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MLB Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Monday 4/1)
We have 14 games on the MLB slate for Monday, so there’s plenty of acting to be had around the diamond. Below you’ll see a list of my favorite MLB picks and MLB props.  The odds change pretty quickly in the MLB, so take advantage of our Prop Shop for the best possible odds and check […]
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Chris Meaney
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MLB Fantasy
Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (3/31)
This is the inaugural article on drops and disasters. Because this is the first big FAAB weekend, there will be a lot of attention on potential pickups and bids, and rightfully so. For every FAAB string, however, there also must be a drop, and this is where fantasy managers need to be careful. In my introductory […]
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Mike Mager
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MLB DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/31)
The first Sunday of the season might be the most challenging pitching slate of the year so far. We’ve had standouts on virtually every slate, but I’m not sure that’s the case on Sunday, even though there are plenty of pitchers to consider. That also means we should have plenty of offenses to choose from, […]
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Adam Strangis
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MLB Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide (Week 2)
Sunday Update Let’s get right down to the nitty gritty – y’all want to talk closers. Here are my thoughts: Kevin Ginkel (ARI) Three punchouts in a non-save opp today for Ginkel. Paul Sewald is out for at least three weeks and he might not have a job to come back to. I do think […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/30)
It’s the first Saturday of the season, and we have a split slate of afternoon games and evening games with tons of strategy involved. Let’s get right into it because every team in the majors is in action, so we have no time to waste.   We shouldn’t be making lineups without consulting the tools, […]
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Adam Strangis
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MLB DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/29)
We got opening day of the MLB season out of our system, but do not want to lose an ounce of enthusiasm as we take on this Friday slate (which is still Opening Day for many teams!).   We are going to cover Friday’s main DFS slate here – if you are into the two-game […]
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Jake Kucheck
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MLB Fantasy
Drops & Disasters: Fantasy Baseball Roster Moves (3/29)
Fantasy baseball drafting season has concluded. With the start of meaningful MLB games, important considerations that have occupied an outsized portion of our collective consciousness – positional ranks, tiers and targets, sleepers and busts, and ADPs and AAVs – are fading into the deepest recesses of our minds. Now, the real grind begins.    We […]
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Mike Mager
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MLB Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Thursday 3/28)
The dust has settled, and the skies are clear. The return of America’s pastime is once again upon us! We have reached the Opening Day of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. With that said it is my pleasure to welcome you to the first edition of “FTN Best Bets” of the MLB season!    […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB DFS
The Sweet Spot: MLB Fantasy Picks Today for DFS (3/28)
There are very few things that match the excitement of Opening Day in MLB, and we have eight games in front of us Thursday. This MLB season will be a bit different than past seasons, but we firmly believe we’ll be bringing you the best way to attack slates daily with the best tools in […]
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Adam Strangis
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MLB Fantasy
Gut’s Guys and FOMO — Vlad Sedler’s Top Player Exposures for Fantasy Baseball 2024
Opening Day of the baseball season is finally here, which means we bid adieu to the best part of the season – draft season! These last four months of researching, creating/maintaining projections and multiple sets of rankings, and of course, drafting, has been quite grueling. Now let the fun begin, and let’s play ball!   […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
2024 MLB Season Preview — Staff Predictions and Awards
The 2024 Major League Baseball season starts Thursday (other than the Seoul series, but thankfully this is the last time we’ll have to include that caveat), 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 […]
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FTN Staff
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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 […]
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Eric Cross
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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 […]
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Eric Cross
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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 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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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 […]
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Lucas Biery
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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 […]
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Vlad Sedler
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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 […]
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Robert Orr
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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 […]
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Adam Young
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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 […]
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Jake Kucheck
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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, […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS Showdown Breakdown – Seoul Series (3/21)
One game down, one million more to go! My DFS thoughts for Game 2 of the MLB season are extremely similar to those from Game 1, so make sure you’ve read through the different paths for building showdown lineups. Instead of rehashing all of the same arguments, I’m just going to note some observations from Game […]
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Alex Blickle
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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 […]
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Mike Mager
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MLB Bets
Best MLB Bets Today – Free (Wednesday 3/20)
We made it through another offseason, as the 2024 MLB regular season begins in South Korea Wednesday, with the Dodgers and Padres facing off in a two-game set. An international affair means Dodgers and Padres fans are going to have to get up at 3 a.m. local time to watch their squads, while us on […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS Showdown Breakdown – Seoul Series (3/20)
The MLB season starts early Wednesday morning In Seoul, South Korea, with an NL West showdown. The Dodgers and Padres start us off with a tremendous pitching matchup — Tyler Glasnow vs. Yu Darvish. Thursday, we’re treated to Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Joe Musgrove. The MLB does some dumb stuff, but this is a pretty cool […]
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Alex Blickle
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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, […]
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Eric Cross
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MLB Bets
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 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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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 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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MLB Bets
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 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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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 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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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 […]
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Lucas Biery
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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 […]
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Robert Orr
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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 […]
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Vlad Sedler