Trea Turner

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…

With the fantasy baseball season underway, it's a good time to take a look at players that are usually overvalued. Last week, Stephen Strasburg and Billy Hamilton were profiled as the two most overrated players in all of baseball. Today, we dive deeper and profile seven more players who are overvalued.1. Joey Votto, 1st Base, Cincinnati Reds - Joey Votto is an incredibly talented hitter with an elite batting eye. That statement might lead some to wonder “Well, than why is he being mentioned in this article?” The short…

MLB Fantasy Injury Impact for Week 2 A lot if injuries happened in Week #1 that will effect Week #2 of the Fantasy Baseball season.  Here is a look at the most notable ones:Trea Turner, Washington Nationals - 23-year old righty swinging SS Trea Turner burst onto the scene last year for the Nationals!  He played in 73 games for the Nationals last year and he was 105 of 307 (.342 avg., .937 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 13 homers, 40 RBI, and 33 stolen bases.  The blend of speed and power he displayed last year had a lot of…