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Baseball Vortex: Joey Votto, Stephen Strasburg, and Adam Eaton

The following are quick summaries of a few charts I posted and retweeted on Twitter recently. LEADING OFF The motivation for the following chart came from a discussion about Joey Votto, the polarizing first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. Polarizing because many people will agree that he has a unique talent, but does not alway deliver […]

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups Week of 6/29/15

In every fantasy sport, playing the waiver wire is as important to long-term success as a solid draft. Fantasy baseball, in particular, contains an unprecedented amount of league scoring settings, ranging from rotisserie to head-to-head with subsets for each. Still, the large pool of players generally allows for midseason acquisitions that can help bolster any roster. […]

Week 23 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Nova, Wacha, Torres

Yankees SP Ivan Nova

It’s playoff season and smart fantasy owners are tweaking furiously to fill their holes before the big first-round matchup. At this point in the season, it’s important to zero in on the positions you’re weakest at and the positions you’re strongest at. By finding the positions you’re strongest in, you free yourself up to drop […]

Week 22 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Stock Market: Walker, Torres, Eaton

Mariners SP Taijuan Walker

Another week, another top Mariners pitching prospect getting the call to the Bigs. This week it’s #5 top prospect in the league, Taijuan Walker. Seattle has a ton of good looking pitcher in the minors yet they’ve had a tough time bringing up their top guys all season. Brandon Maurer won a job out of […]

Fantasy Baseball Word Problems: Question 3

For question number one, we tried helping Bob acquire a free agent pitcher who can strike out a lot of pitchers but not hurt his ERA. for question number two, Will Ing needed help finding a spot starter in his daily league. For the next question we switch it up to offense as we try […]

Week 16 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Danny Salazar, Chris Archer, Darin Ruf

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Danny Salazar

It’s an exciting All-Star Week in baseball land but a quiet week in fantasy baseball. No one checks their teams until Wednesday or Thursday which makes these next couple of days a great opportunity to snatch a great get while no one’s looking. They may not be in Tuesday’s game but let’s take a look […]