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Welcome to the first installment of my weekly "Overvalued and Undervalued" column. Each week, I will go position by position to help you find value and avoid some potential pitfalls as draft season approaches. For these articles, I will be using the average draft position (ADP) at fantasyfootballcalculator.com to get a baseline for where players are currently going in drafts. Please note that league format (including league size, scoring system, roster configuration, methods of acquiring players in-season, etc.) may…

Draft day is the most anticipated event in all of fantasy sports. Draft prep takes quite a bit of work, and most owners will go into the draft with a plan in place and a few players "up their sleeve." While it all may look good on paper, one can never really predict how the real players will perform. With the excitement of every breakout performance, there are equally frustrating bouts of ineffectiveness or prolonged slumps that will torpedo a fantasy team. Add to that the new 10-day DL and what looked good on paper in late…

Last week in Dynasty Dugout, we ranked the top 50 fantasy baseball prospects. This week we begin our mid-season rankings for keeper and dynasty leagues.Third base is full of great options and intriguing top prospects. The studs are still holding down the top of these rankings, but there are several new additions to the top 10. Between the new emerging stars and aging former stars, there has been plenty of movement at this position this season. For 1st base rankings, click here.Rank Player Age Team…

The incentive to draft a running back this fantasy football season is simple: do so early, or else you're going to struggle.Yeah, things are desperate this season, at least that's what we're being told, anyway. Fantasy owners go through pre-draft strategies faster than ESPN goes through employees. Zing! But no, seriously, each year there seems to be some new strategy to live by, and if we're not being told to draft a wide receiver first, we're being lectured on the importance of snapping up a running back post-haste.…

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…