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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Luis Urías vs. Brandon Crawford
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 3)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB DFS
NBA PrizePicks February 16
With the NBA All-Star Break right around the corner, Wednesday presents us with a massive 11-game DFS slate on PrizePicks. PrizePicks is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production. To dive into the ins and outs of everything PrizePicks, FTN’s Tyler Loechner wrote a comprehensive App Review.   How to […]
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Joe Metz
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Dylan Carlson vs. AJ Pollock
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Broc Miller
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MLB Fantasy
Differentiating 12-Team and 15-Team Targets in Fantasy Baseball
When constructing teams and doing research on players before you draft, you really need to prepare for the format you are going to play in. Player evaluation is talked about widely on Twitter and in articles all around the web, but what is forgotten most of the time is the league context toward that specific […]
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Dustin Wagner
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Outfielders
This is the fourth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Brendan Rodgers vs. Kiké Hernández
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Ian Anderson vs. Jordan Montgomery
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Strategy for 2022 (NL West)
Each week, we are going to be analyzing each MLB division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think or expect the closer to be, but what if we are desperate for saves? Who is the next person up, and who’s the dark […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB DFS
NBA PrizePicks February 9
After a massive 10-game DFS slate Tuesday, Wednesday presents us with an abnormally small six-game slate to dig into for PrizePicks. PrizePicks is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production. To dive into the ins and outs of everything PrizePicks, FTN’s Tyler Loechner wrote a comprehensive App Review.   How […]
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Joe Metz
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC DC Strategies — Relief Pitchers in 2022
In this preseason series, I will be identifying and reviewing the top 450 picks (per ADP) for late-round values in Draft Champions leagues on NFBC. This week: Relief pitchers.   In rounding out the list of later-round targets by position, I’m left to analyze how we can best use our late rounds to try and […]
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Broc Miller
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MLB DFS
NBA PrizePicks February 7
As we approach the trade deadline on Thursday, the NBA has spread out games a bit more evenly throughout the week, leaving us with only five games on Monday for PrizePicks. PrizePicks is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production. To dive into the ins and outs of everything […]
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Joe Metz
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Kyle Schwarber vs. Hunter Renfroe
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 2)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Catchers/Utility-Only Bats
This is the third part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Kris Bryant vs. Ke’Bryan Hayes
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Bets
New York Yankees Betting Odds
The most successful franchise in American sports history, the New York Yankees have championship expectations every year. It’s no different in the 2022 season, for which the Yankees have one of the best odds to win the World Series.  The Yankees are among the betting favorites to become champions, something the team hasn’t done in […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Giancarlo Stanton vs. Franmil Reyes
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Bets
New York Mets Betting Odds
A free-agent spending spree has turned the New York Mets into contenders to win the 2022 World Series. That’s what the Mets’ championship odds suggest, at least. Only a handful of teams are given a better chance than the Mets to win the championship. Owner Steve Cohen has the most money of anyone running a […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Strategy for 2022 (NL Central)
Each week, we are going to be analyzing each MLB division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think or expect the closer to be, but what if we are desperate for saves? Who is the next person up, and who’s the dark […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC DC Strategies — Starting Pitchers in 2022
In this preseason series, I will be identifying and reviewing the top 450 picks (per ADP) for late-round values in Draft Champions leagues on NFBC. This week: Starting pitchers.    In the draft guide, I mentioned picking a 28:22 ratio of hitters to pitchers, and that ratio was per our fearless leader Vlad Sedler. Well, […]
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Broc Miller
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MLB DFS
NBA PrizePicks January 31
Monday presents us with an eight-game NBA slate as we continue to inch closer and closer to the trade deadline. With so many moving parts, the PrizePicks board will continue to shift throughout the day. PrizePicks is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production. To dive into the ins […]
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Joe Metz
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Middle Infielders
This is the second part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into the […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Tommy Edman vs. Amed Rosario
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Strategy for 2022 (NL East)
It’s the 2022 MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB DFS
NBA PrizePicks January 26
As always, Wednesday presents us with an action-packed NBA slate with a lot of injury news to monitor. With so much potential leverage on a slate, there’s a lot of appeal to diving into the PrizePicks board early before all of the lines start moving. “PrizePicks” is a creative new way to parlay picks based […]
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Joe Metz
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Blake Snell vs. Carlos Rodón
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC DC Strategies — Outfielders in 2022
In this preseason series, I will be identifying and reviewing the top 450 picks (per ADP) for late-round values in Draft Champions leagues on NFBC. This week: Outfielders.    Volume Plays Ben Gamel, Pittsburgh Pirates (ADP: 607) In these pieces. I have suggested time and time again to use the late rounds to fill out […]
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Broc Miller
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MLB DFS
NBA PrizePicks January 24
While Mondays are typically a heavier day in the NBA, we only have four games on tap as we recover from an electric weekend of playoff football. Still, there are a good number of selections on PrizePicks to help build your bankroll. “PrizePicks” is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy […]
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Joe Metz
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Jack Flaherty vs. Nathan Eovaldi
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Corner Infielders
This is the first part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, I’ll fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into the two big weeks […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Adolis García vs. Harrison Bader
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matthew Davis