Charlie Morton

Each week, I have taken a look at ownership percentages to highlight players who should be considered for potential New Player Claims in Fantrax’s Bronze Points Salary Cap Challenge game. This week, I am also going to add total points into the mix. Please note that using total points rather than points per game will eliminate players like J.T. Realmuto and Yuri Gurriel from the equation. But I still prefer total points for now because points per game is still such a fluid metric at this juncture in the young season. On April…

It is hard to believe we are already on the verge of entering Period 5 in the Fantrax Bronze Points Salary Cap Challenge game. And yet, barely 10% of all games have been played. That’s partly because there have been roughly a thousand postponements thus far, but it does remind us that it is still very early in the 2018 baseball season. Having said that, I think we do have enough data to look not only at the most popular players, but the most popular players among Top 100 teams. Having an idea of who the teams higher up in…

Finally, the wait is over. Major League Baseball is here, and I for one, could not be happier. A new season brings new beginnings. It brings a fresh start and 162 chances for a team to write their story. For us fantasy crazies, records are set to 0-0, hopes are high, and everyone has their eyes set on that championship trophy. For the next 23 weeks or so, depending on your league, I will be giving a break down of two-start pitchers for each week. Two-start pitchers are incredibly important to fantasy owners, especially those…

As Statcast data becomes more commonplace in fantasy baseball analysis, we decided to roll out a new weekly series to dig specifically into these metrics and try to uncover helpful trends for fantasy owners. With the season starting this Thursday, March 29, this introductory article will highlight the key themes you will see each week and offer a few nuggets for players I am keeping a close eye on heading into the 2018 season.The headers below will be the repeating sections we explore each week. I anticipate the scope…

March is here, and that can only mean two things: Draft season starts now, and Tim Tebow is making headlines … again. I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t include Tim Tebow in any of my baseball writing. As draft day approaches, I regret to inform everyone that I’ve broken that promise.“It’s a game,” Tebow says. “At the end of the day, that’s all it is, is a game. It doesn’t make you any better or any worse than anybody else. So by winning a game, you’re no better. By losing a game, you’re no worse.”I’d…