Eric Cross's Articles

The start of spring training brings plenty of hope throughout the baseball world, both in the major leagues and the minors as well. For the minor leagues, a lot of that hope gets focused on certain prospects progressing in their development or taking a step forward from the previous year. Most of that is considered […]

Finding players that can turn a positive ROI for you in fantasy baseball is always crucial. That’s especially true in dynasty leagues with prospects, since values are always surging or falling depending on performance and development year to year. That’s what this week’s edition of Crossed Up is all about. I will discuss a bunch […]

In the blink of an eye, the 2024 season is less than two months away, and fantasy baseball draft season is really starting to heat up. If you recall, I wrote a weekly pitcher planner article for FTN last season, which included my top 100 starting pitcher rankings for that particular week. Today, I’ll be […]

Today marks the fourth and final installment of my rookie ADP analysis series here on FTN Fantasy. Hopefully, this series has been beneficial to you in deciding which prospects to target or avoid this draft season. In today’s piece, I’ll be discussing prospects outside the top 500 ADP. And since there are so many of […]

Welcome back for part three of my 2024 rookie ADP analysis here on FTN Fantasy. If you missed it, I broke down rookies inside the top 300 ADP for our draft kit followed by rookies in the ADP 301-400 range last week. This week, I’ll be discussing a ton of exciting rookies in the ADP […]

Who’s ready to dive into more exciting rookies for 2024? I’m assuming the unanimous answer to that question is yes if you’ve opened this article.  After breaking down all of the prospects inside the Top 300 ADP for the FTN Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit last month, I’ll be moving into the 301-400 ADP range today […]

Want to learn more about fantasy baseball dynasty leagues? Then you’ve come to the right spot. Over the last half-decade or so, dynasty leagues have been skyrocketing in popularity.   This comes as no surprise to yours truly, who has been playing in and loving keeper and dynasty leagues for many years now. My first […]

(It’s fantasy baseball draft season! The FTN Fantasy team and a host of helpful guests present our Ultimate 2024 Fantasy Baseball Guide. Check it out and prepare for the 2024 MLB season!) Drafting prospects in redraft leagues is always a risky investment. But at the same time, it’s always a fun investment as well. We […]

As the 2023 MLB season draws to a close, we’ve reached the final Crossed Up of the season. I hope these articles have benefitted you in one way or another and helped give your dynasty teams a boost. Or at the very least, I hope you’ve enjoyed these articles. Thanks to Vlad Sedler and the […]

We’ve finally reached the last week of the 2023 MLB regular season, and what a ride it’s been. I’d like to thank Vlad Sedler and the FTN team for having me this season, and I hope this weekly pitcher planner has helped you throughout the season. While I enjoy writing these each week, the main […]

After discussing all of the notable prospects in the National League to debut over the last month a week ago, I’ll be doing the same today in the American League. We have a lot of great analysts here at FTN who have discussed rookies’ short-term value, including how much you should spend on them in […]

For all of us baseball junkies, September is a glorious but bittersweet time of year. Yes, the season is winding down, but we’ve received one last big wave of prospect promotions over the last few weeks as rosters expand and certain teams battle for postseason contention. As I’ve done a couple of times before here […]

Where has the season gone? September is nearly upon us and the minor league season is beginning to wind down. But prospect movement is still happening and this is a crucial time in dynasty leagues to keep your foot on the gas pedal and remain active even if you’re out of the hunt. For most […]

It’s hard to believe that the minor league season has less than a month to go. But even with the number of games remaining dwindling, the minors are as active as ever and so are my fantasy baseball prospect rankings. This week over on my Patreon, I dropped my new top 500 prospect rankings for […]

Back in the first and second week of July, I posted back-to-back articles here on FTN discussing my long-term outlook for all of the top prospects to debut up to that point. And since those articles got solid feedback, I figured I’d go back to the well and do them again this month as many […]

As we approach the middle of August, many fantasy league trade deadlines are fast approaching. This is the last time you can make the necessary moves to either set yourself up well for the championship or money push this season or to set your team up better for 2024 and beyond if you’re not contending […]

Another year, another exciting MLB trade deadline. While there weren’t any major 11th-hour deals swung that knocked our socks off, there were still plenty of notable trades made on deadline day or in the few days leading up to it. The Mets and White Sox, two massively underperforming teams, were both sellers, while teams like […]

Another month has come and gone, and with it another set of fantasy baseball prospect rankings. The mid-July post-draft prospect rankings update is always my favorite one of the year as we have a brand new batch of names to add to the list.  But the 2023 draftees are far from the only exciting names […]

One crucial and vital part of any dynasty league is the churn and burn at the back-end of your roster. This rings true regardless of roster size but takes on added importance the deeper the league is. Especially this time of year when we have rookie leagues in full swing and new prospects breaking onto […]

In last week’s Crossed Up here on FTN Fantasy, I discussed my top 10 hitting prospects who have debuted this season and how I’m valuing them long-term in dynasty leagues. Today I’ll be doing the same with pitching prospects that have debuted this season. There have been so many great pitching prospects to debut already […]

In the first three months of the 2023 MLB season, we have been blessed with a seemingly endless number of exciting prospects debuting for their respective teams. We already entered the season with the near-consensus Nos. 1 and 2 prospects in the game, Corbin Carroll and Gunnar Henderson, on their team’s Opening Day rosters after […]

In the blink of an eye, the 2023 MLB season is already half over. It’s surely been an exciting season so far with plenty of twists and turns, both from reliable veterans and younger players getting their feet wet at the Major League level.  I’ll be focusing on the latter today and diving into the […]

It’s hard to believe we’re already in the middle of June. Full-season minor league levels are around two month into their seasons, and we have the Dominican Summer League and Complex Levels now in full-swing as well. And per usual in the prospect world, we have plenty of risers and fallers over the last month. […]

In last week’s Crossed Up article, I discussed hitters that were falling short of expectations this season and how I was valuing them moving forward. Well, now it’s time to do the same on the mound as there are plenty of notable arms underperforming so far this season.    I’d be willing to bet that […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

The weather is warming up (kind of), and the minor league season is in full swing at all levels. Per usual, we’re seeing plenty of early-season trends, some that are new, and others that are continuations from previous seasons. The latter part of that last sentence is what I’ll be focusing on today, as I’ll […]

We’re not even two weeks into the 2023 MLB season, but values are already beginning to change, and new arms are emerging into our fantasy world. I’m going to be discussing five intriguing pitchers who are either emerging or struggling so far and offer my thoughts on them moving forward.   Graham Ashcraft, Cincinnati Reds […]