On Wednesday night, I turned on a close game between the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth inning. The Astros were ahead 2-1 in the top of the inning with two men on base. Up to bat was Yordan Alvarez, perhaps the greatest hitter on the planet this season. The Blue Jays […]
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Ryan is a 20-year veteran of fantasy baseball, football, and basketball leagues. He has been writing about fantasy sports, sports betting, and DFS since 2018 and is a member of the FSWA and IBWAA. A native of Houston, he is a die-hard fan of the Astros, Rockets, and - reluctantly - the Texans. When he is not buried under sports analysis, he works full-time in higher education and can be found pursuing his other passions: drinking coffee and writing about television and comic book investments.
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2026 MLB Risers And Fallers: Bichette Bounce Back
June 18, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball | 4 Commentsby: CableBoxScore
For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, every team has about 70 games down and almost 90 games still to go after the first twelve weeks of the season. Since even 70 games aren’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend these posts in the middle of the season looking at the risers and […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For much of the 2026 season, Matt Chapman looked like a fantasy baseball player in serious decline. The San Francisco Giants’ third baseman entered June carrying some of the worst offensive numbers of his career, posting a wOBA and xwOBA well below his established baseline (his wOBA was .241 in May, just below Brice Matthews). […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, every team has about 65 games down and almost 100 games still to go after the first ten weeks of the season. Since even 60 games aren’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend these posts in the middle of the season looking at the risers and […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?The nomad (or Sacramento) Athletics hosted the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday afternoon for the finale of a three-game intradivisional series. The Mariners won the getaway game by a score of 9-1, so it wasn’t a particularly compelling game to watch unless you rostered Logan Gilbert or Julio Rodriguez this year. But in the bottom of […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, every team has about 52 games down and about 110 still to go after the first eight weeks of the season. Since even 52 games aren’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend our early posts of the season looking at the risers and fallers in fantasy […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, every team has about 35 games down and about 125 or more still to go after the first six weeks of the season. Since 35 games aren’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend our early posts of the season looking at the risers and fallers in […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? 2026 MLB Risers And Fallers: Jackson, I Am For Real
April 25, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball | 8 Commentsby: CableBoxScore
For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, every team has about 25 or 26 games down and about 135 still to go after the first month of the season. Since 25 games aren’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend our early posts of the season looking at the risers and fallers in fantasy […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? 2026 MLB Risers And Fallers: All About The Drake
April 9, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball |by: CableBoxScore
For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, every team has about 12 games down and about 150 still to go after the first two weeks of the season. Since 12 games aren’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend our first post of the season looking at the risers and fallers in fantasy baseball […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? 2026 MLB Risers And Fallers: Opening Day Edition
March 26, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball | 5 Commentsby: CableBoxScore
For the 2026 fantasy baseball season, it’s one game down and 2,429 more to go after the Yankees and Giants squared off on Wednesday night. Since that one game isn’t nearly enough to draw any conclusions, we will spend our first post of the season looking at the risers and fallers from Spring Training performances. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? 2026 MLB Risers And Fallers: Late Spring Training Edition
March 12, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball | 15 Commentsby: CableBoxScore
Even with all of the (espresso-fueled) energy of the World Baseball Classic this week, we can’t forget there are still meaningful Spring Training games and position battles happening. In many ways, these games happening on small Spring Training fields across Florida and Arizona are much more meaningful for what we need to know this season. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? 2026 MLB Risers And Fallers: Early Spring Training Edition
February 26, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball |by: CableBoxScore
No Major League Baseball team has played more than seven games as of February 25, and none of them have actually counted for anything, but what else are we going to use to evaluate who we need for our fantasy baseball squads? This early in Spring Training, we are living and dying by every home […]
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