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2015 Fantasy Baseball: Real Offensive Value — Third Basemen
View image | gettyimages.com Moving to third base from second, we see a return to normalcy in terms of offensive production. Mind you, the days are gone when every team seemingly had a superstar at every position. Fantasy players have to be more discriminating than they used to be, but
2015 Fantasy Baseball: Deep League Digging, Week 9
View image | gettyimages.com It’s Thursday, and I am Seth Klein, which means you’ve probably stumbled upon another edition of “Deep League Digging”… or is it?? No, just kidding, it is. My cloak and dagger game isn’t what it used to be. Enough kidding aside, let’s get into what you
2015 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles — Third Basemen
View image | gettyimages.com Why should I read this article? With all of the great coverage on our site and throughout the internet, why should you bother yourself with this fielding mumbo-jumbo? I am not aware of any fantasy league that includes fielding numbers (although that would be interesting). However,
2013 Fantasy Baseball Week 25 Waiver Wire: 3 to Catch, 3 to Cut, 3 to Keep
The finish line is in sight for the Week 25 edition of fantasy baseball 3×3, where we’re giving up on R.A. Dickey and Lance Lynn, finding Will Middlebrooks’ silver lining, and grabbing Colby Rasmus by his luxurious tangled mane.
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Total Run Series: Third Basemen
Statistics are worthless without a frame of reference. Sure, you can compare players with other plays in a basic way, but what does it all mean. It occurred to me that I went through the first three articles without providing a frame of reference for total runs. Those that have
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Fielding Edge: Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox
Fielding analysis and fantasy sports don’t mix. At least, they don’t mix yet. A scant decade ago, fielding analysis and sabermetrics didn’t mix either and sabermetrics has always been on the sharp edge on the spear of thinking in the sport. Sabermetricians have always been about value. Simply put, they
2013 Fantasy Baseball Week 13 Waiver Wire: 3 to Catch, 3 to Cut, 3 to Keep
It’s Week 13 fantasy baseball 3×3, where we’re scooping up Mitch Moreland, throwing in the towel on Justin Morneau, and staying patient with a couple of Rays. 3 TO CATCH Mitch Moreland | Texas Rangers | 1B Mitch Moreland ranks sixth among first basemen in wOBA behind only Chris Davis,
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Plate Discipline: Third Basemen
Like regular sports, fantasy sports is a results driven business. That being said, smart fantasy players have followed the thinking of innovative front offices in the sport. Whether you want to call it Moneyball thinking or simply a new wave is your call. However, they are using more and more
A Look Back at the 2013 Draft: AL Third Basemen
I spend most of my time looking back at the past. It probably comes from being a history teacher for most of my adult life. We could have illustrated some important points by looking at 2012 drafts and prior, but sometimes the information has to be fresh for making the
2013 Fantasy Baseball Third Base Rankings: Options for 3B in Deeper Leagues
Over the next week or so we will be releasing teasers of our staff consensus rankings with the hopes that you will break the bank and purchase our 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit to see the full versions, and more importantly, show us your support. Thanks in advance. Here are the third