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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Hitter Report (Week 2)
Welcome to my weekly fantasy baseball hitting planner. Each week, I’ll dig deep into every team’s schedule, sifting through news, lineup trends, park factors and more. The rankings/tiers listed will reset each week, as they are only specific to the upcoming week.   Schedule Monday, April 3 – Sunday, April 9 (full week) Six Games: Arizona […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Pitcher Report
Another offseason is in the books, and we finally have regular season baseball back in our lives. This will be the first full week of regular season action and my first Top 100 Starting Pitcher rankings for the 2023 season. These rankings are for the upcoming week and not for ROS value. The purpose of […]
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Eric Cross
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (April 1)
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 […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Looking Ahead to the 2024 NFL Free Agency Class
The biggest signings of the 2023 free agent class have taken place, and the 2023 NFL Draft is just around the corner. This means it is the perfect time to look ahead to the 2024 free agent class to start assessing the talent that is going to be available to teams next season in the […]
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Dan Fornek
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MLB Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory (Week 1)
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 […]
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Adam Young
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NFL Fantasy
The Biggest Pre-/Post-Bye Changes in Fantasy Football 2022
There aren’t many dividing lines in the NFL season, but the bye week is a (the?) big one. It’s hard to make adjustments at any time during the season. There’s a lot going on. But at least over the bye, teams can sit back and really address their situations, and players can get a break.  […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
2023 NFL Draft Wish List: NFC East
Our NFL Draft Wish List series continues with a fantasy football look at the always-exciting NFC East. This is often the most intriguing division in football, and that is especially true leading up to the draft.   By the time the NFL Draft starts April 27, we’ll have touched on every team around the league. […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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MLB Fantasy
Gut’s Guys — Vlad Sedler’s Top Player Exposures for Fantasy Baseball 2023
Opening Day is here, which means the most fun part of baseball season – fantasy baseball draft season – has finally concluded. There is truly nothing more exciting than the January through March stretch of researching, prepping, slow draft DCs and that big build up to the final draft weekend.    I started drafting with […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NBA Fantasy
NBA Playoff Best Ball Strategy (3/29)
It’s officially NBA playoff best ball season. With season-long best ball contests in their finals (using this space to brag once again that I’ve got four entries of the 186 making up the “Small Ball” final, although none are looking too hot), it’s time to get back to drafting. In this weekly article leading up […]
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Zac Graham
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NFL Fantasy
Teammates Who Could Both be Fantasy WR1s in 2023
In the last 10 years, 14 sets of teammates have finished as PPR WR1s in the same year. Last year featured Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle from Miami and A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith from Philadelphia.   Which duos have the best chance of accomplishing the same? Today I’m highlighting my top eight duos who […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (March 29)
Welcome to the Dynasty Stock Watch, a weekly article where I address the changes in the dynasty fantasy football landscape. This will help managers stay current on the most recent headlines, while also allowing us to look at player and team trends to stay ahead of the curve.           Elijah Moore Trade  Last offseason, the […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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MLB Fantasy
2023 MLB Season Preview — Staff Predictions and Awards
The 2023 Major League Baseball season starts Thursday, so the FTN team (and a few visitors!) wanted to get our picks on the record. Today, we’re running through our picks for division winners, awards, and some key fantasy tidbits for the 2023 season.   Check below to see what everyone thinks. (Best viewed in landscape […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (3/29)
Welcome to the 2023 Opening Day eve edition of Groovin’ With Govier! If you’re new here (regulars: skip), I dissect various players and strategies related to the current fantasy baseball landscape. Don’t forget about our stellar fantasy baseball coverage at FTN Fantasy. Save a couple bones with my promo code MJGOVIER when you sign up […]
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Michael Govier
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NFL Fantasy
2023 NFL Draft Wish List: AFC East
The 2023 NFL Draft is now less than a month away, which is the perfect time to break down every team in the league and see what their best potential path is. Every team has things they need to improve on and here at FTN Fantasy, we will take a look at each division, breaking […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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MLB Fantasy
Crossed Up: Pitching Prospects Set to Rise
After discussing infielders and outfielders previously, we now wrap up this three-part series by discussing pitching prospect who could vault up inside my top 50 overall rankings by the end of the 2023 season. All of the names below are outside my top 100 overall right now (one barely inside) and possesses the upside to […]
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Eric Cross
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MLB Fantasy
2023 MLB Season Preview: National League
Major League Baseball is coming off its first somewhat normal offseason in a while. There were no concerns about missing games to a pandemic or a lockout, there was no CBA to be ironed out. There were just player transactions, questions about regional TV coverage and hope.   The season starts in just a few […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Best Landing Spots for QB Lamar Jackson
