Trevor Plouffe (3B, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 36% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Trevor Plouffe has been better than ever before as of late. After swatting a grand slam and 5 RBI this past Sunday, he's off to the hottest start of his career. Needless to say, this pace is unsustainable for Plouffe, whose .269/.358/.454 slash line in 2015 […]

Week 5 Buy and Sell Hitters for Fantasy Baseball

Welcome to Week 5. The MLB season is ripening and the time for messing around has come and gone. Your pitching staff has been decent, you've got some real speed on the base paths and plenty of guys who know how to get on base. But - for the love of God - can someone […]

Week 4 Buy and Sell Hitters for Fantasy Baseball

It's Week 4 of the 2015 MLB season and you need to make some moves. None of your pitchers can throw a strikeout, you've got three potential stars sitting on the 15-Day DL and you have way too many outfielders to wait for slumping hitters to turn it around. Seriously, where did all these outfielders […]

Week 3 Buy and Sell Hitters for Fantasy Baseball

It's Week 3 and the stars are just beginning to align in the cosmos of the MLB. Injuries are rampant, waiver wires are scarce and Nelson Cruz home runs are abundant. Fantasy owners everywhere are vigorously trying to gain an edge quickly and enjoy early season success. But remember; baseball is a marathon, not a […]

Casey McGehee (3B, SF) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Pick Up in 14+ Team Leagues Only OWNED IN: 12% of Yahoo Leagues; 14% Owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Since finishing fifth in the 2009 RoY voting, Casey McGehee has experienced a gradual decline into mediocrity. Four years after swatting 23 HR with 104 RBI in 2010, McGehee underachieved with a paltry .712 OPS and only […]

Week 2 Buy and Sell Hitters for Fantasy Baseball

It's officially week two and there are plenty of ill-founded assumptions being made based on small sample sizes. Adrian Gonzalez is going to hit 130 HR this year! Exciting stuff. While everyone else is making hasty decisions based on week 1 performances, you can take the high road and make informed decisions derived from early […]

Jose Iglesias (SS, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 27% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: We all knew the kid was a wizard with the glove, but hitting was always the issue. Perhaps not this year. Jose Iglesias is off to a blazing hot start to the 2015, going 10 for 22 with 2 SB and 4 runs for the Detroit […]

Edinson Volquez (SP, KC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: After ten years of generally dismal pitching, Edinson Volquez seems to be finding some answers in the latter stages of his long career. Two horrific years with the Padres from 2012-13 looked like they might spell the end for Volquez. However, he was miraculously […]

Norichika Aoki (OF, SF) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leagues. OWNED IN: 5.4% of ESPN leagues; 12% of Yahoo leagues; 34% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Nori Aoki was perpetually the guy hanging around the top of the waiver wire as a member of the Kansas City Royals in 2014. Occasionally, he would find a home on someone's roster […]

Top Five Second Base Sleepers for 2015: Hitters Who Will Outperform Their ADP

  Five Undervalued Second Basemen for 2015 You've got the strongest pitching staff in your league. Your outfield is stacked. You make sure to pick up a catcher early, pick up a hard-hitting first baseman, and - oh no - all of the decent second basemen are gone. It's common knowledge that one must focus […]

Howie Kendrick (2B, LAD) - 2015 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 11-13 in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Howie Kendrick is the 15th ranked second baseman heading into 2015. How(ie) is that possible? Seriously though, Kendrick's .293 batting average ranked third behind two top-tier picks in Robinson Cano and Jose Altuve and it's not a fluke: his batting average over nine years in the league is […]

Marcell Ozuna (OF, MIA) - 2015 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 10-12 in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Marcell Ozuna came out of nowhere last year and belted 23 HR in his first full MLB season. More importantly, he did it without sacrificing for a dismal batting average. Basically, he's a poor man's Yoenis Cespedes or Matt Holliday (and maybe even secretly better). Among qualified outfielders in […]

Francisco Liriano (SP, PIT) - 2015 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 11-13 in All Leagues ANALYSIS: We've all seen the miserable numbers Liriano is capable of putting up in seasons past. But in his previous two campaigns, while battling through injuries, he's managed to gain some control on the mound. Liriano posted an attractive 3.02 ERA in 2013 and a palatable 3.38 ERA in […]

Three Deeper Pitchers Who Will Outperform Their 2015 ADP: Rankings Analysis

Where Have All The Pitchers Gone? It is widely believed that the enlightened fantasy baseball drafter can find plenty of talent in the later rounds of the draft. So you finish up the outfield, pick up the all-important backup catcher and then - BAM! - where did all the pitchers go? Have no fear. There are […]

5 AL Players Whose New Teams Will Impact Their Performance

Who Will Be Helped or Hurt by a Change of Scenery? J.A. Happ, Seattle Mariners Let’s be honest: Happ did not post Cy Young-caliber numbers in his most recent campaign. A 4.22 ERA and lackluster 7.6 K/9 IP made Happ one of many problems for the Blue Jays in 2014. That’s exactly why a transition […]

Marcus Stroman Tears ACL, Out for Season

Bad news for Toronto Blue Jays fans: Starting pitcher Marcus Stroman has torn his ACL and will miss the entire 2015 season. Marcus Stroman has suffered a torn left ACL and will be out for the 2015 season. — Blue Jays (@BlueJays) March 10, 2015 According to the Blue Jays official Twitter, Stroman suffered the […]

Yu Darvish Mulling Tommy John Surgery

This might be another throw-away season for the Texas Rangers. Staff ace Yu Darvish is considering Tommy John surgery that would surely take him out of commission for all of 2015, perhaps even longer. The elbow inflammation that prompted the Rangers to shut Darvish down late last season now looks like it might be a […]

All Fear (and Draft) the Nationals Rotation

Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Doug Fister, and Gio Gonzalez. That's scary. If only one could draft all five studs and call it a day. Which pitchers will live up to the hype and whom should you draft for your fantasy squad? For some reason, it is widely believed that Fister will occupy the fourth spot […]

Hunter Pence Out 6-8 Weeks With Broken Ulna

Hunter Pence, the only player in the MLB to play in every game for the past two seasons, will miss six to eight weeks after being hit by a pitch in Thursday's exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs. Pence was hit on the left forearm by Cubs prospect Corey Black late in the sixth inning. […]