Eduardo Rodriguez

With a couple of weeks of the season now in the books, some early-season performances can start to become meaningful predictors for the rest of a player’s season. While we have not quite hit the stabilization point for most batted-ball statistics, trends are beginning to emerge which may be predictive of the player’s future results. Today, we highlight three mid-20s players with varying levels of certainty regarding their early-season performances. Mitch Haniger, Seattle Mariners Haniger entered the season projected as a…

This gets said most seasons, but starting pitching is incredibly deep. Between safe veteran options and up-and-coming young flamethrowers, there's a little bit of everything in this part of the rankings.I've always preached the depth of pitching while filling out your roster. It's certainly important to grab some top-tier arms, but filling out your pitching staff with strong late-round options can pay big dividends. And this year, the late-round options you'll find below are quite intriguing. Included are several…

Welcome back to fantasy baseball and our outlook on proposed two-start pitchers! To me, the MLB four-day All-Star break always feels like about a month off from fantasy baseball. Save for a few dynasty leagues with mid-season prospect drafts or a random trade offer here or there, activity is pretty minimal for those off days. So needless to say, I am pretty excited to get back to business as usual!Since we are coming off the break, this week is a little incomplete and somewhat tumultuous in terms of guaranteed starts as…

In last week’s Fantrax top-10, we listed 10 affordable players that could give your team a speed boost. This week we switch to some affordable pitchers that could make a difference for your fantasy squad in the second half of the season.Pitching is a whole different animal in the fantasy world. If one hitter has an 0-for-5 night, no big deal. It won’t hurt your team too much. However, if one of your starters gets shelled to the tune of nine earned runs over two innings, that’s going to be tough to come back from in…

Last week was all about the outfielders in Dynasty Dugout. This week we switch away from offense and take a look at the players designed to limit it. You'll always have the truly elite pitchers that dominate each year, but there are a lot of pitchers who trend up and down each season. Trending Up Eduardo Rodriguez, Boston Red SoxEver since Chris Sale arrived in Boston, Rodriguez has become a different pitcher. He’s working at a much quicker pace (similar to Sale) and really attacking hitters. Through 10 appearances…