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Have your sleeper picks fizzled out? Al Melchior says it may not be too late for these four hitters to reward your faith.

Joe Redemann looks ahead to the 2019 NFL Draft and the tight ends you might see there.

On June 4, 1953, after batting practice at Forbes Field, the Pirates and Cubs announced a shocking trade. Pittsburgh sent slugger Ralph Kiner, C Joe Garagiola‚ P Howie Pollet‚ and OF Catfish Metkovich to Chicago for C Toby Atwell‚ P Bob Schultz‚ 1B Preston Ward‚ 3B George Freese‚ OF Bob Addis‚ OF Gene Hermanski‚ and $150‚000. Can you imagine how the fantasy world would react today if two teams made a trade right after batting practice? Let's take a look at the latest MLB news happening on June 4, 2018. MLB News and Notes…

Ronald Acuna, Atlanta Braves MRI results showed a strained ACL, and rumors are swirling that Acuna wanted to play the following day. The Braves will handle their budding superstar wisely and give him some downtime. Conservatively, he should sit out longer than the minimum 10 days, but age matters in this situation. He’s a 20-year-old kid, and quite frankly, they heal faster than us old guys. I believe caution wins out in the case. Expected Return: June 15 Yu Darvish, Chicago Cubs MRI results were also encouraging for the…

I had an opportunity to pick up Max Muncy in both Tout Wars and The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational this weekend and decided to pass. I determined I didn't need to take a flier on his six home runs and five doubles in 99 plate appearances (.277 Iso) or his 14.1 percent walk rate, the latter of which could be useful in Tout Wars, which is an OBP league. His multi-positional eligibility (1B/3B/OF) was of no interest to me, even though Muncy may soon pick up some starts at second base. Yet had I taken a look at Muncy's…

The NFL Draft is a distinctly undemocratic process, where players are picked not by popular vote, but by the elite general managers and owners of NFL teams in their ivory tower war rooms. We of the unwashed masses don’t always know what goes into the making of a draft pick, what secret flaws and hidden skills they have.That’s why I decided to let you, the people, vote to determine the order we would analyze the records of the top candidates (read: prospects) for the 2019 NFL Draft here on Fantrax.We have already gone…

MLB News and Notes Baseball is considered America's pastime, and on Memorial Day, we should not forget the patriotism and ultimate sacrifices of the soldiers who also played MLB when they weren't fighting for America on battlefields around the world. According to Gary Bedingfield, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the operator of baseballinwartime.com, 535 baseball players have lost their lives in military service since the Civil War. We remember them and all the others who have fought for our…

For Full Show in Audio Format click here Can Alex Reyes Save Your Fantasy Baseball Season? Can Alex Reyes save your Fantasy Baseball season? Ready for another week of the best Fantasy Baseball talk you can find? The Baseball Show is ready to steer you towards victory. This week our featured player is Alex Reyes, who is ready to take the world by storm for the St. Louis Cardinals. Fully recovered from Tommy John surgery, and his suspension put behind him as well, Reyes is pitching like he's making up for lost time. He's…

Dr. Mike Tanner provides MLB injury updates for all the players fantasy owners are worried about. Dee Gordon, Seattle Mariners If you watched Sunday’s game, it was apparent Gordon was in pain when he stole second base and scored the winning run against the Tigers. He was later diagnosed with a mild fracture in his right big toe. A natural response from his owners would be complete panic, as a broken toe sounds bad for a speedster. Fortunately, this appears to be more of a mild stress fracture than a true displaced fracture…

What: Fort Worth Invitational (Formerly the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational) Where: Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas When: May 24-27 Defending Champion: Kevin Kisner FedEx Cup Points: 500 Purse: $7.1 million Before we head to the Fort Worth Invitational, let's look back at Aaron Wise's win last week at the AT&T Byron Nelson. Wise posted an incredible score of 23-under. It was the 21-year-old's first PGA win and an impressive one at that. Marc Leishman set a course record on Thursday with a score of 61, but it wasn't…