Gary Sanchez Archives

Fantasy Baseball: Why You Should Play Salary-Cap Challenge Games

Thousands of teams signed up on Fantrax last year to play a wide variety of draft leagues, with even more expected to play this season. Leagues are filling up every day, and countless fantasy players will spend the next two months analyzing Average Draft Position (ADP) trends and hoping against hoping that they get the chance to own Mike Trout or Jose Altuve. I have a bit of advice for these people: You're doing it all wrong! You need to give the one of the salary cap challenge leagues a try. Join or start a fantasy…

Dynasty Dugout: Catcher Dynasty/Keeper Rankings

Don’t get me wrong, yearly re-draft leagues are fun and all, but dynasty/keeper leagues are where things can get really interesting. The season is never over in a dynasty league. If you fall out of the playoff hunt, you start preparing for next season. Making trades, stockpiling draft picks, whatever it takes to get your team back into contention.We start these dynasty rankings with the hardest position to find longterm production. The catcher position might not be what it used to be in the Pudge and Piazza days, but…

The Baseball Show, S2.E10 Ben Badler [Video]

Another week and another huge guest joins us on The Baseball Show. This week we welcome Ben Badler (@BenBadler) of Baseball America, who is quite arguably the foremost authority on international prospects. For over a decade now, he has been scouting international players all over the globe and has been a big part of why the July 2nd signing day has grown in popularity. He joined us to tell us about his start in the industry, some historical eyewitness accounts, and what to know about the most recent 2017 J2 class. The…

Flash Forward: Gary Sanchez

The Flash Forward series takes a long-term look at a new young player each week, projecting the type of player they'll be five years from now. Superstar catchers are hard to come by as far as fantasy baseball is concerned. There really isn’t a catcher, not named Buster Posey, who has been a consistent fantasy stud year in and year out. Five years down the line, there’s a good chance we’ll be thinking of Gary Sanchez the same way we think of Posey. Sanchez already has a season and a half under his belt, and I expect a lot…

2018 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catcher

Is it ever too early to think about the 2018 fantasy baseball season? It’s already almost December, and before we know it, draft season will be in full swing. Over the next month or so, we’re going to rank every position for the 2018 fantasy baseball season, starting with the catcher position.I know, catcher is usually the most boring position to draft. Most people see the list of available catchers and run like they’re trying to avoid the plague. Outside of the top six to eight options, the position dries up really…