The signal fantasy managers received in Brady Singer’s first start is too loud to ignore. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) You’ve been preparing all spring as a future fantasy baseball champion. You ranked and you mocked, you practiced and you planned. You filtered out the headlines and separated news from noise. You drafted once or… Read More »
ECR stands for “Expert Consensus Ranking,” which means the average ranking of the fantasy baseball industry and is generally comparable to ADP (which varies from site to site). This column will highlight some major differences between ECR and my own pitching ranks, with batters to follow later this week. I like pitchers better than consensus… Read More »
After my bold truth-telling during last year’s starting pitcher preview, it was inevitable that powerful forces would try to silence me in 2024. This is what happens when a lone, courageous voice threatens to overthrow the established order. Major League pitchers are charlatans and con artists to a man, but they are also a formidable… Read More »
If you solve the pitching better than your opponents, the kingdom is yours. But pitchers are the most fickle part of fantasy baseball: the maddening chase. You keep waving that wide butterfly net, but the butterfly is always out of your reach. Here are a series of ranks and guesses. It’s going to look absurd… Read More »
Gerrit Cole had a 2.63 ERA and 222 strikeouts, winning the AL Cy Young Award. He remains one of the true workhorse pitchers in baseball and one of the best SPs in fantasy. (Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images) When evaluating pitchers, ERA can be largely ignored because factors beyond their control greatly influence that noisy… Read More »