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Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (4/21)
FTN's Mike Mager continues his Drops & Disasters series, highlighting players to move on from during the fantasy baseball season.
Mike Mager
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 5)
FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season.
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: Using Psychology
FTN's Adam Young discusses how to use psychology to your advantage when making fantasy baseball decisions.
Adam Young
MLB
Fantasy
Whitestone’s Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event (4/15)
FTN's Todd Whitestone goes through some of the most notable moves in the NFBC Main Event's FAAB period and reviews the moves made by some of fantasy baseball's top managers.
Todd Whitestone
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 4)
FTN's Vlad Sedler provides an overview of how to approach FAAB ahead of Week 4 of the fantasy baseball season.
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (4/14)
FTN's Mike Mager continues his Drops & Disasters series, highlighting players to move on from during the fantasy baseball season.
Mike Mager
MLB
Fantasy
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 […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
The Shohei Ohtani Situation: What We Know, What We Don’t, What Comes Next
The first Dodgers season for outfielder/DH Shohei Ohtani got off to a completely unpredictable start last week, with news coming down that his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, had been caught up in a gambling investigation that apparently showed that he had paid some or all of his debts using Ohtani’s money. There is a […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/25)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Lucas Biery
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 1)
Welcome to FTN’s weekly free agent bidding (FAAB) strategy column, Trust the Gut. This article will be published every Saturday of the fantasy baseball season, and I will usually release an update/addendum to Trust the Gut on Sundays, two hours before NFBC’s 10 p.m. ET lock period. The goal of the article is to […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report
I hope you enjoyed the Year of the Stable Closer in 2023, because so far this spring there’s been an onslaught of injuries that have wrecked some of the game’s top options for saves. Devin Williams, Jhoan Duran, Jordan Romano, David Bednar and Kenley Jansen have all suffered ailments of varying severity this spring, creating […]
Robert Orr
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: Targets at ADP
Last week, I wrote an intro about my go-to breakfast place, Amy’s Omelette House. In case you missed it, I urge you to check it out. If you’re too lazy to do that (trust me, I understand), I’ll give you the Cliff’s Notes version and how it relates to this week’s topic. Amy’s has over […]
Adam Young
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/21)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Primer for 2024
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, Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last decade, […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: The MTM $5k Ultimate Draft (3/20)
Cue music from Field of Dreams. Me: “Is this heaven?” Hotel receptionist: “No, it’s Robbinsville.” March 16, 2024, I had the extreme pleasure of traveling to Robbinsville, N.J., to draft in my highest stakes live event of the year, the MTM Ultimate. Administered by the NFBC, the MTM Ultimate is the brainchild of Mike “The […]
Mike Mager
MLB
Fantasy
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, […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
2024 MLB Season Preview: American League
There are at least another eight months of “World Series champion Texas Rangers,” and as a long-suffering Rangers fan, I’m going to soak up those eight months of the 2024 MLB season like mad. The Rangers might win again! They also might win 70 games. Either way, I don’t care, because I remember jumping around […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
2024 MLB Season Preview: National League
There are at least another eight months of “World Series champion Texas Rangers,” and as a long-suffering Rangers fan, I’m going to soak up those eight months of the 2024 MLB season like mad. The Rangers might win again! They also might win 70 games. Either way, I don’t care, because I remember jumping around […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/18)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes or other relevant nuggets. We’ve got you covered! AL East Tampa Bay Rays: Josh […]
Lucas Biery
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Digging into ADP Underperformers
In the interest of full confessions, I don’t especially like writing pieces about the known quantities in drafts. It’s far sexier to me to try to find the next star-in-the-making, the outfielder at pick 465 in a draft-and-hold who returns value like a top-150 player. But while scouring for deep sleepers is fun, it’s not […]
Robert Orr
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Who is This Year’s Yelich?
“The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.” – Pliny the Elder No matter what format we play, the name of the fantasy baseball game is profit. We set ourselves up for league championships by correctly identifying ADP/AAV (market) inefficiencies – targeting the positive and letting our opponents fall for the negative. Our […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/14)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: Stacking the Bench (3/13)
Your fantasy baseball snake draft has been going on for hours, or maybe you just finished a long, 23-round auction. At this point, you might be getting a little tired — if not physically, then mentally. You can almost taste that post-draft dinner, or drinks, or dinner and drinks. All that remains is to draft […]
Mike Mager
MLB
Fantasy
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 […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/11)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Closers and Relievers
This is the seventh and final part of my preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different from VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP rankings […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Informed Main Event Category Targets
Most experienced fantasy baseball managers have looked at 80% targets for the various fantasy contests we’re pursuing. For the uninitiated, the idea is that if you aim for capturing 80% of the points in your fantasy baseball league, you’re in excellent shape to win or at least be strongly in contention. Similarly, for NFBC […]
Todd Whitestone
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/7)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings. So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
Jake Kucheck
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: Fades at ADP
There’s a place down the street from me called Amy’s Omelette House. They are famous for having over 200 different omelets on the menu. And that’s just omelets. They also have pancakes, waffles, eggs, you name it. It’s just an absolute monster of a menu. Having ordered there for years, I’ve memorized all the […]
Adam Young
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: Prepping for the Main Event (3/5)
This article is intended to assist subscribers preparing for their first NFBC Main Event league, with a particular emphasis on drafting live. The recommendations advanced, however, also can apply to fantasy managers drafting online and in leagues other than the Main Event. For the uninitiated, the NFBC Main Event is the premier high-stakes fantasy […]
FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
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 […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Best Fantasy Baseball Team Names for 2024
Drafting players, setting lineups, working the waiver wire … it’s all hard. But the hardest part of the fantasy baseball season might be the first part: Your team name. You want to be interesting. You don’t want to be too esoteric. You don’t want to have the default (my brother-in-law’s team name has been […]
Daniel Kelley