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2017 Fantasy Baseball, Atlanta Braves Team Preview
Offseason Overview The Braves quietly built a decent lineup for themselves last season. They added Dansby Swanson late in the season to a lineup that already featured Freddie Freeman, Nick Markakis, and Matt Kemp. So, they focused on the rotation in the offseason and they got off to a quick
Los Angeles Dodgers Acquire Mat Latos and Alex Wood
The Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers completed a very complex three team trade that began yesterday morning and wasn’t completed until the wee hours of the night. The deal is easily the most complex of the trade season, so instead of simply describing the particulars here, we
2015 Fantasy Baseball Week 15 Waiver Wire: 3 to Catch, 3 to Cut, 3 to Keep
In the Week 15 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re grabbing Jarrod Dyson, dumping Melky Cabrera, and clutching Carson Smith tight. 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 them. Here, we’ll
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Craig Kimbrel Dealt to the Padres
View image | gettyimages.com The beginning of April is an exciting time for baseball fans as it is. When you add in the spectre of a blockbuster trade (hours before the first game of the season) you get some real excitement. The San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves pulled off
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 5 Closer Report
Welcome back to The Fantasy Fix’s Closer Report for Week 5. There doesn’t seem to be a slowdown in the upheaval in bullpens around the league. Remember, we’ve moved the chart to its full time home right here. Let’s take a look at what has changed in the last week
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 3 Closer Report
Welcome back to The Fantasy Fix’s Closer Report for Week 3. We continue to see closers drop like flies and the unsettled nature of bullpens all around the league has fantasy owners wanting to dump the saves category completely. Let’s take a look at what has changed in the last
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Week Three Roundup
When it comes to fantasy baseball there are a lot of unknowns fantasy owners must deal with. Whether it comes down to players going down unexpectedly with injuries, trying to figure out if a little known player can keep up his production, or accounting for circumstances like a player changing
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 2 Closer Report
Welcome back to The Fantasy Fix’s Closer Report for Week 2. We continue to see closers drop like flies and the unsettled nature of bullpens all around the league has fantasy owners wanting to dump the saves category completely. Let’s take a look at what has changed in the last
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Total Run Index – ADP vs. TRI Relievers 1-20
There gets to be a point where total run index becomes more or less ineffective. That point hits squarely when we are talking about relief pitchers. Relief pitchers offer one or two categories (depending on your league) in spades and these categories have little to do directly with TRI. So,
2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Oakland A’s Revamped Bullpen
Tuesday was perhaps the most ridiculous day in the history of a baseball off-season. And I mean that in a good way. A total of 12 significant signings and trades went down, and that isn’t even taking into account the half dozen or so rumors that were spewed throughout the