Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix Podcast: May 2, 2014
Below is a podcast with me discussing daily fantasy strategy for the day. It’s only about eight minutes long. I discuss the starting pitchers with the highest projected point totals and the ones who are the best value for their price. I also discuss which teams are the best to
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week Five Roundup
On draft day, one of the main principles I live by is to not end up with too many injury-prone players on my squads. The thinking behind this is you want to try to minimize risk on draft day as navigating your way through a grueling 162 game schedule is
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Rubber Week Five – Examining Changes in Steamer Values
Yesterday over at Rotographs I compared preseason Steamer projections to the rest-of-season Steamer projections (RoS) to identify hitters whose value has changed since the beginning of the season. To calculate fantasy value from Steamer projections I use the Zach Sanders method of turning roto category statistics into a single fantasy
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Hiroki Kuroda’s Struggles
At 39 years of age, the end is near for Hiroki Kuroda’s career. It has been quite a good one, but that isn’t something his fantasy owners want to hear right now. Five starts into the 2014 season, Kuroda sits with a 5.28 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP in 29
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: May 1
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2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Rookie Report, April 30
First things first, Jose Abreuand Masahiro Tanaka are very good. If it’s possible, they’ve been better than advertised. Abreu’s looking like he’ll be one of the games premier sluggers the rest of the season, and for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, in New York, Tanaka is making mincemeat of opposing batters thanks
2014 Fantasy Baseball, Daily Double Switch for April 30th
Today’s MLB action is a tad odd. There are two early games and the rest are all night games. Make sure you know which game format you’re joining before you do it. With the rain that is in the forecast, joining the early slate seems very risky. On Draftstreet there
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 30th
Everyone has their own line of demarcation of when the season moves from the early going and becomes the summer grind. For some, it happens when the summer officially hits in June. For others (like myself) it is Memorial Day. The first of May is the day for many others
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week Five Free Agent Fixes
Outfielders are well represented in this week’s Free Agent Fixes with five outfield eligible players making the cut. There is a little bit of something for everyone in today’s article with a guy featured that hit 29 homers in 2013. Speed is also well represented with a couple of well
2014 Fantasy Baseball, Daily Double Switch for April 29th
Tuesday has a full slate of games and thank goodness for that. Yesterday’s lineup did just fine (43 points), but the amount of time it took to put together a team was just too long. The limited options yesterday were rough. Today on Draftstreet we get the full complement of
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Fix DL Report – Week Five
Welcome to the fifth week of the Fix DL Report. Each week I (@Rich_Migs) will cover significant fantasy baseball injuries. As the season continues, the report will address some of the most recent injuries and their fantasy implications. OUT FOR THE SEASON: Patrick Corbin, Brandon Beachy, Kris Medlen, Jarrod Parker,
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Dumpster Diving — Lucas Duda vs. Adam Dunn
Sometimes changes happen within the season that end up effecting a player’s fantasy value. Usually, it involves an injury or a trade and that ends up opening a spot for someone else. Other times, it is a player that is expected to make an impact that does not. We see