Losing a player of A.J. Pollock's ability is going to hurt any team, but it's a big loss for Arizona, who seemed to base their offseason strategy around the continued contributions from Paul Goldschmidt and Pollock. Read more »
Baseball Analysis
How Deep Is Your Lineup: D-Backs' Edition
Pablo, Honey, You're a Bench Player (For Now)
The Red Sox start the season with Pablo Sandoval and his remaining $75M on the bench, which speaks to just how bad he was last year, but also to how good Travis Shaw has been in his limited time. Read more »
How Deep Is Your Lineup: Dodgers' Edition
Continued development from some players and improving health from others should have been enough for the Dodgers, but they've suffered a run of injuries to their everyday players this spring. Read more »
Ranking MLB's Best Hitter-Pitcher Combinations
It's difficult to win a World Series on the strength of just two stars, but having a superstar hitter and pitcher is as good a place as any to start building a contender. Read more »
How Deep Is Your Rotation: Angels' Edition
It would have made sense for the Halos to make a trade out of their starting pitching depth to try and upgrade the offense, but thankfully for them they didn't, as they're already using all of the depth before the season even begins. Read more »
How Deep Is Your Rotation: Dodgers' Edition
The Dodgers went for quantity over quality this offseason with their rotation, building it with injuries in mind and spreading the risk around. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 150 Overall
Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw and Josh Donaldson are in our top-5 overall picks for your 2016 fantasy baseball leagues. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relief Pitchers
Whatever you do, do not overdraft closers. The recommended strategy is to grab one established closer at a fair draft slot, and then add 1 or 2 additional guys from the tier 4 group Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Starting Pitchers
Pitching should be viewed largely as a quantity game. So, grab one to two anchors, then bring in the numbers and see which ones hit. Read more »
Toronto Should Cringe At Long-Term Deal For Edwin Encarnacion
The Blue Jays and Edwin Encarnacion couldn't agree on the length of a potential contract extension and that's a very good thing for the team's long-term future. Read more »
Qualified To Play Ball: Where Do We Go Now?
The qualifying offer system will be undergoing changes when the current CBA expires. Here are some of the options and alternatives. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Outfielders
Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Andrew McCutchen and Giancarlo Stanton headline a deep crop of talent in the outfield. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catchers
Buster Posey and Kyle Schwarber are great talents, but the best strategy for the position this season is to wait, wait and wait some more, and fill the spot towards the back end of your draft. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Shortstops
Carlos Correa has arrived as the unquestioned top option at shortstop ahead of Troy Tulowitzki, Xander Bogaerts, Corey Seager and Francisco Lindor. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Basemen
Third base comes with plenty of high-end options, buoyed by an impressive young crop of stars. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Second Basemen
An official change of the guard took place last year at second base, as Robinson Cano conceded his throne to Jose Altuve, with Dee Gordon establishing himself as the vice president. Read more »
Qualified To Play Ball: The State Of The Qualifying Offer
Players are waiting months to find a team. Players are getting paid way less than they would be otherwise. Big market teams are using the QOS to undercut the market value of their free agents and end up with them back in the fold on cheap deals. Read more »
2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Basemen
Following suit from most years, first base runs quite deep this season, albeit with differing levels of quality. Paul Goldschmidt could conceivably go first overall in your league. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL Central
On how the Tigers, White Sox, Indians and Twins tried to close the gap on the defending champion Royals in the offseason. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: NL East
Breaking down the moves made by the Braves, Marlins, Mets, Phillies and Nationals. Read more »