Sean Newcomb

With more than a month 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, two former top prospects (Kansas City's Jorge Soler and Atlanta's Sean Newcomb) are enjoying strong starts to the season. Jorge Soler, OF, Kansas City Royals Coming off a miserable 2017 MLB…

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…

Happy Independence Day Weekend to everyone out there! I hope you are having a safe and relaxing holiday weekend and, if possible, taking in a baseball game or two! With all of the festivities, family get-togethers, and vacation commitments, don't forget to set your fantasy roster. It has been known to happen to the best of us during busy summer weekends like these! This week doesn't give us many sure thing two-start pitchers, but we are afforded an abundance of good options in the middle tiers. In fact, the least…

In part 5 of my MiLB watch-list, I’ll take a look at the NL East. MiLB Players Watch-List: NL Central MiLB Players Watch-List: NL West MiLB Players Watch-List: AL Central  MiLB Players Watch-List: AL West MiLB Players Watch-List: AL East NL EAST Atlanta Braves Before I start I just have to say that the Braves farm system is loaded with young pitching. Their future on that front is very very bright. 1. Ozhaino ‘Ozzie’ Albies SS/2B And after saying that, of course, I’ll start with a hitter. It’s…