Masahiro Tanaka

With a couple of weeks of the season now in the books, some early-season performances can start to become meaningful predictors for the rest of a player’s season. While we have not quite hit the stabilization point for most batted-ball statistics, trends are beginning to emerge which may be predictive of the player’s future results. In this edition, one of the league’s hottest hitters, one of its coldest pitchers, and a post-hype prospect who is showing some signs of offensive maturation. Jed Lowrie, 2B, Oakland A's Lowrie…

Mother nature has certainly not been kind to baseball so far this season. As of Friday (4/20), there have been four games postponed, with more rain in the forecast this weekend. Weather obviously plays a big role in trying to predict two-start pitchers, as games aren't always made up the next day. Nonetheless, I'm going to try to do it anyway, though keep in mind that these are subject to change.*As always, keep in mind that these are the probable two-start pitchers as of Friday, April 20 and are subject to change. …

What an eventful week it was for fantasy baseball. Weather, injuries, and brawls all played a role in many of the games. All of those occurrences will effect this week's starting pitchers, as make-up games, rotation shakeups, and suspensions are on the horizon if not already in motion. That being said, there are still plenty of solid two-start options out there. Keep the usual factors in mind when planning your week in fantasy.*As always, keep in mind that these are the probable two-start pitchers as of Friday, April 13…

As Statcast data becomes more commonplace in fantasy baseball analysis, we decided to roll out a new weekly series to dig specifically into these metrics and try to uncover helpful trends for fantasy owners. With the season starting this Thursday, March 29, this introductory article will highlight the key themes you will see each week and offer a few nuggets for players I am keeping a close eye on heading into the 2018 season.The headers below will be the repeating sections we explore each week. I anticipate the scope…

When I wrote my sleepers column a couple of weeks back, I had yet to begin most of my drafts, but figured I would be targeting the potential bargains I wrote about frequently. Now that many of my drafts are in progress or have been completed, it turns out I own every single player featured in the column on at least one of my teams, with several players finding homes on more than one of my teams.Yet there are other players who are repeatedly popping up on my rosters and draft queues, even though I did not go out and…