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Fantasy Baseball mock draft H2H points: Trevor Bauer ascends to the first round
Hitters score a point for every base on hits (total bases), walk, run, RBI and stolen base, and lose a point when they strike out. Pitchers earn a point for every out they record (3 per inning) and an extra point for a strikeout, as well as 5 points for a win or a save. […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball mock draft, 10-team head-to-head each category: Mookie Betts is the top pick
This draft was held on Tuesday, March 2 and included fantasy analysts Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Todd Zola, Derek Carty and Mike Sheets, researcher Kyle Soppe and ESPN editors Pierre Becquey, Joe Kaiser and Dan Mullen. If you’d like to conduct your own mock drafts, check out the Mock Draft Lobby, select […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball roundtable: Sleepers and busts in each part of the draft
Here are Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Kyle Soppe, Todd Zola and Mike Sheets to break down their sleepers and busts for each part of the draft. Sleepers Cockcroft: Trent Grisham finished 37th on the Player Rater, is generally being drafted outside the top 75 in early NFBC drafts, yet had the underlying […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings, way-too-early edition: How Dodgers, Rays and all 30 teams stack up for 2021
We can only hope 2021 will be a more normal season, with 162 games and fans in the stands and hot dogs to eat and overpriced beer to drink. We don’t know what the state of things will be come April 1, when the 2021 season is scheduled to begin, but we can speculate on […]
Continue readingWild Card Wednesday Takeaways: Reaction to all eight MLB playoff matchups
For the first time in the history of the MLB playoffs, there were eight postseason games played on a single day — well, almost a single day. As Wild Card Wednesday stretched into Thursday, the New York Yankees won a wild 10-9 affair to eliminate the Cleveland Indians. The day began with a Cincinnati Reds-Atlanta […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs preview: Everything you need to know about the 16-team postseason
It’s time for the MLB playoffs! After a wild sprint to the finish that needed every day of the regular season to determine the seeding, the real fun begins. For the first time, 16 teams will enter the postseason, and just a few short days later half of them will be headed home. Who will […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: Why this could be the wildest postseason … ever
As a friend of mine who lives in Chicago told me about one potential World Series matchup, “If it’s Cubs-White Sox played in suburban Dallas, I would vomit.” I understand the sentiment, but it’s what we have. We will crown a champion, even under these less-than-ideal circumstances. The Los Angeles Dodgers enter as the favorite […]
Continue reading2020 World Series matchups we’d love (or hate) to see
Fun fact: Once the 16 playoff teams are determined, there will be 64 potential World Series matchups. Right now, there are even more series in play, given the tight nature of the National League playoff race standings. Of course, all matchups are not created equal from an interest standpoint. Thus, here is my annual list […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday’s games
Here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Chris Bassitt (R), rostered in 48% of ESPN leagues, Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers: Bassitt isn’t a hurler you necessarily get excited about, but boring […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday’s games
Here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in less than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Dakota Hudson (R), rostered in 40% of ESPN leagues, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs: Hudson, who sports a 2.77 ERA over five starts, is […]
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