Fantasy Baseball
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Expert Rankings vs. Steamer Projections, Part II
View image | gettyimages.com This article is also published at FantasyPros.com. Check out FantasyPros MLB Draft Simulator for help with your upcoming MLB Draft! You can follow Ryan on Twitter, @RyNoonan. In part one, I took a look at the top-40 overall from both FantasyPros and Steamer. Today I’m going to look at the players in
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Noah Syndergaard
View image | gettyimages.com Profile It seems like the New York Mets have developed a lab somewhere in a back alley in Queens and are producing big-league quality hurlers at a rate that would make Henry Ford jealous. First there’s Matt Harvey. Then came Zack Wheeler and Jacob deGrom. Noah
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Team Preview — Toronto Blue Jays
2014 Record: 83-79 (.512) Team Stats: 4th in Runs per game (4.46/GP) 4th in Hits per game (8.85/GP) 2nd in Homeruns (177) 3rd in RBIs (690) 9th in ERA (4.00/GM) 7th in Quality Starts (86) 9th in Strikeouts (1199) 9th in Opponent Batting Average (.253) There’s no question the Jays
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Fun with VORP –Catchers
View image | gettyimages.com One of the more interesting debates in the fantasy sports world is the appropriate place for advanced metrics. I’ve tried relying on them before and they’ve landed me in last place. So, there are two keys to using advanced metrics. The first is to find the
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Kris Bryant
View image | gettyimages.com Profile Kris Bryant is a bad dude. The consensus top prospect in arguably the best system in baseball has overwhelming tools at the plate and a glove developing fast enough for him to stick at a position where the fantasy pool seems to get shallower every
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Pumping Up Marcus Semien Once Again
Full disclosure, I own Marcus Semien in a competitive dynasty league and made this same call I’m about to make last year. The call was that Semien would be a great breakout middle infielder and could wind up being a huge get late in drafts. I admit I was wrong
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Brewers sign Chris Perez to Minor League Deal
A minor league contract signing doesn’t generally mean much from a fantasy baseball perspective, but with Francisco Rodriguez a free agent, the closing role is presently up for grabs for the Brewers. Chris Perez has closing experience, and coincidentally, the aforementioned Rodriguez saved 10 games for the Brewers in 2013
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Joey Gallo
I originally wanted to name this piece ‘Chicks Dig the Long Ball’: The Joey Gallo Story. The reality is, everyone digs the long ball, and minor league prospects with power like the 21-year old Gallo possesses are few and far between. Using the 20-80 scouting scale to measure individual tools,
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Early Expert Rankings vs. Steamer Projections
This article is also published at FantasyPros.com. Check out FantasyPros MLB Draft Simulator for help with your upcoming MLB Draft! Many consider February to be the fantasy sports abyss. The NFL season is behind us after an amazing Super Bowl on Sunday, and the NBA and NHL are in the middle
2015 Fantasy Baseball: 30 Prospects in 30 Days — Carlos Correa
Three years ago, the Houston Astros made Carlos Correa the first overall selection in the amateur draft. They chose him over lumanaries like Mark Appel and Byron Buxton. For most fantasy baseball players, that is probably the last time you’ve heard of Correa. If you play year to year
2015 Fantasy Baseball: It’s Never Too Early — Right Fielders
We reach the end of the position player portion of the “it’s never too early” series. Right field is a little more stable than center field was, but we also have some instances where some players will be eligible at multiple outfield spots. We also have some infielders that
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Brian McCann’s Fantasy Outlook
Ask any of Brian McCann’s fantasy owners from the 2014 season what they thought of his performance, and the stank eye you’ll get is the only response you’ll need. He finished the season with 23 homers, which extended his streak of reaching or exceeding 20 homers in a season to seven,