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“Rising” and “falling” does not necessarily mean “good” or “bad” in fantasy. If a player’s average draft position is rising, his value is assumed to have dropped. Conversely, if a player is falling in terms of draft price, then he can be considered a value if his production is projected to out-perform his draft-price.Here are this week's risers and fallers. All ADPs are based on PPR scoring leagues per fantasyfootballcalculator.com. Rising: Royce Freeman Current ADP: 8.04 Projected ADP: 4.08-5.03 Royce Freeman had a…

The top 10 picks in a fantasy draft are usually the most recognizable. From year-to-year, the superstars tend to stick — Mike Trout has more or less maintained the number one spot since his breakout 2012 season. Bryce Harper is there, Clayton Kershaw, Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and other recognizable studs as well.But there is also the inevitable turnover. Players get older, get hurt, and just plain struggle, and then the following season we have new names to jump on. We’re only a third of the way through this…

These aren't going to be a lot of the names you're familiar with on top-100 lists. At least, not yet anyway. Each man below wasn't a highly-regarded prospect entering the 2018 season, but their performances are getting their names firmly on the map as prospects on the rise. Now, they weren't totally ignored before the season. I mean, the first name on this list is a second-generation hitter that plays on the same team as two current top-20 prospects. But they weren't elite names that were highly sought after in dynasty…

Fantasy Football: Red Zone Touches and Targets - Running Backs The red zone is the area of the field between the 20-yard line and the goal line. It's not generally marked on the field and has no official meaning during play, but that's where the majority of the touchdowns occur. And scoring touchdowns is what it's all about. It's what makes us fantasy players sit on the edge of our seats.It's hard to predict where the touchdowns will come from on a year-to-year basis, but we can get a better understanding when looking…

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…

You have to love it when the schedule lines up just right and gives some of the best pitchers in the game two starts. That's what we have this week, as some of the hottest pitchers in baseball help us kick off June with two starts. With every no-brainer, though, there are always a handful of guys that are harder to trust. Deciding who to start and who to bench is tough, but I'm here to hopefully make that decision a little bit easier. *As always, keep in mind that these are the probable two-start pitchers as of Sunday, May…

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,…

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…