Adam Young's Articles

It’s been nearly one full month of the fantasy baseball season. Injuries are piling up. Prospect FOMO is in full effect. I’m already regretting my Matt Chapman fade but celebrating my cheap Jarred Kelenic/Josh Lowe shares.   Sample sizes are hefty enough that we can start labeling certain categories as “strengths” or “weaknesses.” Many of […]

The first few weeks of the fantasy baseball season have finally concluded. That means the emotional roller coaster has likely zipped around the tracks several times, perhaps resulting in derailment and/or loss of limbs if you got out to a poor start.   Not to worry, even the most seasoned fantasy baseball players let emotions […]

Welcome to the debut of my biweekly fantasy baseball column, “Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory.” Baseball is, and always has been a game of numbers. And when numbers are involved, things can get – well, intimidating.   Math isn’t for everyone. Everyone knows the answer to 2+2, but not every fantasy baseball player knows […]

Last week, I wrote a long-winded intro about my days as a chess player. In chess, there are three stages of the game. There’s an opening, the middle game and the end game (preferably, a checkmate). Instead of writing another intro for Part 2 of this series, I’ve decided to give you the CliffsNotes version […]

My dad taught me to play chess when I was 3 years old. By the time I was in middle school, I was a top-10 ranked player in the state of New Jersey. I know what you’re thinking. NERD!   Fortunately, my target audience here is a large group of fantasy baseball players. So jokes […]

A few months back, I was just trying to kill time before a Thursday Night Football game.    I flipped on an episode of The Simpsons hoping to put my mind on autopilot while I finished up dinner and checked my fantasy lineups. I wasn’t expected to be blown away with a 23-minute masterpiece. Since baseball […]

Be bold. I’m sure you’ve heard that advice before. Going outside your comfort zone is a necessary skill to have in this cut-throat world. Taking risks is the only way you’ll ever hit it big. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.   These are all cliches people use to encourage you to […]

Last week, I went through some players to avoid in fantasy baseball head-to-head points leagues. We’ve identified the landmines. Now is the exciting part. Who should we draft? Today, I’m going to walk you through players who are more valuable in the H2H points league formats. It’s extremely important to identify these players before you […]

Last week, I went through some General Strategies for fantasy baseball head-to-head points leagues. Now we move on to Part 2 of the series below.   I know, I know, attention spans are short. You want instant gratification. You want me to tell you “Draft Player A and don’t draft Player B.” We’ll get to that, […]

Life was different back in 2007. Justin Timberlake’s “What Goes Around Comes Around” and Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” littered the Billboard Top 100 Singles list. Shrek the Third and Superbad were two of the highest-grossing films. It was also the first year I started playing in my home fantasy baseball league. It started as […]

A funny thing happens in sports when you lose on the big stage.   Some players saunter off the field with their heads down. Others take out their frustration on the water cooler. Some wrap a towel around their face and sit in catatonic disbelief. Then, there’s Stefon Diggs. Wait! Hold up, isn’t this a […]