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2018 Fantasy Baseball: PECOTA Projections– Starting Pitchers 21-40
As we move through the starting pitchers we begin to see some separation. These rankings are based on PECOTA’s 2018 projections. At best, these rankings should be taken in concern with the previous rankings that were based on past performance. When these two rankings are taken in concert then they
2017 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles–San Francisco Giants
One of the great things about sports is that you can never predict the future. Unfortunately, fan of the Giants are witnessing the downside of that fact. As of this writing, they stand in fourth place in the NL West and that is only due to the struggles of the
2017 Fantasy Baseball: NL Starters L-W
Welcome to the new year. 2016 wasn’t kind to a number of people and the month of December alone saw some high-profile celebrity deaths. October and December also saw a great number of fantasy deaths. They do every year. Here is your first opportunity to get a jump start on
Fantasy Baseball Final: June 17, 2016
Break up the Blue Jays. It isn’t the fact that they’ve won a lot recently, but they’ve been destroying people. Michael Saunders had the most fun on this night as he slugged three home runs and drove in eight runs. Needless to say, anyone that had him of their DFS
TheFantasyFix.com’s Fantasy Baseball Podcast, 2016 Episode 11: Brett Talley & Starting Pitchers
Brett Talley of TheFantasyFix.com joins Alan Harrison on episode 11 to discuss the site’s starting pitcher rankings and draft/auction strategy. The guys share some thoughts on the chalk arms like Stephen Strasburg, Gerrit Cole and Zack Greinke then venture off to discuss the likes of Jeff Samardzija, Masahiro Tanaka and Shelby Miller.
TheFantasyFix.com’s Fantasy Baseball Podcast, 2016 Episode 9: Mike Gianella
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
2016 Fantasy Baseball: NL Starting Pitcher Projections
Rating position players was relatively easy. Runs above replacement tends to work pretty well and you only needed 20 players at each position. Grading out pitchers is considerably more difficult. Additionally, most teams carry at least five starters, and when you add in the standard 12-team league then you have yourself 60
2016 Fantasy Baseball: San Francisco Giants Team Preview
2015 Season in Review The San Francisco Giants hung in the playoff hunt for the majority of the 2015 season but ultimately could not overcome their injuries and ended up finishing eight games back of the first place Dodgers. Key everyday contributors Hunter Pence and Joe Panik both missed a
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Johnny Cueto to Sign with Giants
The San Francisco Giants are beginning to look like a very scary team. Aside from the trivial fear of knowing that it’s an even-number year and the Giants took home World Series titles in 2010, 2012, and 2014, the ballclub had only a few gaping holes in 2015 and the
Jeff Samardzjia Signs with the Giants
The dominos of this offseason’s strong starting pitching market have really begun to fall with next week’s Winter Meetings in Nashville looming. Mere hours after losing out on the Zack Greinke sweepstakes to the interdivision Arizona Diamondbacks, the San Francisco Giants’ front office called an audible and signed righthander Jeff