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Remember 2013? Harlem Shake videos were all the rage, James Franco had that movie with the dreadlocks, the Boston Red Sox won a World Series, and we witnessed the greatest play in college football history. It was a fun time! Mike Trout had just taken the league by storm en

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Death, taxes, and regression. They come for us all, eventually. The problem, however, is that sometimes we can rely too much on the big “R” word when faced with unexpected productivity, and we brush aside underlying factors necessary to understand what happened and what the future may hold. This certainly

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Mike Trout is just the absolute worst. Before Trout, young players could come up and develop at their own pace, without the added pressure to immediately be the best player in the world. Now, when top prospects come up, they’re expected to dominate, and any sign of growing pains is

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Apologies to Christmas, but this is the most wonderful time of the year. The snow is melting (hopefully), somehow every player in the league is in the best shape of his life, rankings lists are being rolled out and subsequently picked apart (might I suggest you take a look at

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Let’s talk about “stars and scrubs.” Every fantasy owner has tried it, and sometimes it can pay off if you hit on the right combination of high-priced talent and roster filler that evolve into much more. Short-term, immediate success shouldn’t be the only goal. In dynasty leagues, the idea is

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Information is power. When competing for championships, it’s helpful to glean as much information as possible, from any source, to try and project not only statistics, but also trends in player value. Heading into the 2016 season, the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC) has been compiling average draft position statistics,

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Constructing a dynasty roster requires foresight. It requires patience, calculation and perseverance. It requires the ability to plan for the future and look for the stars of tomorrow, before they become the “can’t miss” prospects of the present. Every now and then the heavens part, the stars align, and the

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