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It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

A list of the worst contracts in baseball inherently requires some projection and subjectivity. Every player on this list has shown (to varying degrees) the capability to produce at All-Star levels in the past; nevertheless, the arrows are trending downward for all of them at this point, and these contracts look, at the moment, to be among the most detrimental in baseball. It is, of course, worth noting, that the player themselves has the ability to play their way off of this list (Ryan Zimmerman, for instance, would likely…

On Sunday night’s broadcast on ESPN, Jessica Mendoza noted that, with the suspension of Pittsburgh's  Starling Marte and the season-ending injury to Washington's Adam Eaton, the Red Sox have the best outfield in baseball with their group of young and exciting stars. Ordering the outfields behind Boston's, however, is trickier. One can make a compelling case for the Angels or Nationals based on the presence of one elite player, but an outfield comprising three good players rather than one elite one is less risky, less…

Fantasy Baseball Fantasy owners proficient in advanced statistics have a substantial advantage over their league-mates, even though most leagues use traditional measures of value. A player's underlying numbers can be useful indicators of how they will perform in the future, and identifying players whose value will soon spike or plummet is crucial as the fantasy season progresses. Below are three useful advanced statistics that could help alert owners find breakthrough performers before the rest of their league catches on.…

Twins 2017 Preview Although it may seem foolish in retrospect, there was optimism in Minneapolis entering the 2016 season. The Twins were coming off of an 83-79 season, one in which they were in the wild-card hunt until the final weekend of the season with a surprisingly competitive young team. Most notably, top prospect Miguel Sano broke onto the scene with a fantastic 80-game debut season, in which he hit .269/.385/.530, good enough for a 150 wRC+ that made him 50% better than the average major-league hitter. Although…