Josh Reddick

The last few rounds of standard fantasy drafts are where things get interesting. Anyone can draft Mike Trout first overall. However, that's not how fantasy championships are won. The real difference makers are the sleepers and upside picks you make in the tail end of your draft that pan out and provide major value for your squad.  Some call these picks, "lottery tickets." I call them, "championship tickets."Over the last couple of weeks, we've ranked the top-50 fantasy outfielders for the 2018 season. Now, we finish up…

It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…

If you have Pittsburgh Pirates' outfielder Starling Marte or lefty starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner on your roster, take a depth breath and seriously consider your options before you panic.  Both of them have completely different circumstances.  Marte has been suspended for 80 games due to him testing positive for PEDs.  No leagues have spots to stash suspended players, so your options are to clog up your roster with Marte, try to deal him or simply cut him.  Bumgarner hurt his shoulder in a dirt bike accident and their is…

MLB Fantasy Injury Impact for Week 2 A lot if injuries happened in Week #1 that will effect Week #2 of the Fantasy Baseball season.  Here is a look at the most notable ones:Trea Turner, Washington Nationals - 23-year old righty swinging SS Trea Turner burst onto the scene last year for the Nationals!  He played in 73 games for the Nationals last year and he was 105 of 307 (.342 avg., .937 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 13 homers, 40 RBI, and 33 stolen bases.  The blend of speed and power he displayed last year had a lot of…