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2016 Fantasy Baseball: New York Mets Team Preview
2015 Season in Review No one picked the New York Mets to be the National League representatives in the 2015 World Series when the season began. But after sweeping a pair of series against the division-favorite Nationals in early August and September and then clinching the NL East about two
2016 Fantasy Baseball: Second 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
New York Mets trade Jon Niese to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Neil Walker
Baseball’s Winter Meetings (and the time immediately before and after it) has often been compared to Christmas. That metaphor is way too easy and doesn’t quite encapsulate the feeling. I suppose we could call it the 12 days of Christmas, but that also doesn’t quite capture it. In short, it
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Real Offensive Value — Second Basemen
View image | gettyimages.com Sometimes you get numbers so out of whack that you have to rethink what you’re doing. That happened when I tracked the 22 second basemen that have had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title. According to baseball-reference.com (as of June 10th), the major
2015 Fantasy Baseball: May Second Base Tiers
View image | gettyimages.com Tier 1 – Studs Jose Altuve Jason Kipnis Dee Gordon
2015 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles — Second Basemen
View image | gettyimages.com Why should I bother reading this article? Fantasy sports players are always looking for an edge. Any information we can get are hands on that will help us pick players is appreciated. At first glance, it may appear like fielding may have nothing to do with
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Plate Discipline –Second Basemen
View image | gettyimages.com As we continue our plate discipline series we will pause for a station break so that those that are just joining us can catch up. I do this series once a year because it helps identify some sleepers you can add on the waiver wire. It
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Second Base VORP Revisited
View image | gettyimages.com Fantasy baseball players often base their selections on two things: the average draft position for the player and preseason rankings from the particular site they are using. Funny, but those average draft positions (ADP) are based mostly on the preseason rankings. It all comes down to
2015 Fantasy Baseball Team Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates
View image | gettyimages.com The following is a team preview for the Pittsburgh Pirates from a fantasy baseball perspective, contributed by Brian Dunshee. Offseason Overview The Pittsburgh Pirates enter the 2015 campaign as one of the few standout NL powers, having two MVP caliber players on their team in Andrew McCutchen and Starling
2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide: Second Base Over/Under
View image | gettyimages.com As we continue on the over and under train, we should throw out a few general reminders. The numbers you see for each player constitute the three year averages as expressed over 150 games played. Often times, the aggregate gives us a very good idea of