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2017 Fantasy Baseball, Week 19 Preview
Those of you paying attention will have noticed a lack of a week 18 preview last weekend. Well that’s because I had a personal matter to attend to which I won’t go into here. But thankfully, it’s all sorted now. After week 17, a week off might not have been
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Cleveland Indians Acquire Jay Bruce
The Indians have made the second significant August deal so far this season. August deals are more rare than July deals, but there are always a few each season that make a difference in the pennant race. In this case, the Cleveland Indians traded minor league pitcher Ryder Ryan to
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Post Deadline Position Rankings– Catchers
Position rankings are something that usually gets saved for the offseason and we will certainly revisit it then, but the non-waiver deadline means different things depending on whether you are talking real baseball or fantasy baseball. In players playing in head to head leagues, you are looking at the last
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Three to Add, Three to Keep, Three to Drop– Shortstops
The three by three by three series continues into the dog days of August. The pennant drive is amping up for most teams, but the fantasy season is considerably shorter for teams playing in head to head leagues. September usually brings the fantasy playoffs, so you might have time for
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Seattle Mariners Acquire Yonder Alonso
The Mariners made the first significant trade of the post-deadline season when they acquired all-star first baseman Yonder Alonso for minor league outfielder Boog Powell. For many fantasy fans, they assumed the trading season was over, but occasionally a blockbuster will go down and we will be here to cover
Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy, August 4, 2017: DraftKings Value Plays
This evening’s 13-game slate features five hurlers priced over the $10,000 mark on DraftKings (Jacob deGrom, James Paxton, Madison Bumgarner, Yu Darvish and Brad Peacock). While there are other values on the mound, many in cash games — and even those spending up at pitcher in tournaments — will need
2017 Fantasy Baseball: MLB Deadline Fantasy Winners and Losers
You usually get these articles right after the non-waiver deadline and they generally focus on which teams helped themselves the most or failed to help themselves. This time, we will focus on the players likely to get the biggest bump and who will be the hardest hit from their move
2017 Fantasy Baseball: MLB Deadline Update July 31, 2017
It’s deadline day. As people who cover baseball, there is no more exciting time than the last few days before the deadline. The Winter Meetings are exciting for some (especially the writers that get to go) but nothing competes with the drama of checking the transactions right before the clock
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Deadline Update July 30, 2017
As we have done this past week, we are updating you as quickly as we can on the action surrounding the MLB Non-Waiver Deadline. Oddly enough, there were no significant moves that were made on July 29th, but teams went right back at on Sunday on what could be termed
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Three to Add, Three to Keep, Three to Drop– Third Basemen
Welcome to deadline day. There are days that should be national holidays, but sadly aren’t. Opening day is one of those days and deadline day is also one of those days. However, we take a break from the craziness that is the deadline to look at third basemen. Ironically, the
2017 Fantasy Baseball, Week 17 Preview
Week 17. My lucky number is 17. Unfortunately, the build up to week 17 hasn’t been lucky for me as I’ve managed to blow out my left elbow and have been in considerable pain most of the weekend. For that reason, and the fact that week 17 offers very little
2017 Fantasy Baseball: MLB Deadline Deals May 28, 2017
There was a lot of activity in Friday’s action and rather than write four separate articles to chronicle all of the deals of the day we will combine them all into one article so you can stay up on the news of the pennant race and how they affect your