The rankings have taken a beating on the comment wire. However, the good news is that someone is paying attention. Rankings players across formats is hard and forecasting performance is nearly impossible. Analysts have to err on one side or another. You can be more aggressive and bet on the

Opening day is literally around the corner and your draft or auction is probably over, but it always pays to continue doing research. For instance, many of you may be participating in daily fantasy baseball. Looking at average auction values in comparison with projected performance can help you determine which

Left field is a deep position in fantasy baseball. The median certainly indicates that across the board, but the number of players that approach the median on the downside is another really good indication. That depth can help you on draft day. You can punt the position and plug in

Offseason Overview It’s been a quiet winter for the Pirates. Having had to watch divisional rivals break their curse, having to challenge the Cardinals to be the nearest competitors to the Cubs and throw in the dark horse Brewers to the mix, the Pirates should still have enough talent to

We come to the end of another series as we look at the top twelve fantasy right fielders in the game right now. Of course, many of you might bristle at some of the rankings along the way, but the point has been to demonstrate the number of surprising performances

There are plenty of quality young hitters in today’s game, and many of them are outfielders. I want to highlight a few players who are having strong seasons so far and write why I think they’ll make good long-term investments either in keeper leagues or to be selected early in

Like the Athletics, the Pirates are an organization that must rely on smarts in place of money for them to compete. They are in a slightly better position than Oakland because they have enough money to tie up some of their young stars. Andrew McCutchen signed such a deal a

Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus joins Alan on episode nine to discuss his incredible 2015 run that resulted in both NL-Only Tout Wars and Mixed LABR (along with Brett Sayre) Championships. Mike sheds some light on his draft preparation, in-season management and the players that lead him to victory in each

Profile The Pittsburgh Pirates talented homegrown outfield may have another potential star buried in the weeds. 20 year old Austin Meadows was the Pirates’ ninth overall pick in the 2013 MLB ametur draft out of Grayson High School, and was the second player taken in the top-10 from Loganville, Georgia.

View image | gettyimages.com It shouldn’t be any surprise that right field is the premier fantasy position according to real offensive value (ROV). After all, we’ve done other profiles of the positions in the past and right field usually comes out on top. Any good metric is going to reveal