Baseball

Welcome to the second half of my series on Brooks Baseball and how it can make you a better fantasy baseball player! In Part One, we looked at how we can use the site to better analyze pitchers, and today we move on to the hitters. While I certainly use Brooks more for pitchers, it can be a very beneficial tool for hitters, too. You can learn a great deal about their strengths, weaknesses, and trends.The Super Bowl is history and it's time to start thinking fantasy baseball. Leagues are already forming at…

Fire - Brandon Nimmo Brandon Nimmo has long been a fan favorite simply because of his name. "Finding Nimmo" was the name of about 50% of all fantasy teams a couple years back. However, after the initial novelty wore off, owners realized there isn't a ton to love. Nimmo had just six homers and two steals over an even 100 games between 2016-17. Trying to get category juice out of Nimmo was like trying to juice a banana. Don't think about that too much. His primary calling card was there already, however — a .367 on-base…

Fire - Jesus Aguilar It's taken a lengthy DL stint for Eric Thames and another shorter stint from Ryan Braun, but here we are. Full-time at-bats for Jesus Aguilar! Of course, Braun has already weaseled his way back into the lineup, but manager Craig Counsell suggested recently that Aguilar will continue to see full-time work at first base despite Braun's return. Not only that, but he indicated that Aguilar could continue to hit in the three hole for the Brewers, where he has been since mid-May. Not a bad spot to be when…

Now that we are a fourth of the way through the season, it's a good time to evaluate lesser known names who have performed far better than anticipated. Most of these guys are players you can find on the waiver wire, though some are only worthy of monitoring as the season continues. They are all playing at a level that was unexpected in the preseason, so let's take a look. Waiver Wire Watch: C.J. Cron – 1B/DH, Tampa Bay Rays The former Angel is finally getting an opportunity to play full-time in Tampa and he is absolutely…

Fire - Travis Jankowski First things first: respect the wonderful flowing locks of Travis Jankowski. Second: it's Jank-owski, not Jani-kowski, like the 40-year-old NFL kicker Sebastian Janikowski. No relation. Not even the same name. Looking at them, you'd be hard pressed to mix them up as well. They go to vastly different barbers. As much as I've enjoyed the career of Janikowski, who I lovingly refer to as Sea Bass, it's fantasy baseball that I truly love and Travis Jankowski is a man after my very heart.I was…