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2017 Fantasy Baseball: Houston Astros Team Preview
Offseason Overview Sports Illustrated predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series a few years ago and the Astros seemed to treat this offseason as if it was a moral imperative for them to do so. They added Nori Aoki, Josh Reddick, Brian McCann, and Carlos Beltran to a
2017 Fantasy Baseball: AL West Lineup Grades
We reach the end of the line for the AL lineup grades. Grading out lineups in January is often challenging because it is a lot like nailing jello on the wall. There aren’t a lot of major changes that happen at this point in the offseason, but the competitive balance
Houston Astros Acquire Brian McCann and Josh Reddick
The Houston Astros have been very busy over the past couple of days. On Wednesday, they signed free agent pitcher Charlie Morton to a two year, 14 million dollar contract. Then, on Thursday they turned around and traded two pitching prospects for catcher Brian McCann and then signed free agent
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Fantasy Catchers A-M
Now that the World Series is over, it is time to get a jump start on the 2017 fantasy season. So, what we are doing here is ranking the top 24 guys at each position. Mind you, those rankings are based on past performance and not on projected future performance.
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Post Deadline Catcher Rankings
With the non-waiver trade deadline in the rearview mirror, it is time to take a look at the fantasy trade deadline that is looming in most leagues. Draft day is important, but it is high time we take a look at the various positions to see where those players rank
Fantasy Baseball Final: June 16th, 2016
With the foundation of so many big league careers built on father-son relationships, it’s only fitting that MLB had a full slate of ball games lined up for this gorgeous Father’s Day. New daddy and birthday boy, Jacob deGrom took the mound at home in Citi Field for the Mets
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Players — J.T. Realmuto
Most teams are approaching the 40 game mark for games played. When you get to the quarter pole suddenly we are leaving “it’s still early” mantra and are beginning to look at what is going on with individual players. So, we can begin to look at players that are surprising
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Early Catcher Rankings
The fine writers at TheFantasyFix.com collaborated their efforts to rank catchers for the 2016 fantasy baseball season. Below you will see each writer’s ranks. Alan and Scott also discussed the rankings on a recent podcast that you can find here. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Catcher Projections
There are many ways to rank players. I don’t claim to have a monopoly on the truth, but I hope my methods balance analytics with common sense. The analytics part is probably the most involved. We take runs above replacement from the past three seasons according to three different sources
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