Three Strikes: A Trio of Pickups
Being successful in fantasy baseball depends on several elements including drafting well, making savvy trades, paying close attention to matchups, and setting your lineups on time. One thing that the …
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It’s a Team Sport
What I’m going to write about is counter-intuitive in the context of fantasy sports as we are generally concerned with individual performance and its derivatives that the aggregate performance of …
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Perception and Reality
We’re far enough into the season now that we have an idea of who players are and what we can expect from them. Slow starts and blazing starts alike, performances …
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Three Strikes: Hold or Drop?
One conundrum every fantasy baseball manager faces is when to cut certain players. This decision is especially difficult when players who were high draft picks underperform. Oftentimes, fantasy baseball managers …
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Where Did That Come From?
At minimum, you did plenty of research in the offseason before putting that into motion with multiple drafts and are likely tracking the fluctuations on player performance and bidding on …
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Spotlight On: Yankees and Orioles
This week’s profile continues along the eastern corridor, profiling the Yankees and Orioles. Both teams are 14-16, which is unexpected for both squads. Let’s look at six players who are …
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Three Strikes: Two Up, One Down
One of the great philosophers of our time, Meatloaf, once said, “Two out of three ain’t bad.” As a fantasy baseball writer, podcaster, and social media poster, I have to …
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Spotlight On: Royals and Rays
This week’s spotlight is on two of the more successful small-market teams, the Royals and Rays. The Royals are 10-7, and the most noteworthy stat is that they are 6-1 …
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Almighty Regression
Whenever we observers of baseball statistics have a large enough sample that we are tempted to identify patterns, yet it is still too small to be a stable or useful …
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Dealing with Injury and Potential Call-ups
What we are seeing in MLB right now with injuries is unbelievable. So many players have been put on the IL this season, many with long-term injuries, but many of …
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Spotlight On: White Sox and Indians
This week’s spotlight continues in the AL Central, focusing on the White Sox and Indians. Both teams feature three strong starters, a collection of anchor bats, and a whole lot …
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Trend or Mirage?
A tendency I have, that you may have too, is to sometimes pay a little bit too much attention to prospects with unique or attention getting names. It’s only human …
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