We’ve gone through just about every position with our reboot of the rankings. PECOTA does pretty well with position player projections, but pitching is a more challenging group. There are so many moving parts that are beyond the pitcher’s control. We still have a few free agents left. Making predictions

Continuing through the starting pitcher universe becomes increasingly tricky. We use five-year averages to get as much data as we can, but sometimes that hamstrings us. Some pitchers suddenly emerge and some suddenly regress. So, the rankings represents our best guessing game when we match up their total point data,

There are a number of different elements to fantasy baseball and fielding seems like it should be the last one. However, fielding impacts more parts of the game then you might think. It definitely impacts pitchers and their numbers, but it also impacts the players themselves. Some players seem to

Evaluating pitchers is easily the hardest thing to do in fantasy baseball. So much of what pitchers do is dependent on those around them. As researchers, scouts, and statisticians put their heads together, the more they realize how much fielding impacts pitching and pitchers’ numbers. Throw in the fantasy element

Offseason Overview Is there a team in more limbo than the Tigers right now? Needing only a couple of pieces to really compete again but with already enough pieces to help restock the farm system. The Tigers have chosen to do neither. The club option was taken up on Francisco

Contrary to 2015’s historic MLB rookie class, it appears the majority of this year’s crop of fresh faces will take a bit longer to fully bloom in the show; particularly this group of young starting pitchers. The Pirates’s Jameson Taillon and Rays’ Blake Snell were sent back down to Triple-A

In the newest edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re believing in Michael Fulmer, dumping Eduardo Rodriguez, and sticking with Michael Conforto. Thoughts, questions, whatever… you can always find me on Twitter. DID YOU MISS ME? Sorry about my sudden disappearance over the last couple of weeks. I’ve had some day

In the newest edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, we’re snagging Michael Fulmer, dumping Dustin Pedroia, and elevating Drew Smyly to his rightful place in the fantasy hierarchy. Thoughts, questions, whatever… you can always find me on Twitter.

Baseball has now seen two players test positive for PED use in the early going this season. Chris Colabello wasn’t a headline grabber in fantasy baseball terms, but Dee Gordon was a starting second baseman in probably every league. With the collective bargaining agreement coming up in December, the testing

The New York Mets and the Detroit Tigers completed the last major trade of the non-waiver deadline period when they got Yoenis Cespedes done under the wire. The Mets are sending pitchers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa to the Tigers in exchange for two months of Cespedes. The Mets turned