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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Baseball fans turned their attention towards the annual amateur draft last night. MLB has been doing a better job of advertising and promoting the draft in recent seasons. The MLB Network has televised the first round of the draft over the past several seasons and casual fans are beginning to

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The top 50 free agents from the 2015-16 offseason are all officially off the board. The Baltimore Orioles continued their late spending spree when they signed Pedro Alvarez to a one year, 5.5 million dollar deal late Monday night. The deal officially closes the book on the offseason and gives

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Ian Desmond Fantasy Baseball
2016 Fantasy Baseball

When free agency began in November, every prominent player just knew they were going to find a new home and make the big bucks they had been dreaming about. Unfortunately, other factors got in the way for some of these players and they ended up unemployed when pitchers and catchers

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com You can’t get any more different in fantasy circles than catchers and first basemen. Still, there are some things that are similar at all of the positions. Some players have surprised and outperformed expectations and some players have not met expectations. With one third of the

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

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,

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2015 Fantasy BaseballAndrew MillerFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Below I’ve ranked 27 first basemen in five tiers. These are the guys I think will provide the most value going forward. Most of these guys play primarily at first base with the exception of Buster Posey and Stephen Vogt. I didn’t want to list any other

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com We move forward with another edition of the plate discipline series. As we gain some steam we begin to see some patterns across positions. Obviously, we are concerned about individual players, but sometimes it makes sense to look at the aggregate. In this case, it might

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

If you read only one thing….. Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Nightly recap. On Friday, the stars came out to play. One of my favorite lines from literature sums up the night. On a long enough timeline, the survival rate drops to zero. Similarly, if you wait around long enough

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com As some of you may know, Chris Garosi and I participated in a recent fantasy draft. I shared my VORP findings with him to assist with the drafting process. He made a couple of suggestions to make the system better and we will incorporate those as

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2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft GuideFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com Third base is an interesting position within fantasy baseball. There are a number of players that have produced huge seasons in the past, so it has the appearance of being a deep position. But last season most of those players seemed to fall flat on their

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