Thursday, May 24, 2018 – Fantasy Baseball Links
May 24, 2018
- Razzball.com offers the names of players that could possibly be of interest to those in AL-only, NL-only, or other deep fantasy baseball leagues.
- RotoBaller.com looks at the prospects recently promoted to the Majors and their chances of providing fantasy value in2018 and beyond.
- FanGraphs.com names ten widely available starting pitchers to add to your fantasy rosters.
Razzball.com checks in on some of the top prospects in the Minor Leagues including recently promoted Angel Jo Adell.
- David Fletcher and Austin Riley have been feasting at Triple-A, building strong cases for summer promotions. Yahoo.com discusses those two, as well as the usual suspects in this week’s Farm Report.
- PitcherList.com explores and evaluates both offensive and defensive catching metrics to emphasize the best catcher in baseball.
- TheDynastyGuru.com warns fantasy owners not to overreact to small sample sizes.
- Razzball.com looks at some of the most added and dropped players from the past week to determine whether they are trash or treasure.
- Looking to fill some holes in your fantasy baseball lineups? ESPN.com uncovers the best free agents to pick up right now.
- Gotten burned by starting pitchers and looking to make up ground in ERA and WHIP? CBSSport.com has a list of relievers who can help you the most.
NumberFire.com helps you get your DFS lineups ready for a small Thursday slate by naming three under-the-radar players, three players to avoid, three studs to target, and three value plays.
- Rotoworld.com discusses Aaron Hicks‘ recent surge at the plate and a number of closer situations in this week’s Waiver Wired.
- Wonder how the draft would look today? CBSSports.com assesses the changing fantasy baseball landscape and tests whether we would approach the high-end players any differently.
- Miles Mikolas hadn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2014 before signing with the Cardinals this year. So how has he become one of the NL’s most effective starters? SI.com takes a look.
- With Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout getting all of the headlines in Los Angeles, FantasySixPack.net reminds fantasy owners that Justin Upton and Andrelton Simmons are producing too.
- FantraxHQ.com provides MLB injury updates for all the players fantasy owners are worried about.
- Should we be buying the Nick Pivetta breakout? Rotoprofessor.com offers their take on the Philly right-hander.
- RotoBaller.com updates their tiered starting pitcher rankings for the rest of the season.
- PitcherList.com takes a look at some big offensive performances from Wednesday including a slugfest in Arlington and extra innings in Cincinnati.
- PitcherList.com reviews every single starting pitcher’s performance from Wednesday’s games.
- Rotoworld.com talks fallout from the Raisel Iglesias injury, Welington Castillo‘s 80-game ban and Marcell Ozuna‘s snooze button in Thursday’s Daily Dose.
- Razzball.com offers their unique take on everything that happened in baseball on Wednesday including thoughts on a wild game between the Rangers and Yankees.
- Rotoprofessor.com scours the box scores to find the ten most important stories from Wednesday baseball.
- Rotoprofessor.com discusses the many save opportunities from Wednesday, some successful, some not, in their daily bullpen report.
TheDynastyGuru.com identifies the top dynasty prospects ready to be selected in the 2018 Amateur Draft next month.
- Both Nick Gordon and Jo Adell have earned Minor League promotions. Has their outlook changed? Rotoprofessor.com offers their thoughts.
- 2018 Baseball Prospect Rankings: FanGraphs.com ranks the top 43 prospects in the San Diego Padres farm system.
- RotoExperts.com wonders if Reds starter Matt Harvey is becoming fantasy-relevant.
Prepare your fantasy baseball lineups with confidence with ESPN.com daily preview, including pitcher projections, hitter matchup ratings and recommended players to pick and stream for Thursday’s games.
- FantasyAssembly.com identifies three players whose value is on the rise and three that are fading fast.
- Are Tyler O’Neill and Juan Soto fantasy champs or chumps? RotoBaller.com offers their thoughts.
- RotoExperts.com thinks you should be fielding offers for Juan Soto while his value is sky high. In addition, they identify some other prospects in the Majors you should be adding.
- Looking to make a trade? CBSSports.com will tell you who to target as they update their top 250 overall roto trade values.
- The advent of Major League Baseball’s Statcast tool a few years ago has provided new statistical measures that can be applied to how we evaluate player performance. USAToday.com names a player at every position to target based on Statcast metrics.
- Marcus Semien is currently a top-10 shortstop on the Player Rater, but can he keep that pace up over the course of the entire season? ESPN.com experts take a closer look at Oakland’s power-hitting infielder.
DailyFantasySportsRankings.com names players at every position to help you craft the perfect DFS lineup.
RotoBaller.com names the best DFS options for both DraftKings and FanDuel contests.
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