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Fantasy Baseball

We usually reboot the rankings every year when the Baseball Prospectus Annual comes out. It’s a good time for any number of reasons. For one, player movement usually has begun to slow down (this year being a notable exception). Secondly, it allows us to shift our thinking from what has

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Edwin Encarnacion Fantasy Baseball
Fantasy Baseball

The major awards have been handed out and there was a fair amount of controversy there (as there always is), but now we are ready to move onto the second phase of the offseason. This is where we prepare for the hot stove season and player movement. Player movement certainly

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2017 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballUncategorized

The non-waiver deadline starts the home stretch for fantasy baseball players. Even though there are seven weeks in the regular season left, there are only three weeks left for head to head fantasy players. So, while we usually wait for the offseason to assess players, we are getting a head

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2017 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Ranking players at this point in the season might seem like a fun exercise and it is, but there are real advantages to looking at the data. First, there is always the remote chance that one of these players might be available in your league. A reader last week noticed

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Christian Yelich Fantasy Baseball
2017 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Thankfully, the Jeffrey Loria era is about to come to an end in Miami. Baseball’s bulimic franchise is about to gain some stability. At least we hope the new ownership group (whoever it may be) will bring some stability to south Florida. Like with real bulimia, the baseball version causes

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Last time, we took a look at the top four rookie catchers and their prospects for becoming regulars in 2016. We are continuing that series with first basemen. First base is a tough position to break in at. There are more quality first baseman in the big leagues than at

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Because of the Memorial Day holiday, Major League Baseball has a week packed full of games, with Thursday being the only day where there isn’t a full slate. With this abundance of games, swapping hitters out of your lineups who are faced with bad matchups could

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