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2023 Fantasy Baseball
Offseason Stock Report: Breakout Hitters
In the first article of this series, I looked at some of the most disappointing fantasy performers from this past season and attempted to project what should…
- Big Magoo
- January 19, 2015
- 101
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Top 20 Shortstops for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
I've already gone over the top 20 catchers for 2015 fantasy baseball, the top 20 1st basemen for 2015 fantasy baseball and the top 20…
- Grey
- January 19, 2015
- 212
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
Prospect Roundup: NL East
A number of players have been signed or traded since our organizational minor league previews started posting. Things can get crazy in the offseason and Jimmy Rollins is now…
- Mike
- January 18, 2015
- 60
NEWS
Deep League Thoughts: Wilmer Flores
Something tells me this post might never see the light of day. Yet on the flip side, this post also felt like an inevitable eventuality. …
- Sky
- January 16, 2015
- 30
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Top 20 2nd Basemen for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
Hello, friends that I've never met in person. I'm glad to see you again, metaphorically. I've already hit you with my top 20 catchers for…
- Grey
- January 16, 2015
- 323
2023 Fantasy Baseball
2015 Disgraces and Delights: Catchers
Greetings, ya'll! I'd need a TI-83 calculator to count the seemingly infinite ways I've so dearly missed you. I had a study done on the…
- LT Murray IV
- January 15, 2015
- 28
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Top 20 1st Basemen for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
This top 20 1st basemen for 2015 fantasy baseball goes to about fiddy. Last year, I said the first base position is going through a…
- Grey
- January 15, 2015
- 252
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
2015 Minor League Preview: Cincinnati Reds
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2014 (17) | 2013 (15) | 2012 (7) | 2011 (6) | 2010 (17) 2014 Affiliate Records MLB: [76-86]…
- Mike
- January 14, 2015
- 61
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Top 20 Catchers for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
I just went over the top 10 for 2015 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2015 fantasy baseball. Those were exciting, fun, adjective posts!…
- Grey
- January 14, 2015
- 238
2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft
The Pre-Mid-Post-Winter Meeting Mock Draft That Was
When Grey contacted me in mid-October about a mock draft, I thought perhaps an email that got caught up in his iPhone draft folder had…
- Sky
- January 13, 2015
- 53
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Top 20 for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
This is one of the most difficult posts to write all year. Maybe I shouldn't try to write this post with my feet. Eff it,…
- Grey
- January 13, 2015
- 328
Book Previews
Book Review: Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster 2015
It had been a couple years since I bought Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster as my preseasons have been preoccupied with building our tools, running analyses, and…
- Rudy Gamble
- January 12, 2015
- 28
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Top 10 for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
I sure wish Grey would do his 2015 fantasy baseball rankings. Wait, I am Grey and this is those rankings. Holy crapballs, this is the…
- Grey
- January 12, 2015
- 328
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
Prospect Roundup: AL West
This is hard to believe, but players have actually been signed or traded since I started churning out the organizational top tens in early November.…
- Mike
- January 11, 2015
- 61
NEWS
Avisail Garcia, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
Last year, Avisail Garcia hit seven homers and stole four bases. Whoopie dee do da, who cares?! Moving on! I got a mani-pedi in fifteen…
- Grey
- January 9, 2015
- 196
NEWS
A.J. Pollock, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
Apparently, another name I have for sleepers are guys that were supposed to be good last year and ended up yawnstipating. A.J. Pollock, or as…
- Grey
- January 8, 2015
- 218
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
2015 Minor League Preview: Cleveland Indians
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2014 (18) | 2013 (20) | 2012 (29) | 2011 (7) | 2010 (3) 2014 Affiliate Records MLB: [85-77]…
- Mike
- January 7, 2015
- 91
NEWS
Drew Hutchison, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
I already went over my Aaron Sanchez fantasy for 2015 and now it's Drew Hutchison's turn. Marcus Stroman might be next. I'm a little in…
- Grey
- January 6, 2015
- 142
NEWS
Jean Segura, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet, but he did much to popularize it, according to Wikipedia. Crapper owned the first toilet showroom and…
- Grey
- January 5, 2015
- 120
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
Minor Accomplishments: New Blood
