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2014 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Player of the Year — NL Starters
As we finally get to the end of the season and the end of this series, we see some interesting results when looking at pitchers. Pitching runs created are similar to runs created for batters and here we see some fascinating results. National League rankings were done according to those
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Starting Pitching Market — NL West
It might be the golden age of starting pitching and we take a look at the National League West, we might see the best starting pitching in baseball. As we saw in the American League, there are plenty of first and second tier starting pitchers on the open market. We
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week 12 Roundup
Baseball is a game that works in very mysterious ways. Prior to this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers last no-hitter came way back in 1996. Fast forward to now and the Dodgers have now recorded two no-hitters within the last 30 days. Josh Beckett achieved the feat last month against
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Pendulum Shift
It’s always interesting how things look like they will last forever. When the offensive explosion began following the strike in 1994, we thought hitting would dominate forever. It seems that forever has come to an end. Such studies wouldn’t seem to belong on a fantasy sports site except that assumptions
The Best High School Lefty Since Clayton Kershaw
Scouts always liked him, but Brady Aiken used to be described in a series of back-handed compliments. He was “solid” and had great “pitchability”. Aiken projected as a middle-to-back-of-the-rotation starter, still valuable, but any real upside was wish-casting. Sometimes wishes come true. Gradually 89 MPH became 94 MPH. The movement
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week 6 Two-Start Pitchers and Streamers
The fifth week of the Major League baseball season didn’t have as many games played as usual and stud two-start pitchers were sparse while examining the starting pitcher landscape for the week. That will not be a problem as we enter Week 6. The must-start two-start options this week are
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week Five Roundup
On draft day, one of the main principles I live by is to not end up with too many injury-prone players on my squads. The thinking behind this is you want to try to minimize risk on draft day as navigating your way through a grueling 162 game schedule is
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week Two Musings
The wonderful game of baseball provides a plethora of things to talk about, and those things don’t always tie together very neatly. Instead of trying to force a square peg through a round hole, I’m going to embrace this platform to speak on a variety of wide spanning topics that
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Why Hyun-jin Ryu Will Avoid the Sophomore Slump
In anticipation of the upcoming 2014 Major League Baseball season, I will be looking at players who you should be targeting on draft day. Hyun-jin Ryu, the second-year starter for the Los Angeles Dodgers, will be the subject in this instance. Much like his fellow countryman Psy, who produced the
2014 FSTA Experts League Draft: 1st Round Review
The fantasy baseball season has officially started. At least that is what the commercials on the Sirius XM broadcast of the 2014 FSTA Experts Draft told me. While the NFBC and even the XFL have held drafts already this season, the FSTA Experts Draft definitely gets the most run in