There has been a lot of speculation surrounding Lamar Jackson’s future in Baltimore. And after it was announced that he requested a trade in early March, that speculation is only going to grow. When a player of Jackson’s caliber could potentially be on the move, it is always fun to imagine which teams could trade […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Risers and Fallers of the New League Year
The Panthers’ trade for the No. 1 draft pick overshadowed early free agency — at least for this apprehensive Panthers fan. But Week 1 of free agency still had major fantasy football implications. And this article explains my biggest redraft ranking adjustments since the start of the offseason. Check out all of the FTN Fantasy […]
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Scott Spratt
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MLB Fantasy
2023 MLB Season Preview: American League
Major League Baseball is coming off its first somewhat normal offseason in a while. There were no concerns about missing games to a pandemic or a lockout, there was no CBA to be ironed out. There were just player transactions, questions about regional TV coverage and hope.   The season starts in just a few […]
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Daniel Kelley
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide Opening Day
Welcome to my weekly free agent bidding strategy column – Trust the Gut. This piece will focus on weekly FAAB strategies and targets to confidently prepare you in your quest to acquire players to help your fantasy teams contend for league titles. I focus primarily on NFBC leagues, but the strategies and players recommended will […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Is There a Winner’s Curse in Free Agency? (Pass Catchers)
With NFL free agency cooling off, we can start to evaluate the fantasy impact of players who switched teams. While landing spots aren’t everything in fantasy football, we can’t deny they make a difference. In order to figure out how severely we should (or shouldn’t’) let landing spots impact our evaluation, we first need to […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
Post-Hype Sleepers for 2023 Fantasy Football
If there is one thing I have learned over the course of my fantasy football journey, it is that fantasy football doesn’t ever end. It may slow down but we are always discussing or thinking about it. So it’s not too early to start looking at some potential post-hype sleepers for the 2023 season, even […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Primer
FAAB stands for “Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or Bidding).” It is the process of adding new hitters and pitchers to our fantasy baseball rosters in exchange for hitters and pitchers we have chosen to drop. Most fantasy sites, including NFBC, run FAAB once a week, on Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Elijah Moore on the Move, Traded to Cleveland
The Cleveland Browns address a position of need Wednesday, acquiring WR Elijah Moore from the Jets. Along with Moore, the Browns receive the Jets’ third-round pick in April’s draft in exchange for Cleveland’s second-rounder, which is the 42nd overall pick. Tapped as a rising star following a solid rookie season in 2021, Moore sputtered out […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Who Should Be the First Overall Pick in a 2023 Dynasty Startup?
We’ve entered a lull point in the fantasy football offseason, sandwiched in between free agency and the NFL draft. It’s never too early to start looking ahead to the new league year and what better way to get things started than a dynasty start-up? Everyone wants the first overall pick, but only one team is […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NBA Fantasy
NBA Playoff Best Ball Strategy
It’s officially NBA playoff best ball season. With season-long best ball contests in their respective finals (using this space to brag that I’ve got four entries of the 186 making up the “Small Ball” final), it’s time to get back to drafting. In this weekly article leading up to the playoffs in mid-April, I will […]
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Zac Graham
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (March 22)
Welcome to the Dynasty Stock Watch, a weekly article where I address the changes in the dynasty fantasy football landscape. This will help us fantasy managers stay current on the most recent headlines, while also allowing us to look at player and team trends to stay ahead of the curve.         Darren Waller Gets a […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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MLB Fantasy
Crossed Up: End-of-Spring Training Storylines
It’s hard to believe the MLB season is only about a week away. We’ve had an exciting spring thus far with the World Baseball Classic (Congrats to Japan), young players receiving more playing time, pitchers adding or losing velocity, and plenty of intriguing storylines and position battles unfolding.  That’s what I’m going to be focusing […]
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Eric Cross
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MLB Fantasy
Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (3/22)
Welcome to the last spring training edition of Groovin’ with Govier. If you’re new here (regulars: skip), I dissect various players and strategies related to the current fantasy baseball landscape. Don’t forget our 2023 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide is available right now! Save a couple bones with my promo code MJGOVIER when you sign up so […]
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Michael Govier
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NFL Fantasy
Is There a Winner’s Curse in Free Agency? (Running Backs)
With NFL free agency cooling off, we can start to evaluate the fantasy football impact of players who switched teams. While landing spots aren’t everything in fantasy, we can’t deny they make a difference. In order to figure out how severely we should (or shouldn’t) let landing spots impact our evaluation, we first need to […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
Houston Adds 2, Signs Devin Singletary and Dalton Schultz
With potential landing spots drying up a bit in free agency, the Houston Texans were able to get a couple of notable players on one-year deals Monday, reportedly signing RB Devin Singletary and TE Dalton Schultz. Singletary, who turns 26 just before the season starts, had spent his entire four-year career with the Bills since […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Football Winners and Losers of Free Agency (So Far)
The first overall pick has been traded, and a Hall of Fame quarterback is expected to be on the move. Yet even with that, the 2023 offseason has so far been less “throw it all against the wall”-style crazy than last year’s insanity, where by this time, Davante Adams and Russell Wilson had already been […]
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Daniel Kelley