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Nick Castellanos, 3B Tigers [Video]

Join or start a fantasy baseball league at Fantrax today! Keeper, dynasty, re-draft. Fully customizable. A+ customer service. Play for free! The Baseball Show presents our pre-season video Draft Guide. Individual player breakdowns to help you know who to draft, and who to avoid in 2018. Here is a look at Tigers' slugger Nick Castellanos. Subscribe to the channel, and watch The Baseball Show on Fantrax every week, for up to the minute player coverage. For more on Castellanos, check out Keith Farnsworth's 2018…

Darvish on the Cubs? Yu Better Believe It

Better late than never? After an off-season quiet enough to appease a grouchy librarian, the Chicago Cubs finally grabbed the top-of-the-rotation arm they needed by signing Yu Darvish this afternoon to a six-year, $126 million contract. Darvish can actually earn up to 150 million overall by hitting performance and playing time thresholds during the life of the contract. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/962414455836626945 The Cubs desperately needed an arm like Darvish on their staff. Before the signing, it was…

Fantrax Staff Debate: Brian Dozier vs. Dee Gordon

One of the most enjoyable parts of fantasy sports in debating which players are better than others. We've all done it. You're hanging out with some friends, probably enjoying a beer or two, and you get into a long discussion over which player is better than another one. Sometimes it might get heated, but that's okay. We aren't all going to agree on every single player. That would make fantasy leagues incredibly boring. The same can be said here at Fantrax. We have a great group of writers and podcasters (that might not be…

2018 Player Profile: J.P. Crawford

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 this year. This week, a top shortstop prospect whose fantasy stock has plummeted in recent years, but who remains of some interest as a deep-league sleeper. J.P. Crawford, Philadelphia Phillies 2017 statistics (Triple-A): .243/.351/.405, 15 HR, 75 R, 63 RBI, 5 SB General Overview Crawford has garnered…

The Baseball Show, S2.E10 Ben Badler [Video]

Another week and another huge guest joins us on The Baseball Show. This week we welcome Ben Badler (@BenBadler) of Baseball America, who is quite arguably the foremost authority on international prospects. For over a decade now, he has been scouting international players all over the globe and has been a big part of why the July 2nd signing day has grown in popularity. He joined us to tell us about his start in the industry, some historical eyewitness accounts, and what to know about the most recent 2017 J2 class. The…