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2016 Fantasy BaseballAndrew Miller

At the bottom of the Fangraphs’ leaderboard for wOBA over the last 30 days is Carlos Gonzalez at .227. He’s 10 points lower than anyone else, and he only has two RBI over the past month. CarGo’s numbers are well off of last year’s 40-homer season, and he’s been, according to

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The AL Central had perhaps the most interesting story of Spring Training when Adam Laroche decided to retire because Kenny Williams decided to bar him from bringing his son to the clubhouse every day. From here, the stories diverge. Williams says he just wanted Laroche to cut back while Laroche

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The final big free agent position player came off the board on Sunday when the Chicago White Sox signed Austin Jackson to a one year, five million dollar contract. The signing completed a saga that lasted the entire offseason and well into Spring Training. Like with the other holdouts (Ian

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2016 Fantasy Baseball

When free agency began in November, every prominent player just knew they were going to find a new home and make the big bucks they had been dreaming about. Unfortunately, other factors got in the way for some of these players and they ended up unemployed when pitchers and catchers

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Today marks a second deadline of sorts in MLB. As a matter of course, the waiver deadline doesn’t really exist, but MLB has established rules for the postseason and one of those rules is that teams must set their postseason rosters before the end of August 31st. There have been

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Why should I read this article? If you’ve been following the series, you’ll know the answer to this question. For those just joining us, you will not see any better example of the impact of fielding on playing time than center field. As we saw in

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Center field is the premier position in baseball history. There are a few notable exceptions, but when you look at the best of the best they are usually center fielders. Willie Mays, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Ty Cobb are obviously sure fire Hall of Famers.

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com We come to the end of our VORP soon (RF will be the last edition) with a slight variation of our organizational structure. Many of you have had your fantasy drafts already, but for those that haven’t it isn’t enough to simply rank the players at

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2015 Fantasy Baseball2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft GuideFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Center field is obviously the glamour position in the outfield. Unfortunately, fantasy baseball players might not see it the same way. Production has been fairly limited outside of the top few guys in recent seasons. Center field is probably as good an example as any as

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

As it turns out, there is no position as volatile as center field. A part of that volatility comes in the form of picking which outfield position in which to put some players. Nine times out of ten it’s easy. Most players play one position and stay there. However, that doesn’t happen

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