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When trying to construct our fantasy teams, we are always looking for a bargain. Sometimes that means we are targeting young players who might make their debut, and sometimes that means we are targeting players who struggled the year prior that just might return to prominence. The inclusion of the Comeback Player of the Year award reinforces this concept and seeks to recognize the MLB talent that has overcome either injuries or poor performance. Sometimes minor league failures and numbers don't tell the whole story, just…

Ah, prospects. One of, if not the most exciting things about dynasty baseball, is drafting a young player and watching him develop over the years. We all salivate over a player with 80-grade power like Eloy Jimenez, but there is always a wide range of outcomes when following a prospect’s career. Sometimes it works out and you have the next Bryce Harper on your hands, sometimes it doesn’t work out like with Mark Appel, and sometimes it just takes a while to get there like with Byron Buxton.And while there are always…

After six seasons with the Angels, Mariners, and Diamondbacks, Chris Iannetta is back where his career started. Iannetta spent the first six years of his career with the Colorado Rockies and had some moderate success. In each season that he had 200+ at-bats, Iannetta bopped at least 14 home runs and drove in at least 52 runners. I know those numbers don’t exactly stand out, but those were serviceable for a catcher at the time.Whether it’s juiced baseballs or not, offense is on the rise across baseball, and that includes…

Man, does Jerry Dipoto love to make trades or what? In what seems like his 463rd trade in his short tenure as the Mariners GM, he acquired speedster Dee Gordon and one million dollars in international slot money from the Miami Marlins for three minor leaguers that we'll get into later. This trade has two significant fantasy impacts. First, obviously, is Gordon, who is arguably the top stolen base threat in the majors.In three of the last four seasons, Gordon has led the National League in stolen bases and was on base to…

Is there anything better in fantasy baseball than the element of the unknown? When a player dominates in a foreign country, like Cuba or Japan, and wants to come to MLB, it creates a ton of intrigue on how good can that player can be in the majors. Some have come over and had very successful careers, like Ichiro, Jose Abreu, Yu Darvish, Hiroki Kuroda, etc. Others, such as Hideki Irabu and Daisuke Matsuzaka, haven’t fared as well and had shorter, unproductive careers. This year, Shohei Ohtani, the most hyped prospect, perhaps…