Jaff Decker, center fielder? Who’d a thunk it? The A’s, of course. Where else might you find some value?
Sorting out the Texas Rangers bullpen might take all season, but chasing saves with a losing team can be a scary fantasy proposition. Melvin Upton Jr. will get a rebirth with the Giants soon—they just better hope he does better than he did with the Jays after being traded.
Injuries hit the back of Baltimore’s and Texas’ bullpen. And we’re waiting on Fernando Rodney to implode. But who picks up the saves if he does?
Vargas is off to a hot start for the Royals and has become a wanted man in fantasy league. How much value might he sustain for fantasy owners?
Let’s dip into why bat speed is one of the most important components of hitting, why there’s more than one kind of bat speed, and which prospects might be best to target based on the nature of their swing.
Max Scherzer, Yu Darvish and Michael Fulmer represent the “Auto-Starts” this go-around. As for Steven Wright: Sit!
Where did these whiffers come from?
Grab Asbrubal Cabrera and Michael Lorenzen while you still can. And how about the Ryan Zimmerman revival?
Who does Scooter love? How about Matt Moore six times?
Injuries beget playing time for backups, and a closer already has lost his job.
Little has changed so far, but we do have data from early season samples to examine.
Skills—for the pitcher, for his opponent and his even own lineup—all matter when picking for daily leagues. But so does ballpark environment.
Changes already in Philly, uncertainty in Washington and concern in Texas.
Mark Reynolds, Kyle Freeland, Stephen Drew and Jeff Mathis (!?) getting lots of action.
He’s getting playing time with the Rockies because of Ian Desmond’s injury, and some of the early statistical indicators are encouraging, but what should fantasy owners do in the short- and long-term regarding the free-swinging slugger?
Figuring out which SP’s to start and which to avoid in the coming week.