Cleveland Indians

With the 2017 season now officially in the rearview mirror, and with the Houston Astros first-time champions, we turn our attention to the 2018 fantasy baseball season. Each week, I will be evaluating one player’s stock for next year. This week, a starting pitcher whose reputation has never quite lived up to his track record of stuff and results. Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland Indians 2017 statistics: 32 GS, 200 IP, 18 wins, 3.29 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 226 Ks, 3.10 FIP General Overview Among qualified starting pitchers over the…

Last week in the Fantrax top-10, we profiled 10 pitchers that could be affordable targets for your fantasy squad. This week we switch back to real life and look at the top World Series contenders this season. You know the old saying, “Pitching and defense win championships.” When I was a youngster, I disagreed with that notion. My eight-year-old brain would think, “Well, you need to score runs to win games!” This might have been because I was eight during the infamous 1998 home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy…

It's easy to overlook a player like Jose Ramirez of the Indians. He's not a prolific power hitter, and seems like a part of the Indians success while not garnering headlines like Aaron Judge or Cody Bellinger this year. Yet, at the All-Star break, Ramirez finds himself ranked 14th overall, according to the ESPN Player Rater. While the rankings on ESPN can be flawed, his present status means the perception of Ramirez being a valuable "real-life" player over a fantasy one is misguided. Taking a five part look at his season to…

It's never too early to predict which teams and players will be the best at the end of the baseball season. Can the Chicago Cubs repeat? Are the Colorado Rockies for real? How long can Aaron Judge keep this up? The next four months of baseball will answer these questions. After observing these first 50 games or so, this is how the playoffs and player awards could end up in October and November. American League Division Winners East- Boston Red Sox Central- Cleveland Indians West- Houston Astros As much as we all love…

This is a list of MiLB players who should get called up (sooner or later) at some point this season and more importantly, could help your fantasy team out. Some of them you know, some of them you’ve heard of, some of them are long shots and some are relative unknowns. So, here we go... MiLB Players Watch-List: NL Central MiLB Players Watch-List: NL West MiLB Players Watch-List: AL West MiLB Players Watch-List: NL East AL CENTRAL Chicago White Sox 1. Yoan Moncada 2B/3B I’ll commence with the most obvious…