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Anthony Franco looks at two prime trade targets for the fantasy baseball stretch run.

We're always told to buy low and sell high. Anthony Franco suggests buying high on these two trending players.

As we near the halfway point of the MLB season, fantasy seasons are coming into focus. With trade deadlines approaching, buy-low and sell-high players are more important than ever. Today we look at one of each, a veteran pitcher on whom this may be your last chance to sell high and a buy-low dynasty option showing some subtle signs of a breakout. Time to Sell High on Rich Hill That Rich Hill is still pitching at age 38 after enduring the tribulations that he has is remarkable. Given how often he’s resurrected a…

Anthony Franco looked past Domingo German and his ugly ERA. You might be surprised by what he found.

Has a change in launch angle really changed this boring veteran we thought we knew? Anthony Franco says it could be true.

With over a third of the MLB season in the books, fantasy owners and MLB teams alike have started to get a sense of where they sit moving forward. As always, owners will be scrambling to find buy-low acquisitions and betting on various early-season performances.Today, we look at Brian Dozier and Chris Taylor, a pair of middle infielders whose early-season performances aren’t truly indicative of their fantasy value moving forward. Brian Dozier, Minnesota Twins Dozier’s 2018 season can only be described as a disappointment…

With nearly a third of the MLB season in the books, fantasy owners and MLB teams alike have started to get a sense of where they sit moving forward. As always, owners will be scrambling to find buy-low acquisitions and betting on various early-season performances. Today, an outfielder was given a chance to play regularly due to a teammate’s suspension and a young pitcher whose early-season results have been stellar, but whose peripherals and lackluster stuff suggest some regression will be forthcoming. Guillermo Heredia,…

With over a quarter of the MLB season in the books, fantasy owners and MLB teams alike have started to get a sense of where they sit moving forward. As always, owners will be scrambling to find buy-low acquisitions and betting on various early-season performances. Today, we cover a pair of teammates -- a young first baseman who seems on the verge of breaking out of an early-season rut and a veteran pitcher who has rediscovered health and his offspeed pitches and looks like a solid mid-rotation option moving forward. Matt…

With more than a month now in the books, some early-season performances can start to become meaningful predictors for the rest of a player’s season. While we have not quite hit the stabilization point for most batted-ball statistics, trends are beginning to emerge which may be predictive of the player’s future results. Today, two former top prospects (Kansas City's Jorge Soler and Atlanta's Sean Newcomb) are enjoying strong starts to the season. Jorge Soler, OF, Kansas City Royals Coming off a miserable 2017 MLB…

With a couple of weeks of the season now in the books, some early-season performances can start to become meaningful predictors for the rest of a player’s season. While we have not quite hit the stabilization point for most batted-ball statistics, trends are beginning to emerge which may be predictive of the player’s future results. Today, we highlight three mid-20s players with varying levels of certainty regarding their early-season performances. Mitch Haniger, Seattle Mariners Haniger entered the season projected as a…