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Whitestone’s Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event
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Todd Whitestone
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 5)
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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MLB Fantasy
Bettle Fantasy Spotlight: Head-to-Head Challenges
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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Mike Randle
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MLB Fantasy
Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (4/19)
Get into the groove as I take you on a stadium tour across the fantasy baseball realm! It is my hope that you will find this article both entertaining and informative. Don’t forget about our stellar season-long fantasy baseball coverage at FTN Fantasy. Save a couple bones with my promo code MJGOVIER when you sign […]
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Michael Govier
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Crossed Up: Prospects to Fade in Dynasty Leagues
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 […]
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Eric Cross
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MLB Fantasy
Whitestone’s Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event
Stealing bases is back! It’s fun, it’s hip, and everybody is doing it! Or are they??? Well, I decided to take a look at that this week. Who exactly is stealing bases in the young season? If you look at the chart below, you can see that the top-10 teams (one third of MLB) account for […]
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Todd Whitestone
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (April 15)
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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MLB Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory (Week 3)
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 […]
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Adam Young
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MLB Fantasy
Welcome to Bettle Fantasy Sports
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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Kyle Murray
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MLB Fantasy
Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (4/12)
Welcome to the 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 season-long fantasy baseball coverage at FTN Fantasy. Save a couple bones with my promo code MJGOVIER when you sign up so you can get access […]
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Michael Govier
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Crossed Up: 5 Early-Season Notable Pitchers
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 […]
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Eric Cross
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: NFBC Cutline FAAB (April 11)
The first of two NFBC Cutline FAAB deadlines is today (Tuesday) at 10 p.m. ET.   A few refreshers: Here is Matthew Davis’ preseason Cutline strategy piece  Here are the Cutline rules/FAAB instructions from the NFBC website Make sure you mark your calendar’s now for the second FAAB deadline (Tuesday, June) Keep your rosters fresh […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Whitestone’s Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event
IT’S STILL EARLY BUT…MLB COUNTER  = 5.8% of the season complete! We all know that MLB made a host of changes for the 2023 season, most of which were designed to promote action and offense. So let’s take a quick look at whether those changes are manifesting more offense. I’ve tracked the runs scored, home […]
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Todd Whitestone
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Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (April 8)
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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MLB Fantasy
Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (4/5)
Welcome to the first regular season 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 season-long 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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Crossed Up: 6 Value Hitter Targets
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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Eric Cross
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Whitestone’s Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event
Well folks, it’s a brand new baseball season, and for fantasy managers it’s time to see what type of stats result from those draft plans. For those playing in fantasy baseball’s premier contest, the NFBC Main Event, it’s also the start of a long six-month grind. In the Main Event this year, there are 53 […]
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Todd Whitestone
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks in Round 6-10
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your picks or getting close to that number while being able to avoid picks with a negative […]
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Matthew Davis