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2017 Fantasy Baseball: Pre-Auction Tiers Shortstops
Shortstops are dominating the game today, but we don’t necessarily see that with the prices for them in current auctions. Most of you have completed your drafts and auctions by now, but that doesn’t mean that your research is done. Many of you will play daily fantasy baseball. We will
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Third Base Rankings A-K
Third base might be the deepest position in fantasy baseball. This is particularly true when you add in the players knocking on the door. Even without those guys, you can easily go twelve players deep and man the position with a star or near star level performer. That always makes
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: Third Base Projections
There are many ways to rank players. I don’t claim to have a monopoly on the truth, but I hope my methods balance analytics with common sense. The analytics part is probably the most involved. We take runs above replacement from the past three seasons according to three different sources
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Generation Next — Third Base
Third base just might be the strongest position for future stars in the game. Obviously, one name looms over the whole position as Kris Bryant burst on the scene with the Cubs. Part of the appeal is that he also is eligible at multiple positions. Still, you shouldn’t sweep the
2015 Fantasy Baseball: NL Rookie of the Year Breakdown
Like with the MVP voting, the National League Rookie of the Year race would seem to be cut and dried. Kris Bryant has been the main guy all season long. Even before he was called up a few weeks into the season, he was the odds on favorite to win
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Rookie Report — Matt Duffy’s Power Surge
Somehow, I’ve missed Matt Duffy being a rookie this year. Even after perusing the Fangraphs rookie leaderboards and the MLB.com rookie stats pages I missed his name…every…single…time. I don’t get it. So let’s fix that.
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Mid-Season Deep League All-Stars, Part 1
The (unofficial) midway point in the season is here. Some of baseball’s best players will spend the next few days galavanting around Cincinnati hobnobbing with southern Ohio’s finest and stuffing their faces with chili. Fantasy owners get a little respite as well, so now is the perfect time to assess
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Deep League Middle Infield Waiver Additions
View image | gettyimages.com Both of the soon-to-be-mentioned players are interesting targets for deep leagues players who are searching for middle infield help, as almost all fantasy owners right now could use a boost at shortstop or second. The first is somewhat blocked by an aging veteran, but it seems as