Archive for Featured

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1324 – News and FAAB

7/28/24

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

Follow us on Twitter

Read the rest of this entry »


FAAB & Waiver Wire Report (Week 18)

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »


Big Kid Adds (Week 17)

While the NFBC Main Event garners most of the attention, there are a handful of leagues with even a larger entry fee ($2.5K to $15K). They were originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and there are ten of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers try to gain any advantage. Most of the time, these managers will be a week or two ahead of everyone else on their adds. Here are the players and some information on the ones added in five or more leagues. Read the rest of this entry »


Lineup Analysis (7/27/24)

Note: I know that the information here could be dated the minute it gets published because of a trade. This will be one weekend to track the news and overreact to weekend lineups.

American League

Angels

• They have too many guys at second, third, and designated hitter with one of Luis Rengifo, Brandon Drury, Anthony Rendon, and Willie Calhoun sitting each game.

Mickey Moniak has started in 15 of 16 games in centerfield. Read the rest of this entry »


The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1323 – 2-Start Pitchers + Arozarena Trade Fallout

7/26/24

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

Follow us on Twitter

PATREON

INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

Read the rest of this entry »


Beat the Shift Podcast – Mid-Season Episode w/ Howard Bender

The Mid-season episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Howard Bender

LABR Update

1st Half Awards

  • Biggest stories of the first half
  • Fantasy MVP Hitter
  • Fantasy MVP Pitcher
  • Fantasy MVP Rookie
  • Fantasy Biggest Bust

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

Strategy Section

  • Which roto categories have the highest ability to move in the second half of the season?
  • Which roto categories are the hardest to move in the second half of the season?

2nd Half Players

  • Which players will tail off / regress in the second half of the season?
  • Which players will heat up in the second half of the season?

Waiver Wire

Pitcher Preview

Injury Update

Read the rest of this entry »


Roto Riteup: July 26, 2024

Cool to see him get redemption:

Read the rest of this entry »


Starting Pitcher Chart – July 26th, 2024

Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports

I’ll get a new SP rankings update out shortly after the Trade Deadline. Should be able to turn it around by the end of next week. The deadline is on Tuesday the 30th this year. Nick Pollack and I will be live during Deadline Day analyzing the fantasy impact of the deals.

Details:


Read the rest of this entry »


The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1322 –Main Event June FAAB Review

7/24/24

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

Follow us on Twitter

PATREON

JUNE FAAB REVIEW

2-June

Read the rest of this entry »


Starting Pitcher Chart – July 24th, 2024

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below!


Read the rest of this entry »