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It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

Arizona Coyotes From now until the start of next season, I’ll be looking at each NHL team’s prospect situation and assessing each prospect’s projected fantasy value. With all due respect to turnover leagues, I will be focusing solely on keeper and dynasty leagues, because prospects have minimal value in re-draft leagues. Most fantasy leagues vary in structure, so for the purpose of this exercise, I will be referring to leagues that include a main roster and a prospect roster, each with their own respective draft. This…

We've covered every offensive position so far in our midseason dynasty rankings besides catchers. Yay catchers! I know you can’t really tell, but that was said with a lot of sarcasm. Trying to find reliable catchers in fantasy these days is about as much fun as watching the Hallmark channel with my in-laws. Most catchers are only on fantasy rosters because they need to be. If we ignored position and solely looked at stats, how many would still warrant being owned? Maybe five? Regardless if we want them or not, catchers…

The NBA offseason has slowed down this past week, with most coverage focusing on trade speculation. With a lack of concrete transactions, we’ll shift our focus to the season ahead, and how the offseason has affected the fantasy outlook of every team. First, we’ll look at a sleeper from every team in the NBA. These guys should all see increased roles this season, whether it’s from a teammate departing, finding a new team themselves, or natural player progression. We begin this week with the Southeast Division. Jonathon…

The transfer market was loaded with talent this past offseason, and transferring can make or break careers. Guys like Davis Webb and Baker Mayfield were fantasy gold after transferring. However, sometimes players like Everett Golson or Jake Heaps can't make anything out of their second chance. With a little over a month until the start of the season, it's time to look at the top transfers with the biggest fantasy impact. 10. Jalen Brown, Northwestern Brown may not have produced eye-grabbing numbers at Oregon during his…

With the trade deadline looming, the never ending scramble to procure saves off of the waiver wire will be in full effect. Brandon Maurer changed teams on Monday with many more trades to ensue. Lost among all the rumors, Alex Claudio of the Rangers. Fantasy owners still remain tepid adding his predecessor this year, Sam Dyson despite pitching well in San Francisco and Claudio's not nearly as popular as Kyle Barraclough despite his recent performances. It's not always the splashy edition which wins fantasy titles, but the…

We’ve covered all the infield positions so far with my midseason dynasty rankings. Now we head to the outfield. Whatever you desire can be found at this position. Want a masher like Giancarlo Stanton or Aaron Judge? The outfield position has it. Maybe you have a thing for players with speed like Billy Hamilton or Starling Marte. Yep, the outfield has that too. This is also the position where the two top dogs in fantasy baseball roam on defense. From young emerging stars to aging veterans that still have something left in…

It has taken a while for sports to embrace advanced statistics. It really started in baseball when the book Moneyball came out in 2003. Moneyball was about the 2001 Oakland Athletics new approach to baseball where the GM Billy Beane would value players based on stats or sabermetrics rather than what scouts used to just look at players. Although Oakland still has never won a World Series, the Athletics’ went on to win 20 straight games at one point that year with this new method. Soon every team was following suit. Then…

The eternal reek of failure and mediocrity. *Holds envelope to forehead* What's that stench coming from the Mets' bullpen? Hi-yooooo. I've spent various parts of my weekend entrenched in amazement. Them amazin' Mets caught my eye late last week, and they've been feeding me spoonful after spoonful of false hope and warm porridge of encouragement. For a bullpen that holds the third highest ERA this season (4.92) you might think I'm a little loco when I suggest that there are some promising... okay, half promising,…

Welcome to this weeks' edition of the Monday Morning Sleeper. Last week I profiled a backup running back for the Bills, named Jonathan Williams, who should inherit the goal line work as the primary backup to LeSean McCoy. This week I will be profiling another running back who most fantasy managers know very well, who may be given the lead back duties for a large portion of this season, should his team's star running back be suspended. A Fantasy Football Sleeper is a player that is in a position to play beyond their…