Michael Saunders
2017 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles– Philadelphia Phillies
One of the truths of using a zero-based system is that someone must be negative. Defensive runs saved uses a zero-based system and in that system approximately half of the regulars and half of the teams will be below zero. No matter how much we may like a team, player,
2017 Fantasy Baseball: NL East Lineup Rankings
Fantasy baseball is an individual sport and most fantasy players choose to focus on individual numbers. That being said, there is a certain amount of synergy that comes from being on a good team. Being on a bad one can depress numbers more than we can probably calculate. That doesn’t
2017 Fantasy Baseball: Left Fielders M-Y
As we continue with the left field list it remains important to think about where we have been. The essential nature of our rankings is that they consider primarily where the players have been in their careers. Obviously, that may not always be the best way to do it, but
Post Trade Deadline Position Rankings: Left Field
As we have discussed before, fantasy leagues split their treatment of outfielders into two separate groups. Some treat all outfielders the same while others go position specific. We will be going position specific here. Obviously, that will impact the rankings some as some of the outfield positions (right field) tend
Fantasy Baseball Final: June 17, 2016
Break up the Blue Jays. It isn’t the fact that they’ve won a lot recently, but they’ve been destroying people. Michael Saunders had the most fun on this night as he slugged three home runs and drove in eight runs. Needless to say, anyone that had him of their DFS
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Outfield Waiver Wire Adds
The following players are available in at least 50 percent of ESPN and/or Yahoo! leagues Khris Davis: Davis has seven homers and 18 RBI in the last 30 days, and while he hasn’t gotten off to the best start in June, he killed it in May: .920 OPS, .380 Isolated
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Tiered Outfield Rankings – May Update
Major League Baseball players ranked according to their Taco Bell menu equivalent in 3, 2, 1… Just because I have a player listed above another player in the same tier doesn’t mean I rank that player higher than the player below him. The reason for using tiers is because the
2015 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles — Left Fielders
View image | gettyimages.com Why should you read this article? That’s the question everyone is asking themselves at this point. When you can get hard hitting offensive analysis all over the internet, why would you pay attention to fielding for your fantasy team? The simple answer is that you can’t
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Plate Discipline – Left Fielders
View image | gettyimages.com As we continue with our plate discipline series we find ourselves moving to the outfield. Breaking down where everyone belongs is hard enough. Some players have traditionally played certain spots in the outfield and have changed positions recently. For outfielders, we will look at what position
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Left Field VORP Revisited
View image | gettyimages.com As you might imagine, outfield is one of the deepest positions in any fantasy draft. The trouble is that different leagues treat outfielders differently. Some of them consider them collectively while others break them down by their individual positions. Here we will break them down by