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There is a big reason that pitchers tend to be more injury prone than their offensive brethren. Pitching is by far the least natural motion that a baseball player can do with the human body, second only to an exaggerated eye-roll once an umpire makes a mistake. Our ancestors may have thrown spears to hunt, but they didn’t do it hundreds of times in an hour and they certainly didn’t do it with a cylindrical rock either. It’s because of the limitations of the human body as well as changing trends in the game that pitchers now…

Are defensive shifts killing baseball? The numbers say...

Van Lee tries to predict the short-term fantasy future for three young pitchers.

Matt Carpenter is sizzling... Is he about to fizzle?

With Manny Machado all but on his way out of Baltimore, the hot stove is really kicking into gear. Every season it seems the first major trade to occur tends to open the floodgates and we see multiple players find themselves calling a new team home. This season shouldn’t be an exception with tons of teams still in the playoff hunt and searching for help. So today we’re going to try and predict the landing spot of some top trade deadline candidates.Obviously this is just pure speculation at this point, but most of these…

Are there points for the taking in the saves category? Van Lee helps put some closer targets in your sites for the second half.

Van Lee wallows in the misery of MLB's 2018 First Half Anti-All-Star team.

Van Lee is buying low on a Rockies pitcher due for positive regression.

Van Lee clues us in on a few buy-low hitters who could rescue your fantasy baseball season.

Did you bypass the elite starting pitchers in this year's draft? Van Lee breaks down four members of the second tier of the starting pitcher rankings.