The goal of a trade is to get the better of your opponent. “Suckers,” is what you’re hoping to scream at your trade partners. Let them feel your wrath but brain-wise. Actually, BrainWise is what you think they call you in your league. Like Pennywise, but with brains. “Don’t trade with BrainWise,” is what you […]
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In our 122nd episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer discuss the latest MLB transactions before diving into the newest baseball card release, 2025 Bowman Draft, hitting shelves on Jan. 14. You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected]. Links to things discussed in the pod: Cubs deal for Edward Cabrera, ship out Owen […]
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2026 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings: 300-201
January 7, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 10 Commentsby: Jakkers
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the second installment of the 2026 Dynasty Rankings.
Last week I knocked out players ranked from 400-301. This week I tackle another huge chunk of players: 300-201.
Being such a large group, here is a quick breakdown of the positions and ages of the players:
RP: 21 | SP: 19
1B: 6 | 2B: 4 | 3B: 8 | SS: 4 | IF: 8
RF: 3 | CF: 4 | LF: 4 | OF: 9
IF/OF: 6
Ages 20-24: 17
Ages 25-29: 52
Ages 30-34: 27
Ages 35+: 6
As you can see, there are many relief pitchers in this grouping, and trying to say who will break out and who will regress is always a guessing game. I believe these are the best of the middle relievers with a few closers sprinkled in as well.
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Seattle Mariners Top 10 Prospects For 2026 Fantasy Baseball
January 7, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 16 Commentsby: The Itch
1. OF Lazaro Montes | 21 | AA | 2027
At 6’5” 215 pounds, Montes has slimmed down without sacrificing power as he’s climbed the organizational ladder. In 131 games split almost evenly between High-A and Double-A, the big lefty smashed 32 home runs, stole seven bases and slashed .241/.354/.504 with a 29 percent strikeout rate. The strikeouts have invited a fair share of doubters, but I think Montes will make enough impact on contact to become a mainstay in fantasy lineups.
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Ryan Pepiot, 2026 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
January 5, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Sleepers, Featured | 16 Commentsby: Grey
You know what kind of fantasy baseball sleeper Ryan Pepiot is? A lay-up. Now it’s up to me to prove that. Once upon a time, Itch placed Ryan Pepiot in the top 100 prospects. There was talk when he was on the Dodgers, as a prospect, he might be an ace in the making. Here […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Jack Leiter, 2026 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
January 4, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Sleepers, Featured | 12 Commentsby: Grey
Oh, I absolutely wanted to give up on Jack Leiter. [snapping my fingers and shaking my tailfeather] What have you done for me lately, boy? What have you done lately for me? Nothing? Then I must ask you to leave. Goodbye. That’s how I felt, when I looked at his name. Just his name, by […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Sacramento Athletics Top 10 Prospects For 2026 Fantasy Baseball
January 4, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 4 Commentsby: The Itch
1. SS Leo De Vries | 19 | AA | 2027
We don’t often see a prospect like De Vries get traded before his 20th birthday, if at all, so it was kind of shocking to see him moved for a reliever, even one as dominant as Mason Miller. Sacramento pushed the switch hitter to Double-A at age 18, where he slashed .281/.359/.551 with five home runs and two stolen bases in 21 games. He even showed plus plate skills: 9.7% walks against 19.4% strikeouts. It’ll be interesting to see how they time this out because he’s got a legitimate case to open the season in Triple-A at 19, an age he’ll stay until October 11th this year. Seems probably we’ll see him in the majors before he turns 20, and that’s a pretty consistent predictor of sustained stardom. Incredible work on the trade market by Sacramento in my opinion.
Please, blog, may I have some more? If Tatsuya Wanna Sign With, Who Imai To Argue?
January 1, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 26 Commentsby: Grey
Tatsuya Imai signed with the Astros for an incredibly reasonable price (3-year, $54 million) and I have to be honest with you, I’m starting to get worried. We’re still a year out from a potential work stoppage, but it’s starting to feel like a lot of teams are in Hold Mode. And not Hold Mode […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Top 400 Dynasty Players for 2026 Fantasy Baseball: 400-301
December 31, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 19 Commentsby: Jakkers
Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome to the first installment of the Top 400 Dynasty Players for 2026. Over the next two weeks I will take two giant bites out of the countdown as I rank the players from 400-301 this week and then 300-201. After that will come bite sized looks of the final 200 players.
When it comes to these rankings, I know some of you will shake your head when it comes to certain players.
I have my biases and a system in how I evaluate fantasy players – and have done so for decades – and you have your biases. That is what makes rankings so interesting and why you will likely look at a host of rankings as a way to gauge how you view a certain player and how others view a certain player.
So here is a quick rundown about these rankings.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Los Angeles Angels Top 10 Prospects For 2026 Fantasy Baseball
December 31, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 14 Commentsby: The Itch
Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2026 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. OF Nelson Rada | 20 | AAA | 2026
The plusses here are obvious: a legitimate center fielder with solid plate skills from the left side, Rada swiped 54 bases in 135 games across Double-A and Triple-A in 2025, slashing .292/.398/.360 and making huge plate-skills gains when he reached Triple-A. He walked 30 times against 35 strikeouts in his 42 games with Salt Lake, slashing .323/.433/.416 in the cozy hitting environment. He’s always been extremely young for the level – 7.8 years younger than average in Triple-A – and that tends to work out in the aggregate, especially if a teenager like Rada arrives to camp some spring wearing new muscle after a Rocky IV type winter. Rada actually filled out a little bit last offseason and could be quite the fantasy sleeper this year with just a touch more man-strength.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Emmet Sheehan, 2026 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
December 29, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Sleepers, Featured | 12 Commentsby: Grey
Emmet Sheehan came back from Tommy John last year, almost exactly 13 months from the surgery, and went 2.82 ERA, 0.97 WHIP with 10.9 K/9, 2.7 BB/9 in 73 1/3 IP. Um, how is he a sleeper? He’s an ace. Is he not an ace? Sure, he has five guys in front of him that […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Chase Burns, 2026 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
December 28, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Sleepers, Featured | 19 Commentsby: Grey
So, I’m not sure if Chase Burns is a sleeper, a rookie, both or something in-between we haven’t discovered yet. Maybe we’re discovering it on our own right now. We’re a bunch of fantasy baseball Magellans. Look at me, I’m wearing a puffy hat like Magellan and I’m in a ship with a handheld telescope. […]
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