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ROUND 37: FANTASY EPL REVIEW It’s obvious we’re coming to the season’s end when you see the highest fantasy EPL scorers list for the previous week and some rarely heard names have sneaked in. Most of the common names came from Arsenal’s current and former players. That’s because the Gunners’ last home game of the season wasn’t your typical last home game — it was Arsene Wenger’s last home match and the players made sure they sent him off in style with a 5-0 victory over Burnley.The former player I was referring to above…

Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers For the record, Kershaw was not in my tier one of starting pitchers. I have no idea why you'd expect more than 150 innings at this point his career. Chronic back problems and the Dodgers' generous utilization of the DL are enough to bump him to the top of tier two for me.Speaking of evaluating Dodgers injuries, it can be a bit tricky because of their ... ahem, shall we say "creative use" of the DL?  So we have two very different scenarios. First, this could be DL manipulation to…

More than 20 percent of the 2018 MLB season is already in the books. What may have been gut reactions and speculation has started to become legitimate fantasy baseball breakouts and genuine slumps. Some things are obvious… Mookie Betts is a beast, the Astros pitching staff is amazing, and that Aaron Judge kid is the real deal. Other player trends are a lot more difficult to spot unless you can find a bearing, something similar to compare it to and give the skill or production a little bit of context.The Double Vision…

What: The Players Championship Where: TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida When: May 10-13 Defending Champion: Si-Woo Kim FedEx Cup Points: 600 Purse: $11 millionLast week at the Wells Fargo Championship we saw Jason Day take home another PGA victory. It was his second of the season and 11th on tour. His two-stroke victory netted nearly $1.4 million, plus 500 FedEx Cup Points. Day will be back in action along with a top flight of pros in this week's Players Championship. Wells Fargo Results Top Picks…

I haven't been interested in picking up Matt Boyd at any point over the first five-and-half weeks of this season. His 3.00 ERA and 1.06 WHIP have been sufficiently tidy, but they are temptations I can resist. If not for a laughably low 1.8 runs of support per nine innings, Boyd would certainly have a better record than 1-3 after six starts. However, with a .248 BABIP and a minuscule 5.5 percent home run-to-flyball ratio (HR/FB), the lefty looks like the personification of the small sample caveat.Fantasy owners who have…

Saturday night marked Craig Kimbrel's 300th career save, placing him just two spots behind Fernando Rodney on the all-time career saves list. It also tied him 27th alongside Doug Jones and Jason Isringhausen. But while milestones make baseball fun, let's take a moment to discuss the state of the Red Sox bullpen.Over the last seven days, Boston's pen has pitched 26 innings, giving up 14 earned runs and secured just two saves. It's a drastic fall from grace, especially for a bullpen that finished 2017 with the second-best…

Pursuing a professional football dream is a big challenge, and the road gets even tougher for those players who find themselves on the outside of the league looking in after the NFL Draft every year.Life as an undrafted free agent has no guarantees. You could never get signed by a team. You could blow out a knee and be cut immediately. You could outperform a draftee in camp, but still get let go because the team has money invested in the other guy. The success stories for undrafted players are few and far between.…

Protection. It is needed in so many different ways. For fantasy owners, the best protection for fantasy owners is making sure you keep up with news concerning your players, such as hot and cold streaks, and whether an injury may impact playing time or lead to a stint on the disabled list. Speaking of protection, did you notice what happened to Yadier Molina on Saturday? The veteran Cardinals catcher took a 100 MPH foul tip off the bat of Kris Bryant in his groin. Even with all of the protection catchers wear, that can still…

ROUND 36: FANTASY EPL REVIEW Nine of the 20 teams that took the pitch in Round 36 failed to score. Liverpool and Stoke, as well as Burnley and Brighton, played goalless draws. Owners of Liverpool attackers in fantasy must have been disappointed, but owners of goalkeepers and defenders from these matchups certainly profited.Chelsea and Tottenham kept clean sheets, too. The Blues defeated Swansea in Wales thanks to a 4th minute strike by Cesc Fabregas, while the Spurs easily disposed of Watford with goals by Dele Alli and…

Life as an undrafted free agent has no guarantees. You could never get signed by a team. You could blow out a knee and be cut immediately. You could outperform a draftee in camp, but still get let go because the team has money invested in the other guy. The success stories for undrafted players are few and far between. That does not mean we can ignore these players in dynasty football leagues.Still, every year someone emerges from the rough to become an undrafted diamond – a player the league should have noticed but…