Fantasy Baseball
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Prospect Profile — Julio Urias
Profile The layers upon layers of expectations for Los Angeles Dodgers pitching prospect Julio Urias have got to be putting a great deal of pressure on the 19 year-old to make his Major League debut. The word phenom is often thrown around casually when speaking of Urias and his potential
2016 Fantasy Baseball: The Closer Report — National League
The Closer Report is a weekly column at The Fantasy Fix where we try to keep fantasy players updated on the machinations in each bullpen. Last year was full of volatility and we expect more of the same in 2016. We also maintain a Closer Chart on the site that
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Prospect Profile — Clint Frazier
Profile The Cleveland Indians drafted outfielder Clint Frazier fifth overall in 2013 as the very first high school position player selected that year. Coming out of the same hometown as Pirate prospect Austin Meadows – another young outfielder I had written about recently – Frazier received a franchise-record $3.5MM signing
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Sleeper Candidate — David Peralta
Baseball today is so weird when you compare it to what the game used to be years ago. Let’s say a decade ago I came to you to try and convince you that someone who just this past season hit 17 home runs and drove in 78 RBIs was an
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Prospect Preview — Raul A. Mondesi
Ever wonder what it’s like to follow in your father’s footsteps in professional baseball? Ever wonder what it’s like to make your Major League debut in the World Series? Well, ask Raul Mondesi because we’re sure he’ll have a pretty awesome story to tell you. Profile The son of a
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Prospect Profile — Nomar Mazara
Twenty-plus home run potential for a 20 year old? Nomar Mazara is smashing his way through the minor leagues and will inevitably do the same for the Texas Rangers in 2016. Profile One of the youngest ball players to be in AAA to start the season, Nomar Mazara was an international
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays Team Preview
2015 Quick Overview If it was power you were looking for last season, the Toronto Blue Jays didn’t fail you. The only team in baseball to possess three players with at least 39 homers last season, the Blue Jays mashed their way to the post season for the first time
2016 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Profile: Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge tops the New York Yankees’ farm system that has been depleted for as long as many people can remember but is finally starting to feature some of the best prospects in baseball. While fans of the team have overreacted to former top prospects (see Manny Banuelos, Joba Chamberlain,
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Chicago Cubs Team Preview
Of all the 2015 playoff teams, it’s safe to say that the Chicago Cubs made the biggest improvement to their big league club this offseason. 2015 was supposed to be a year in which the Cubs graduated their minor league talent to the majors, in which they could each get
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Propsect Profile — Tyler Glasnow
Profile Tyler Glasnow is the Pirates top prospect. The 22-year-old right-hander has a tremendous fastball, ranging in the upper-90s. The 5th round pick in the 2011 has been wildly inconsistent in the minors to this point. The best word that many use to describe him would be “raw”, but he has