Fantasy Baseball Articles

Let’s turn our attention to designated hitter, fantasy baseball’s Land of Misfit Toys. Actually, that’s an unfair label since this is the position where Shohei Ohtani and Yordan Alvarez dwell. If those two are misfit toys, please give me a … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Draft Rankings, Tiers & Strategy: Designated Hitters (2024)

Drafting a fantasy baseball team is like putting a giant puzzle together. We have to fill certain roster spots with hitters and pitchers and maximize statistics in five hitting and five pitching categories. One major hitting category is home runs. … read more »

Continue Reading 7 Players To Draft for Home Runs (2024 Fantasy Baseball)

Injuries are a large part of fantasy baseball, and I suppose in relation, a large part of real-life baseball as well. Avoiding players with high injury risk and knowing when to sell on a player when they return from an … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy: How to Better Avoid Injuries (2024)

As we ramp up the fantasy baseball draft season, the time to mock draft is now. Most take part in mock drafts to find out the best potential plan of attack to achieve the best draft results. Of course, the … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: 12-Team, Middle Pick (2024)

ERA minus FIP is a quick and dirty stat available to sort at FanGraphs to help identify lucky and unlucky pitchers. No statistic is infallible. Yet, a positive ERA minus FIP indicates a pitcher was unlucky, and a negative suggests … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Draft Advice: Tyler Glasnow, Tarik Skubal, Dylan Cease, Mitch Keller (2024)

Fifty-seven out of the top 100 players in consensus ADP play in the National League. While that isn’t a heavy majority, the talent level of the best of the best favors the National League. That means those who join NL-Only … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Shota Imanaga, Bryce Elder, Brendan Rodgers (2024)

There isn’t a single perfect statistic for projecting future fantasy baseball performance. However, fielding independent pitching (FIP) minus earned run average (ERA) is an excellent jumping-off point for digging into lucky and unlucky performances from the previous season. Fantasy Baseball … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Draft Outlook: Merrill Kelly, Clayton Kershaw, Josiah Gray (2024)

Dynasty and keeper formats are not the only ones in which to pay attention to rookies. Granted, in redraft leagues, it can be difficult to trust prospects who are getting their first real shot in the bigs. However, as far … read more »

Continue Reading 4 Late-Round Draft Targets: Rookie Hitters (2024 Fantasy Baseball)

If you are new to the high-stakes world, the drafts can be overwhelming when you first sit down at the table. It is not just the larger amounts of money being played for or the amazing talent drafting against you … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball High-Stakes Leagues Draft Strategy: Early Rounds (2024)

If you want to win your fantasy baseball league, it’s critical that you turn a profit in the outfield. With such a big player pool in the outfield, maximizing value is essential. It’s not enough to merely get what you … read more »

Continue Reading Fantasy Baseball Draft Rankings, Tiers & Strategy: Outfielders (2024)