Fantasy Baseball
Houston Astros Sign Carlos Beltran
The Houston Astros continued the remodeling of their everyday lineup when they signed free agent designated hitter Carlos Beltran to a one year, 16 million dollar contract. Reportedly, the contract also includes a no-trade clause as the part-time outfielder returns more than a decade after he helped lead the team
2017 Fantasy Baseball, Knocking on the Door: Third Basemen
Third base is a loaded position in fantasy baseball, so it would make perfect sense than the knocking on the door series would be loaded as well. At least one of them would have rated as a top 24 third baseman based on the numbers from last year alone. However,
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Third Basemen L-T
We continue our trip through the third basemen as we get to the second half of the alphabet. This list may not have the heavy hitters on top of the rankings, but there are some good players on this list. Some of them have come out of nowhere it seems
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Third Base Rankings A-K
Third base might be the deepest position in fantasy baseball. This is particularly true when you add in the players knocking on the door. Even without those guys, you can easily go twelve players deep and man the position with a star or near star level performer. That always makes
Daniel Murphy the GOAT
The G.O.A.T. is a pretty polarizing term in the world of sports. On the one hand, it’s an acronym for “the greatest of all-time”; which is a bit overplayed with hot-take culture and social media these days, but an accolade all the same. On the other hand, it’s also an
2017 Fantasy Baseball, Knocking on the Door: Second Basemen
It used to be that the corner positions on the diamond were the dominant fantasy positions. There certainly are no shortage of great first and third basemen, but the middle of the diamond is as talented as it has always been. That meant that some talented younger second basemen slipped
Mariners trade Taijuan Walker and Ketel Marte for Jean Segura, Mitch Haniger, and Zac Curtis
The Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks pulled off the first blockbuster trade of the offseason when the Mariners sent young starter Taijuan Walker and shortstop Ketel Marte to the Diamondbacks for all-star shortstop Jean Segura and two younger players. The deal was the first significant move for new Dbacks general
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Second Base Rankings L-Z
Now, we continue with the second half of the rankings for second basemen. We are ranking the second basemen in five and six category leagues over the course of three and five year averages for those categories. You will see the player’s rank under each format and composite numbers for
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Second Base Rankings A-K
As we continue through our offseason journey, we come to the rankings for the top 24 second basemen in the game. As we have said before, there are some young players ready to emerge that will likely supplant some of the players currently in the top 24. Also, there could
Knocking on the Door: First Basemen
As we saw with the catchers, there are some first basemen that don’t belong in the top 24 and there are some first basemen that do belong, but they are difficult to rank because they don’t have major league track records yet. Still, we know that these guys belong somewhere.
2017 Fantasy Baseball: First Base Rankings M-Z
As we continue with our first base series we have to address one of the problems with evaluating first base in general. First base happens to have the most designated hitters assigned to it and we will see an example right off the top of the bat. Some platforms relegate
2017 Fantasy Baseball First Basemen: A-L
As we continue into the offseason, we move to first base. This time, we will be profiling first basemen between Jose Abreu and Adam Lind. Just like with the catchers, we are profiling the top 24 guys. Naturally, there are some young players that should be in the top 24,