Giancarlo Stanton

It’s finally official. The Marlins have traded Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees for Starlin Casto and two prospects. The Yankees are taking on $265 million of the $295 million still owed to Stanton over the next 11 seasons. One of the league’s best players joins its marquee team. There are many moving pieces here, with many players seeing their fantasy values adjusted. With so many interconnected parts to discuss, I’ll start the discussion with Stanton.The 28-year-old moves from a great 2017 situation where the Marlins…

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…

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…