2016 Fantasy Baseball: Prospect Profile — Austin Meadows
Profile The Pittsburgh Pirates talented homegrown outfield may have another potential star buried in the weeds. 20 year old Austin Meadows was the Pirates’ ninth overall pick in the 2013 MLB ametur...
View Article2016 Fantasy Baseball: Breakout Candidate — Gregory Polanco
Like the Athletics, the Pirates are an organization that must rely on smarts in place of money for them to compete. They are in a slightly better position than Oakland because they have enough money to...
View Article2016 Fantasy Baseball: Tiered Outfield Rankings – June Update
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 wide variety of...
View ArticlePost Trade Deadline Position Rankings: Center Fielders
Center field is a premium position in baseball. The skills needed to be a good all around center fielder far outweigh the skills needed to be a good left fielder. Most teams hide a weak defender in...
View Article2017 Fantasy Baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates Preview
Offseason Overview It’s been a quiet winter for the Pirates. Having had to watch divisional rivals break their curse, having to challenge the Cardinals to be the nearest competitors to the Cubs and...
View Article2017 Fantasy Baseball: Right Field PECOTA Projections M-S
We come to the end of the PECOTA series for position players. Right field is likely the deepest position on the diamond in terms of fantasy production. That can be seen through the median numbers, but...
View Article2017 Fantasy Baseball: Pre-Auction Tiers Outfielders Part One
Opening day is literally around the corner and your draft or auction is probably over, but it always pays to continue doing research. For instance, many of you may be participating in daily fantasy...
View Article2017 Fantasy Baseball: The Fielding Chronicles– Pittsburgh Pirates
Most of the time, you want star players on your team. Stars obviously produce great numbers in their own right, but they also attract other players. Then, there is the marketing that goes along with...
View Article2017 Fantasy Baseball: Three To Add, Three to Keep, Three to Drop– Outfielders
Most platforms treat outfielders as a group, so we will also treat them as a group. However, we will include the individual positions where they are eligible to help you out in case your league treats...
View ArticleThe Weekly Standard: All-Star Snub Edition
We are used to looking at the best position player, starting pitcher, and relief pitcher on the fantasy market, but it is that time of year where everyone comes out with their list of all-star snubs....
View Article2017 Fantasy Baseball: Total Points– Center Field
As we go through the final week of the regular season, so the total points standings can look a lot more like the MVP standings at some positions. Center field is one of the deeper positions on the...
View Article2018 Fantasy Baseball: Top Ten Fantasy Centerfielders
Center field is as deep a position as there is in baseball. Defense isn’t a consideration in fantasy baseball circles, but it plays a considerable impact in who plays center field. Of course, this is...
View Article2018 Fantasy Baseball: PECOTA Projections– Outfielders Part One
The rankings took a beating as they always seem to do. If there is anything universal, it is our need to trash others rankings. I’m happy to play along. The previous rankings were based primarily on...
View Article2018 Fantasy Baseball: The All Disappointment Team
One of the harder things to navigate every year is the decision on when to cut a guy loose. Every year, there is at least one guy at each position that gets off to a horrible start. Sometimes, they...
View Article2019 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Review – Top 100 players I’m high on
Last week saw the site publish our rankings and as with all consensus ranks, there’s some discrepancies between the rankers. So, it makes sense for me to go through the rankings and look at my top-100...
View Article2019 Fantasy Baseball: August Redraft– Outfielders 25-36
We have almost come to the end of August. There are about two weeks left in the fantasy baseball season, so even though there are about 30 games left in the schedule, the clock is running out. We...
View Article5 Category Projections: Left Fielders 2020
There is nearly an infinite number of formats in fantasy baseball and working without outfielders is always a challenge. Some leagues have three starting outfielders. Others have five. Then, you get...
View ArticleThe Hall of Fame Index: Andrew McCutchen vs. Bernie Williams and Kirby Puckett
n previous articles, I’ve described the Hall of Fame Indexas a more advanced version of similarity scores. It’s one thing to be similar in counting numbers, but when you are similar in terms of value...
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