The dynasty league first-year player draft is a unique winter ritual. It's typically how dynasty owners get their hands on all of the unowned players…
- Mike
- January 4, 2015
- 103
Fantasy Baseball HOF
Razzball’s 2015 Hall of Fame Ballot
There is so much great Hall of Fame analysis currently online - e.g., Jay Jaffe's SI series, Bonah (Ben Lindbergh and Jonah Keri) on Grantland,…
- Rudy Gamble
- January 3, 2015
- 17
NEWS
Mike Fiers, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
There was one fateful night in mid-September that changed everything for me and Mike Fiers. He beaned mi novio in the cantaloupe. Giancarlo went down…
- Grey
- January 2, 2015
- 98
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
2015 Minor League Preview: San Francisco Giants
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2014 (19) | 2013 (28) | 2012 (21) | 2011 (24) | 2010 (29) 2014 Affiliate Records MLB: [88-74]…
- Mike
- December 31, 2014
- 82
NEWS
Carlos Carrasco, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
I nearly didn't write this post, because, even as I write this in November, Carlos Carrasco seems overhyped for a sleeper. So, a big part…
- Grey
- December 30, 2014
- 230
NEWS
Oswaldo Arcia, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
"I'm glad I'm getting some company." Easy there, Brett Lawrie. Oswaldo Arcia is only up to post-post-hype status. Still has a long way until he…
- Grey
- December 29, 2014
- 192
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
Minor Accomplishments: Talkin’ Fantasy Prospects
We're about a third of the way through the prospect rankings for every MLB organization. The amount of prospect information that is available to us as fantasy…
- Mike
- December 28, 2014
- 43
NEWS
Fantasy Aftermath – Top June Pitchers
Sometimes I use opening paragraphs of off-season content to remind myself what I was doing at the time of writing it. It's hard to say…
- Sky
- December 26, 2014
- 28
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
2015 Minor League Preview: Tampa Bay Rays
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2014 (20) | 2013 (4) | 2012 (11) | 2011 (3) | 2010 (1) 2014 Affiliate Records MLB: [77-85]…
- Mike
- December 24, 2014
- 63
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Position Eligibility for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
On Dancer! On Prancer! On–Oh, I didn’t hear you come in. Welcome, reader! Grab some egg nog and brandy it up to the fire. You…
- Grey
- December 23, 2014
- 335
Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes
San Diego Gaslighting MLB With OF Spree
The CIA's plan to work out of a Petco concession stand because the stadium is so quiet is looking far less like a good plan…
- Grey
- December 22, 2014
- 129
fantasy baseball keepers
Playing for Keeps: Carlos Santana
In many fantasy leagues, there's a 20 games played requirement to retain eligibility at a position for the following year. With only 11 games played…
- Mike
- December 21, 2014
- 39
NEWS
Kennys Vargas, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
When Kennys Vargas first arrived on the major league baseball scene, people were like, "Is he a switch hitter or are there two of them?"…
- Grey
- December 19, 2014
- 256
Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes
Rays Deal A Myers Lemon For Prospect Lemonade
It's beginning to feel like it's not an offseason without a trade of Wil Myers. In three short years, he's gone from the Royals to…
- Grey
- December 18, 2014
- 171
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
2015 Minor League Preview: Oakland Athletics
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2014 (21) | 2013 (25) | 2012 (26) | 2011 (28) | 2010 (12) 2014 Affiliate Records MLB: [88-74]…
- Mike
- December 17, 2014
- 56
NEWS
C.J. Cron, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
It always concerns me when I put too much faith in The Sciosciapath playing a guy that is under 25 years old. A bigger concern…
- Grey
- December 16, 2014
- 273
NEWS
Kolten Wong, 2015 Fantasy Sleeper
Okay, it depends on your definition of a sleeper. If you define a sleeper as "a player I want on all of my teams and…
- Grey
- December 15, 2014
- 119
fantasy baseball keepers
Playing for Keeps: Rusney Castillo vs. Yasmany Tomas
Keeper and dynasty league owners have to approach drafts a little differently. The pool of players is smaller after a large chunk of players are…
- Mike
- December 13, 2014
- 45
Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes
Dodgers Say, “Adios Kemp, Padre.”
In Los Angeles, Matt Kemp played for one of the most popular sports franchises in the world in the 2nd largest city in the country.…
- Grey
- December 12, 2014
- 150
Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes
Cubs Shop At Pay Les
"Hey, Intern, let's get the Mayans on hold just in case we need them in a hurry. What? Who the hell is Ralph Mayan of…
- Grey
- December 11, 2014
- 140
Fantasy Baseball Prospects
2015 Minor League Preview: Chicago White Sox
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2014 (22) | 2013 (29) | 2012 (30) | 2011 (27) | 2010 (23) 2014 Affiliate Records MLB: [73-89]…
- Mike
- December 10, 2014
- 36
