MLB Fantasy

This week's MLB Fantasy list is rather long with some repeat players from last week's list. Due in large part to all the rainouts from week four. Part of planning 2 start pitchers is taking into account that possibility. Though it isn't perfect science, it is something to consider. When choosing a pitcher you must ask yourself if you can afford to live with only one start if forced to miss one. All that said, there are some really great match-ups this week with several top notch starters going twice. We could see some really…

As the final week of the first month of the '17 season winds down we should begin to evaluate what we have witnessed here in the last 30 days. There is an old cliche in baseball that I'm not sure who gets credit for coining, but it goes something like, "Championships aren't won in April, but they can be lost". Meaning you can dig yourself such a large hole in the beginning of the season you may just not be able to get out of it. Which in fact can be a direct contradiction of another favorite quote, "The season is a marathon…

Last year the New York Yankees did something they haven't done in over a decade, they were sellers at the deadline. With that in mind, the Yankees traded away big names like Carlos Beltran, Aroldis Chapman, and Andrew Miller. The surprise of these trades was at the time New York still had a chance of making the Wild Card spot, they had a record of 50-48 and were only 4 1/2 games out of the last Wild Card spot and they always sat at the buyer's table. However, insiders and Brian Cashman knew that the Yankees, even if they…

Here we are back to look over our 2 start pitchers for week 4. There seems to be quite a precipitous drop from the top suspected performers and those at the bottom. Even in the very deepest of leagues, I can not in good conscience recommend some of these pitchers based on their current play or upcoming match-ups. Now that we are almost through the first month I believe some of these performances will start coming back to the norm, good or bad.As in previous weeks, I'll tier these groups and offer insight on any hidden…

It's always interesting to look at the ownership charts in the first couple of weeks of a season to see who fantasy owners are clamoring for and those who they are dumping on the waiver wires. At some point, someone will discuss the panic issue among fantasy owners, but it is still interesting to see who is climbing up or down the ownership charts on the major fantasy sites, including the leagues here at Fantrax. Here are some of the names that are showing up on these lists. RISING STARS Mark Reynolds, 1b, Colorado Rockies…