Breakout is an ambiguous word, so with that in mind, I’ll start by clarifying that I’m not expecting Kyle Gibson to be a fantasy ace. I do, however, believe he makes for an interesting late round flyer in large mixed leagues and deeper formats after digging into his 2014 performance.

Corey Dickerson, an eighth round pick in the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft, was never a highly touted prospect, failing to crack notable industry top-100 prospect lists.  He did, however, crush the ball at every level of the minors (albeit it in some very friendly hitting conditions), and he hit respectably

The first 2014 breakout player I wrote about this offseason was Carlos Carrasco. He wasn’t the only once-well-thought-of prospect to bloom last year as Jake Arrieta did so in the Senior Circuit for the Cubs. The one time Baltimore Oriole and former top-100 prospect per both Baseball America and Baseball

As a highly touted prospect, Travis Snider has received second, third, and maybe even fourth chances despite totaling just a .246/.310/.406 slash line through 1,706 plate appearances. He went from hyped prospect, to post-hype sleeper, to mostly forgotten man after a change of scenery deal in the summer of 2012

In the coming weeks, and in advance of me releasing my positional rankings, I’m going to be highlighting some breakout performers from last season. The first is one of my favorites, Carlos Carrasco. His early season work as a starting pitcher “earned” him a demotion to the bullpen, but as

View image | gettyimages.com The Los Angeles Dodgers have been quite busy this week. New GM Andrew Friedman has carved up the Winter Meetings and reshaped his now slightly less pricey roster. David Wiers wrote up the fantasy spin Matt Kemp’s departure, the highest profile piece of the Dodgers’ reshuffling,

After each season ends, I look forward to looking back at divisive players to see how they fared. I did so with Carlos Gomez a couple of weeks ago. Spoiler: the people who believed in him were right, and he looks like a perennial top 15 talent for the time

Preseason rankings are always fun. And futile. Everything a ranker thinks he know, seems to go out the window soon after the first pitch of the season is thrown. Sure, any ranker will get some right. And they’ll undoubtedly get some wrong that seem stupid in retrospect. As humans we

Note: All stats are as of Tuesday, September 23, 2014.  Carlos Gomez was an interesting name during Draft Season. There were two camps, basically. One camp, of which I was a member, believed he was legitimate, and would more or less repeat; if his batting average faltered a little, his

Lost in Giancarlo Stanton’s monstrous year is this: Christian Yelich, a popular breakout pick, has been very good. Back in March, he was one of my favorite targets. He was young, disciplined, had some speed and showed good bat-to-ball skills, allowing solid contact more often (he never pops up!). I