Eric Thames can flat out mash. Many folks seem to have forgotten that two years ago Thames was the hottest name in baseball as he was returning from the KBO with some of the best numbers we’ve ever seen. He then had a massive hot streak to start the season, and folks were claiming he […]
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DraftCheat’s Pitchers to Target: Joe Musgrove
(NFBC Rank: 60; DC Rank: 32) Pirates’ starter Joe Musgrove turned in a solid 2018 season after being traded from the Astros in the Gerrit Cole deal. Battling some injuries, Musgrove managed just 19 starts, but did throw 115 innings, posting a 4.06 ERA with a pedestrian 20.6 percent strikeouts percentage and minuscule 4.7 percent […]
Bullpen Arms to Know
We’ve covered the skills you should be looking for with arms in Relievers What to Target and Relievers What to Avoid. In this piece we will move from the macro to the micro. In this article we will break down some of the middle reliever arms to know. We’ve got the closers covered elsewhere […]
2018 Splits: AL Hitters
THIS ARTICLE IS WRITTEN BY TED SCHUSTER. Which guys are good against lefties? Which batters struggle against soft tossers? Conversely, which arms struggle at home or dominate hitters with swing and miss tendencies? In what can be a maddening game of chasing numbers down a rabbit hole, it’s nice to have someone hold your hand […]
Fantasy Baseball Elite Podcast: Episode 8
2019 Player Profile: Brian Dozier
Brian Dozier injured his knee in April (a bone bruise), and though he appeared in his customary 150 games, he just wasn’t the performer he was expected to be. As a now 31 year old second sacker, coming off that down season, lots of folks have seemingly completely put out of their mind the previous […]
2019 Player Profile: Rafael Devers
Rafael Devers is young, a part of an impressive team, and coming of a season that many deem to be a disappointment. Last season I warned you about Devers going go high on draft day. After a moderate first full season in Boston, how should we be viewing the third sacker heading into the 2019 […]
Polls: Answers & Questions
Questions were asked, and you responded. So, taking a bit of a break from Player Profiles for a brief moment, I thought I would speak to the answers that were crowdsourced on topics such as who is the #2 starting pitcher, the #2 rookie, the over under for homers for Machado and who is the […]
Battle of the Experts – Josh Donaldson
Ray Flowers and Vlad Sedler take counter positions on a single player, one for, one against. Which one of our experts do you agree with? Does either strike a knockout blow? Is there a TKO? Is there a need for another round? Two or our best analysts give their thoughts on a player for the […]
Battle of the Experts – Willians Astudillo
Ray Flowers and Vlad Sedler take counter positions on a single player, one for, one against. Which one of our experts do you agree with? Does either strike a knockout blow? Is there a TKO? Is there a need for another round? Two or our best analysts give their thoughts on a player for the […]