Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy Baseball: 5×5 Starting Pitcher Rankings
With time being of the essence, and a vacation on the horizon for this guy, I’ve jumped ahead to the rankings that have brought home the proverbial bacon for me the last two seasons. Without trying to sound like I’m gloating, I’ve been money ranking starting pitchers in consecutive years,
2014 Fantasy Baseball: FSWA Expert Draft – Team Recap (Part Two)
During a draft, you must plan ahead and acquire the right pieces to build a winning team. There are times when you go in with a plan, and for one reason or another, that plan changes. The idea is to look at this draft in hopes to apply it to
45 Prospects in 45 Days: Kansas City’s Yordano Ventura
Over the next 45 days the staff here at The Fix will profile and predict the fantasy fates of prospects that could – should, in some cases – be closely monitored on the waiver wire or even in the draft room. For the projection portion of the article, we will
2014 Fantasy Baseball: 5×5 Second Baseman Rankings
My rankings at catcher and first base were fairly straight forward, but things get a little weird here at second base. It starts with a difference in positional eligibility requirements. In order to qualify for a position in my rankings a player had to play in 15 games at that
2014 Fantasy Baseball: FSWA Expert Draft – Team Recap (Part One)
Monday night I participated in a FSWA 12-team fantasy baseball snake draft. The league is full of experts and is named after 2013’s FSWA Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year Jason Collette. If you follow me on Twitter, you know Jason, I, and Eno Sarris were the finalists. Congrats again
45 Prospects in 45 Days: Houston’s Jon Singleton
Over the next 45 days the staff here at The Fix will profile and predict the fantasy fates of prospects that could ? should, in some cases ? be closely monitored on the waiver wire or even in the draft room. For the projection portion of the article, we will
2014 Fantasy Baseball: 5×5 First Baseman Rankings
Last Wednesday my catcher rankings were posted, and today we move on to first base. The position is, obviously, substantially deeper than catcher and Fantasy Fix colleague Landon Jones made the case for waiting to draft one last Thursday. I’m not here to discuss strategy, though, but I do intend
2014 Fantasy Baseball: 5×5 Catcher Rankings
The first of my positional rankings pieces is finally published for your reading pleasure. They were created with a 5×5 rotisserie format in mind. Pertinent 2013 stats are included with each player, and the stats are from the highest professional level that player played at last season. After the rankings,
45 Prospects in 45 Days: New York’s Noah Syndergaard
Profile Over the last few seasons, New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson and company have been busy acquiring assets and building a farm system. Noah Syndergaard is a shining example, as he was one of the key prospects obtained in the RA Dickey trade before the 2013 season. The
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Mock Draft Review
Sunday night I had the opportunity to take part in an expert mock draft held by Nick Raducanu of FantasyTrade411 for his upcoming Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide. The draft was a 12-teamer, which consisted of analysts from sites like Rotoworld, Fangraphs and Fake Teams, as well as several others. Below