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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

A fantasy owner’s best friend is the waiver wire—where finding value can make the difference between a great week and a very disappointing week. Most pitchers see the mound once a week, but if you want to maximize the number of starts per week, it’s important to look for pitchers

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2015 Fantasy BaseballAndrew Miller

I’ve wanted to do a post on Carlos Martinez for a while, and as I was looking at batted ball statistics at Fangraphs I noticed he’s currently eighth in ground ball rate at 55.6 percent, an increase from his two previous seasons. There were other names that caught my eye,

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballUncategorized

In the Week 10 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re snagging Eduardo Rodriguez, sticking with Gio Gonzalez, and getting out early on Mark Melancon. There are plenty of waiver wire columns out there that provide an exhaustive list of the most added players in fantasy leagues. This isn’t one of

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

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

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

We are now officially a quarter of the way through the 2014 Major League Baseball season and it’s time for fantasy owners to start taking notice of where their team resides in the standings. You can figure out pretty quickly which areas your team needs reinforcement in by taking a

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Fantasy BaseballTotal Run Index

We are approaching the half way point in the starting pitching rankings (there will actually be 50 starters in the top 250) and we are beginning to see a tightening in the data. That means that each player is a little less valuable simply because there isn’t a whole lot

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Fantasy Baseball

Fantasy owners of Ryan Braun have been suffering the consequences of his thumb injury all season. Because of the time missed and the ineffectiveness that have occurred as a result of the injury, Braun hasn’t even been a top 50 outfielder this season according to ESPN.com’s player rater. And presumably

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

It’s the Week 9 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, where we’re putting Eric Chavez in the wayback machine, resetting expectations for Yoenis Cespedes, and reminiscing about the days when Gio Gonzalez still had fastball command. Let’s get it. 3 TO CUT Gio Gonzalez | Washington Nationals | SP After posting

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The calendar prattles on, but the good folks at Draftkings are still offering their deposit bonus for playing. Even if you’ve taken it in the teeth on your full season fantasy teams, you can start anew with Draft Kings. No matter how bad each day goes, you can always count

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Brett TalleyFantasy Baseball

David Price, Matt Cain, Cole Hamels and Gio Gonzalez all had ADPs of 40 or higher, but they all currently have a negative player rater number on ESPN. Normally, I wouldn’t worry about a slow start from a stud pitcher so long as an injury didn’t appear to be a

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