Yonny Chirinos Is Here to Help
The Tampa Bay pitching staff caught its share of hype this preseason, and most Rays arms are long gone in deeper leagues. Aside from Blake Snell’s bathroom mishap, there’s really …
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Starting Pitcher Watch List: Eflin, Alcantara, Chirinos
Starting pitching was a priority for most fantasy drafters this spring. With so few 200-inning, 200 strikeout guys left in today’s game, we looked to anchor our staffs with at …
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Fantasy Portfolio: Give Me All the Elvis Andrus
With four mixed leagues and one of two NL-only auctions in the books, it’s time to take a look around the rosters to see who will ultimately determine my fantasy …
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Poor Man’s Version
Building a fantasy team is all about finding value, whether in an auction or snake draft. And there’s no better way to gain an edge than passing on a player …
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TGFBI Price Check
The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational slow drafts kick off this Sunday, wherein 250-plus experts and industry folk will meander through publicly viewable draft boards for a few days as part …
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The Quest for Reliable Saves
It’s not fun to pay a high price for saves in deeper fantasy leagues. Today’s real-life managers are yanking these guys from the role faster than ever, and even the …
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Early Thoughts on the Early Rounds of an Early Mock
Last week, CBS Sports convened a collection of the most intrepid fantasy analysts available to mock draft on a Tuesday in January. The premise: 12 team head-to-head league that uses …
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What if Tony Romo Played for Bill Belichick?
There’s a lot to unpack from yesterday’s awesome pair of NFL conference title games, but let’s fast forward past the referee blunders and continued dominance of Tom Brady/Bill Belichick to …
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Second-Half wOBA vs Early-Year ADP
I’m still fine-tuning my use of wOBA as a predictor of fantasy success, as evidenced by last year’s cornucopia of misses based on the 2017 full-season wOBA leaderboard. But some …
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Creativesports Staff Remembers Lawr Michaels
It’s been a tough couple of days in the fantasy community as its members mourn the loss of Lawr Michaels. The quirky character from the best-selling “Fantasyland” literally come to …
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Keeper League Wintertime Decisions
Baseball’s hot stove has finally heated up, and that means we’re nearing decision time in our keeper leagues, too. I’m going to focus this discussion on auction leagues, assuming a …
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When Fantasy Stars Let Us Down
Thursday night’s highly entertaining clash between the New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys is a good reminder of just how much luck goes into winning a fantasy title. The Cowboys …
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