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Last week we dove into the top 10 fantasy football rookie rankings for 2018. Now it's time to take a look at NFL rookie rankings 11-20. Just like the first version, guys are very likely to hurdle others as battles are won and lost throughout camp and preseason. You'll notice there are more wide receivers in in this range, including a couple tight ends. Keep in mind these are rookie rankings for redraft purposes and most of the wideouts have very little appeal in those types of formats. I've highlighted in the write-ups…

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…

Now that we have moved past the initial and most important round of prospect call-ups (FINALLY Dustin Fowler gets the call), it’s time to take a look at the next crop of prospects who are doing everything they can in the minors to show that they are next Ronald Acuña or Walker Buehler. This doesn’t necessarily mean that these guys are going to be up anytime soon, but it does mean that maybe they move from 50th on the top 100 prospects list into the top 10, or perhaps move onto the list altogether. An increased value can do…

Welcome to the Fantrax Bronze Points Salary Cap Challenge Period 8 Ownership and Claims Report. I have tweaked a couple of the parameters from previous installments of this column. First, I have added a PPG (points per game) column to the tables. We are approaching the point of the season at which this metric can become a more reliable tool for measuring fantasy output. As with any data point, it should not be used as the end-all-be-all of evaluating tools. For example, even though Mitch Moreland is averaging 3.67 points per…

Continuing on with spring game observations, this installment will cover the notable storylines in the Mid American, Mountain West, Pacific 12, Southeastern, and Sun Belt conferences as well as the independent teams. If you would like to view part one of the spring game observation series that looks into the AAC, ACC, BIG 12, BIG 10, and C-USA click here. MAC Kato Nelson is the guy for Akron This should come as a surprise to no one after a late-season surge from sophomore quarterback Kato Nelson, who capped off last…

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…

“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. In this week’s NFL Fantasy Stock Watch, we look at how the NFL Draft affected a number of key fantasy football personnel. All ADPs are based on PPR scoring leagues per fantasyfootballcalculator.com. Fantasy…

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 million Last 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…

The month of May is often a time of change in the fantasy world. Players getting off to slow starts are usually given the benefit of the doubt in April, but if those struggles stretch into May, the gloves come off. Once patient fantasy owners suddenly can't take it anymore and look to trade or dump slumping players. That's where you come in with the offers to buy low on these players. These buy-low offers are especially important in dynasty leagues, as you could potentially nab a star player without having to pay the star…

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…