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2016 Fantasy Baseball: Outfield Risers and Fallers
Stock Up: Carlos Gonzalez – CarGo leads all outfielders in wOBA and is, even more impressively, tied for the lead in wRC+ over the past 30 days at .200 with Michael Saunders. He’s hit 10 homers with a .381 average in that time span, and despite an almost career-low walk
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Oakland Athletics Team Preview
2015 Season in Review The Oakland Athletics went from playoff representatives in 2014 (88-74) to last place in the West in 2015 (68-94). Their record was last in the American League and only better than two other teams (Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves) in the National League. It was their
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Generation Next — Centerfielders
Center field is the premier position in the outfield, but changes in baseball have brought changes in the position. One of the things that has always been most fascinating to me is how changes in the balance between pitching and hitting changes the way teams approach building their teams. In
2015 Fantasy Baseball: AL ROY Preview
The American League Rookie of the Year award race is not nearly as cut and dried as the National League race. Of course, as we saw in that article, the race should be a lot closer than what it will be. The American League race might seem cut and dried
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Mid-Season Deep League All-Stars, Part 2
I’ve already covered my deep league All-Stars at the infield positions, so today I’ll be taking a look at which outfielders and pitchers I deem worthy of setting foot in my clubhouse. Remember, all these players are guys who were drafted in 14-team leagues or more. This means they were
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Rookie Report – Rest-of-Season Hitter Rankings
There have been so many high-profile prospects called up to the Majors recently let’s take stock of where they stand amongst each other. 1. Joc Pederson – You could place the second guy on this list here and I don’t think anyone would quibble with it, but Pederson has outproduced
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Deep League Digging, Week 8
View image | gettyimages.com Because of the Memorial Day holiday, Major League Baseball has a week packed full of games, with Thursday being the only day where there isn’t a full slate. With this abundance of games, swapping hitters out of your lineups who are faced with bad matchups could