Fantasy Freestyle

Fantasy Freestyle: The Art of Trading

After a confession, Mike offers some tips to help you hone and improve your trading skills.

Fantasy Freestyle: Move Along, Nothing to See Here (Probably)

Early-April stats may be meaningless, but is even a full month of data enough to reach any significant conclusions? Mike investigates here.

Fantasy Freestyle: Moar Payshints

by Paul Sporer 4/24

Getting nervous about the ace pitchers who are off to poor starts? Paul explains why, at least for four of them, you shouldn't be.

Fantasy Freestyle: Springing Into Action

by Jason Collette 4/23

Jason examines a group of players whose spring-training performances have carried over into April and another group whose haven't.

Fantasy Freestyle: The Men in the Middle

by Mike Gianella 4/22

Relievers like Matt Belisle and Darren O'Day may not get save opportunities, but they can still help your team, especially in deep leagues.

Fantasy Freestyle: Early Lineup Movers

by Paul Singman 4/18

Two weeks into the year, managers are already shuffling their batting orders. Paul examines the fantasy impact of those shifts.

Fantasy Freestyle: Big Spending in FAAB Leagues

by Mike Gianella 4/17

After watching a Tout Wars owner break the bank early on two young pitchers, Mike wondered whether spending in April is a sound strategy.

Fantasy Freestyle: Beware of Young Catchers

by Paul Sporer 4/17

Positional scarcity makes highly regarded backstop prospects attractive, but recent history offers a cautionary tale.

Fantasy Freestyle: Believing in Buchholz

by Jason Collette 4/16

Clay Buchholz has rewarded Jason's faith ih his first three starts this year.

Fantasy Freestyle: Searching for Value in Contract Clauses

by Mike Gianella 4/15

Mike examines whether games-finished clauses are indicative of future save opportunties.

Fantasy Freestyle: Should We Start Pitchers Making Their Major-League Debuts?

by Bret Sayre 4/11

Bret examines whether starting pitchers are worth using in fantasy as soon as they reach the bigs.

Fantasy Freestyle: My American League Portfolio

by Paul Sporer 4/10

Paul shares the team-by-team count of players on his AL-only and mixed-league teams, with the Royals leading the way.

Fantasy Freestyle: Home-Style Auctioning

by Mike Gianella 4/09

Mike reviews the results of two of his auctions, one for each league.

Fantasy Freestyle: High-Stakes League Free Agent Rundown

by Jason Collette 4/09

Jason looks through list of players added in NFBC leagues over the past week and offers notes on a bunch that surprisingly remain unowned in many of them.

Fantasy Freestyle: Free Agent Watch

by Mike Gianella 4/05

Justin Maxwell and Gerardo Parra are off to nice starts, and both are among the useful players that could be available to fortify your roster.

Fantasy Freestyle: Staying Ahead of the Curve With Pitchers

by Bret Sayre 4/04

Bret explains how you can use pitchers' upcoming (or just-passed) schedules to your advantage.