (behind Kris Bryant) offers an impact
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Dylan Bundy
View image | gettyimages.com Profile Dylan Bundy is a walking lesson in prospect volatility. After rocketing through the Baltimore Orioles farm system and reaching the major leagues at age 19 in 2012, he blew out his elbow and sat out a full season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Bundy returned
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Jon Gray
Profile Jon Gray is an imposing figure on the mound as the righthander stands 6-foot-4 while weighing 235 pounds and he should make his presence felt in Major League Baseball sooner rather than later. The 23-year-old was the third overall pick out of Oklahoma in the 2013 MLB draft and