Fantasy Baseball
Chicago Cubs Sign Ben Zobrist and John Lackey
The Winter Meetings hadn’t even officially begun before the Chicago Cubs began wheeling and dealing. They officially signed starting pitcher John Lackey and now second baseman/left fielder Ben Zobrist. The Cubs were rumored to be involved with David Price for awhile, but when you look at the financials involved, they ended
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Boston Red Sox Trade Wade Miley to the Seattle Mariners
The Winter Meetings is a fun time of year. It’s awesome to watch general managers work. You lose a guy and then go right out and get another guy. The Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners consummated a trade, but the roots of that trade came earlier in the weekend.
Jeff Samardzjia Signs with the Giants
The dominos of this offseason’s strong starting pitching market have really begun to fall with next week’s Winter Meetings in Nashville looming. Mere hours after losing out on the Zack Greinke sweepstakes to the interdivision Arizona Diamondbacks, the San Francisco Giants’ front office called an audible and signed righthander Jeff
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Arizona Diamondbacks Sign Zack Greinke
The Arizona Diamondbacks shocked the baseball world when they nabbed one of the top five free agents on the board on Friday night when they agreed to a deal with Zack Greinke. Greinke will earn more money per season than any pitcher in baseball after signing a six-year, 192 million
2016 Fantasy Baseball: First Base Projections
First basemen and utility players are clearly the glamour position in fantasy baseball. There are more good ones than at any other position. This makes it difficult to plan for a draft. You can go one of two roads on draft day. You can simply pick the best players regardless
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Baltimore Orioles Aquire Mark Trumbo
The Seattle Mariners made it their mission this offseason to move the right-handed power bat of Mark Trumbo before Wednesday’s non-tender deadline hit at 11PM CST. Trade talks had begun heating up on Tuesday, and the M’s were able to reach an agreement with the Orioles to send Trumbo to
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Boston Red Sox Sign David Price
The first of the mega free agents is off the board. In a surprise move, the Boston Red Sox signed David Price to a seven-year contract worth 217 million dollars. The fact that the Red Sox signed Price is not the surprise. The surprise is that there is a very
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Catcher Projections
It might seem a little early to look projections, but it is never too early to prepare for next season. Besides, these kinds of projections go through a series of adjustments depending on what team they are playing for and who might be surrounding them. However, instead of making lists
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Chris Young Signs with the Boston Red Sox
The upper management of the Boston Red Sox has gotten the reputation for being one of the most active and forward thinking front offices in all of baseball the past few years. The organization went from worst to first in 2013, and captured their third World Series title in 10
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Detroit Tigers Sign Jordan Zimmermann
One of the major free agent arms is now officially off the market after the Detroit Tigers signed Jordan Zimmermann to a five-year, 110 million dollar contract. The move was the second significant move for the Tigers and new general manager Al Avila. The club also traded a minor league
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Generation Next — Starting Pitchers
We’ve reached the end of the generation next series and easily the most difficult position to choose from. We could easily do two of these with starting pitchers and barely scratch the surface of who is destined to become the next big thing. This is the nature of pitching in
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Detroit Tigers Acquire Francisco Rodriguez
The Detroit Tigers went from first to worst in 2015. Whenever that happens, you can usually blame injuries and a bad bullpen. They certainly had their fair share of both as both Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez went down for stretches last season. However, the bullpen was also a considerable