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Fantasy Baseball 2025: Prospects to Target or Fade in the Top 450 ADP
FTN's Eric Cross offers up a report card on this year's top-drafted fantasy baseball prospects.
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Crossed Up: 2024 Revisiting Rookie Strategy (10/3)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at fantasy strategy lessons surrounding big-name rookies through 2024.
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MLB Fantasy
Weekly Pitching Primer (September 22)
FTN's Eric Cross breaks down the pitching landscape around fantasy baseball heading into the week.
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Crossed Up: 3 Pitchers Under the Microscope (9/18)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some three pitchers who are going to be heavily scrutinized this offseason.
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Crossed Up: Dynasty Stock of 3 Risers (9/11)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some three players who have been on the rise lately to see how their stock looks for dynasty fantasy baseball.
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Crossed Up: Surging New Yorkers (9/4)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some Mets and Yankees players who have been on the rise lately to see what it means long term.
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Crossed Up: Young Trending Hitters (8/28)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some young hitters who have been contributing lately to evaluate their fantasy baseball future.
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Crossed Up: 4 Trending Hitters (8/14)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some hitters who have been contributing lately to evaluate their fantasy baseball future.
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Crossed Up: Trending Players into August (8/7)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some players who have been in the news to evaluate their fantasy baseball future.
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MLB Fantasy
Fallout of the MLB Trade Deadline
FTN's Eric Cross offers up all the key takeaways and lessons of this week's MLB trade deadline.
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Crossed Up: July’s Trending Players (7/24)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on some players who have been in the news in July to evaluate their fantasy baseball future.
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Crossed Up: First-Half Fantasy Pitcher All-Stars (7/17)
FTN's Eric Cross dives in on the surprise starting pitchers of the first half of the MLB season.
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Crossed Up: How to Handle Trending Players (7/10)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some trending fantasy baseball players to figure out how managers should handle them.
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Crossed Up: Intriguing Young First-Half Pitchers (7/3)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some notable fantasy baseball performances among young pitchers and what it means going forward.
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Crossed Up: Hitters Rising and Falling in the First Half (6/26)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the notable fantasy baseball performances around MLB and what it means going forward.
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Crossed Up: Analyzing Rookie Pitcher Standouts (6/19)
FTN's Eric Cross examines some of the top rookie pitchers thus far in fantasy baseball and how to handle them moving forward.
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Crossed Up: Analyzing Early Rookie Leaders (6/12)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the notable fantasy baseball performances around MLB and what it means going forward.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Fantasy Baseball (6/5)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Fantasy Baseball (5/29)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Fantasy Baseball (5/22)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Fantasy Baseball (5/15)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Fantasy Baseball (5/8)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Fantasy Baseball (5/1)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossed Up: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not (4/24)
FTN's Eric Cross looks at some of the streaky fantasy baseball performers right now and figures out how to handle them.
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Crossovers & Cross-Offs: Trending Fantasy Baseball Performers (4/10)
While we’re only around two weeks into the 2024 regular season, it’s never too early to dive into data for players who are off to hot or cold starts to the season. Are the performances for real? Fluky? Should you buy in? Be concerned? Hopefully, all those questions will be answered in this weekly column […]
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Crossed Up: 6 Hitters to Target for Dynasty Contenders
In the blink of an eye, the 2023/2024 MLB offseason is over, and spring training has come and gone as well. Now the grind is on for the next six months as we work toward winning championships or improving our dynasty teams from the previous season. But while the offseason is over and the 2024 […]
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Crossed Up: 2024 Prospect Bold Predictions
It’s hard to believe spring training is almost over and “domestic” opening day for Major League Baseball is right around the corner. At this point, many of you are done drafting or just have one or two more drafts to go. So, with that in mind, let’s shift away from normal draft prep and have […]
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Crossed Up: 2024 Prospect Bold Predictions
It’s hard to believe spring training is almost over and “domestic” opening day for Major League Baseball is right around the corner. At this point, many of you are done drafting or just have one or two more drafts to go. So, with that in mind, let’s shift away from normal draft prep and have […]
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Crossed Up: Prospects Making Noise in Spring Training
We’re nearing the end of spring training, and big-league rosters are taking shape. Some of those rosters include some of the top prospects in the game that can make fantasy impacts in 2024 and beyond. We’ve been talking about guys like Wyatt Langford, Jackson Holliday and Jackson Chourio frequently this offseason and during spring training, […]
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Crossed Up: Outfield Prospects to Target
After a couple weeks of discussing my favorite 2024 draft targets (hitters and pitchers), we shift back to the prospect world to finish my prospects to target entering 2024 series. Previously, I discussed some of my favorite pitching and infield prospects to target at various spots in my rankings and now we’ll be heading to […]
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Crossed Up: ‘My Guys’ for 2024 — Pitchers
After discussing “My Guys” on the hitter side last week, we’ll be climbing the mound for the pitcher version in this week’s Crossed Up here on FTN Fantasy. I’ve found myself targeting the below pitchers heavily this season due to being undervalued, possessing a high ROI possibility, or both. Usually both. These names are at […]
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Crossed Up: ‘My Guys’ for 2024 — Hitters
Going into every fantasy baseball draft season, most of us already know the players we’re going to be targeting heavily in drafts. The “initial targets” if you will. Then, a second grouping of players gets added to the mix due to their respective ADPs being too good to pass up. Throw it all together with […]
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