Brian Reiff
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Fantasy Baseball Pitching Streamers: Week 4
We just passed the three-week mark of the 2018 season, and we can start to see some trends on the pitching side that are encouraging. Max Scherzer, Chris Sale, Corey Kluber, and Luis Severino are all in the top 10 ... → Read More
Fantasy Baseball Pitching Streamers: Week 3
Believe it or not, we’re almost already 10 percent of the way through the season. Of course, you know it’s still early when the Mets have the best record in baseball, but that’s how it stands right now. Fortunately for ... → Read More
Fantasy Baseball Pitching Streamers: Week 1
The 2018 season may not have started yet, but it’s never too early to start considering pitching streaming options. Perhaps you drafted Madison Bumgarner or Jeff Samardzija and need someone to take their spot in your lineup, or you’ve decided ... → Read More
Pitchers with ZEILE Projections Worse Than Their ADP
Last week, I wrote about pitchers who were being drafted later than their projections would have otherwise indicated. I determined this using two of FantasyPros’ resources: the consensus ADP and the ZEILE Projections. To determine the players, I took the ... → Read More
Pitchers with ZEILE Projections Better Than Their ADP
No matter what set of rankings you’re using for your draft, they’re only as good as the projections that drive them. Of course, there’s no way to know before the season whose projections are the most accurate, but fortunately, FantasyPros ... → Read More
Players to Target for Runs (Fantasy Baseball)
Runs are at the core of everything in baseball. Outcomes of games are determined by which team scores the most runs, but too often we concern ourselves more with who’s driving in the runs and less with who’s scoring the ... → Read More
Top Multi-Position Players (Fantasy Baseball)
The game of baseball is always changing. The biggest trend in the past few years has been the increasing number of line drives and fly balls, but another transformation has been taking place on the defensive side at the same ... → Read More
5 Unlucky Pitchers Poised to Bounce Back (Fantasy Baseball)
Last week, I wrote about five pitchers who had inflated ERAs in 2017. This was determined by comparing their ERAs to their Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP), which has been shown to be a better predictor of future performance than ERA ... → Read More
Top 5 Pitchers with Inflated ERAs (Fantasy Baseball)
Not all ERAs are created equal. If you’ve played fantasy baseball before-or know anything about how basic probability works-you know that a pitcher’s single-season ERA can be misleading. Two pitchers with the same ERA might have had vastly different seasons, ... → Read More
6 Players To Buy Low/Sell High
Last week, I highlighted some players who had unsustainably good or bad first-half performances. Since there have only been four days’ worth of games since then, I decided to do the same here. Listed are buy-low and sell-high candidates based ... → Read More
6 Players To Buy Low/Sell High
June is quickly fading away and with it the ability to make excuses for your team’s performance. Before now, if your team was struggling, you could tell yourself that it’s just been bad luck and that it’ll bounce back. Now, ... → Read More
7 Players to Buy Low/Sell High
As Memorial Day looms closer, it makes you realize how much baseball has already been played this year. Over 25 percent of the season has already passed us by, which makes you wonder where the time went but also provides ... → Read More
6 Player to Buy Low/Sell High (Fantasy Baseball)
Five weeks into the season, sample sizes are getting bigger, and what could be dismissed as a fluke earlier on is now a definitive trend. For example, the Yankees, to everyone’s dismay, are legit contenders. The Braves, to everyone’s expectation, ... → Read More
7 Players To Buy Low/Sell High (Fantasy Baseball)
With the xwOBA stat now publicly available on Baseball Savant, my job just became a whole lot easier. If you don’t know what that is, here’s the long version. Essentially, the stat looks at exit velocity and launch angle for ... → Read More
6 Players to Buy Low/Sell High
Now that we’re into the fourth week of the regular season, things are finally starting to stabilize. The Cubs are back atop the NL Central, the Astros have the largest division lead of any team, and the Braves hold claim ... → Read More
7 Players to Buy Low/Sell High
As we enter the second week of the 2017 MLB season, there are tangible standings to look at for the first time. This leads to concern for some owners, and they may overreact to a poor performance in a certain ... → Read More
Lance McCullers Profile (Fantasy Baseball)
Pop quiz: Which starter with at least 50 IP led the AL in strikeout percentage last year? If you said Lance McCullers, you get an A+ for reading the title, but the answer was actually Yu Darvish. McCullers ranked second ... → Read More