Michael Brantley
2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide: Left Field Over/Unders
View image | gettyimages.com The outfield is always a quagmire in fantasy baseball. Some leagues simply put all of them in the same category. Some leagues split them into their specific positions. Others use three starting outfielder and some have five starting outfielders. For our purposes we will split them into
2015 Fantasy Baseball– It’s Never Too Early — Left Fielders
At some point in the fantasy world we reach a fork in the road. As Yogi used to say, “when you reach a fork in the road, take it.” We have that road here as it pertains to fantasy outfielders. Different platforms treat outfielders differently. Some leagues treat them
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Players — Left Fielders
When we get to the outfield, we get to the meat of most people’s fantasy teams. As I’ve said before, 100 runs created has been the standard for excellence in the past, and that is certainly true with the development of better pitching over the past few years. Still, there
2014 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: July 24
Welcome back to the Daily Fix here at the Fantasy Fix. And welcome to DraftKings. For those who aren’t yet Daily Fantasy baseball players at DraftKings head over there via this link and join. They will double your initial deposit up to $600. I’m going to focus on
2014 Fantasy Baseball: Best First-Half Hitter Values
With Yoenis Cespedes claiming his second straight Home Run Derby crown and the Derek Jeter Memorial Game All-Star Game over with, the festivities of the All-Star break are officially in the rear view mirror. The second half of the 2014 Major League Baseball season is about to commence, but that
Fantasy Baseball: A look at HR surgers and shrinkers
For many players in season long roto leagues, you are beginning to make trades to fill holes in your squad. One of the joys of rotisserie scoring is that you can target one (or more) categories that will have the most significant impact on your point total. I like to
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Fielding Edge: Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians
Author’s Note: This is the sixth edition of a seven part series on fielding, and how it could affect your fantasy team and the trade deadline. We are profiling the top two teams in each division because those are the teams most likely to deal for players to help them
A Look Back at the 2013 Draft: AL Left Fielders
The first thing anyone notices when moving to the outfield is that there is a ton of depth. Whether it is quality depth or not is anyone’s best guess. A lot of that depends on your definition of quality. For our purposes we are cutting off the position to 20
The Bourn Irrelevancy
The hardest lesson for the casual baseball fan to learn is that baseball free agency does not have the same impact as football and basketball free agency. Lebron James can change teams (any team) and it will shake the delicate balance of power in the NBA. Drew Brees and Peyton