X
Lost password?

Don't have an account?
Gain Access Now

X

Receive free daily analysis

NFL
NBA
NHL
NASCAR
CFB
MLB
MMA
PGA
ESPORTS
BETTING

Already have an account? Log In

X

Forgot Password


POPULAR FANTASY TOOLS

Expert Advice
Articles & Tools
Import Your Leagues
Daily Stats & Leaders
All Pitcher Matchups
Compare Any Players
Player Comparisons
Rookies & Call-Ups
24x7 News and Alerts

Eric Samulski's "My Guys" for 2022 Fantasy Baseball

Alex Kirilloff - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Throughout fantasy baseball draft season, we get a lot of fantasy baseball sleepers or fantasy baseball busts articles, which are useful in finding guys who may be valued too high or low by ADP and can return a nice profit on our rosters. However, we also talk a lot about reaching a point in the draft where you just want to "get your guys." What we usually mean is that if you believe in a player, you should try to get that player, regardless of what ADP might tell you. After all, it's your team, and it should be filled with players you believe in.

So with that being said, I thought I'd put together an article of just those players that I am actively trying to get in drafts. Some of them might be early-round picks and some are late-round flyers, but these are all players who I believe will have good seasons and who I want to have on my roster. Obviously, there are other players I like and some who have really caught my eye in recent weeks (Matt Brash and Jesus Luzardo, etc.), but I wanted to stay true to the players who appear on the majority of my rosters; guys who I have been actively trying to have shares of for a while.

My hope is that this can provide you with some good information on each of these players which will allow you to think about where you stand on them. I hope that by also getting some insight into what I'm looking for or what stands out to me in the stats or past performance, you might be able to crystallize your own thoughts on other players and feel more confident in getting your own guys in these final drafts or early rounds of FAAB.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and weekly lineup resources:

 

Mitch Garver, Texas Rangers

Plain and simple: injuries derailed Mitch Garver's season in 2021. Garver only played 68 games for the Twins in 2021 thanks to a long stint on the injured list after taking a foul ball to the groin that required surgery. Garver missed two months and then, after coming back, landed on the IL with both rib and lower back injuries. However, before that, Garver had been tearing the cover off of the ball. In May (Garver played only one game in June), Garver hit .281 with a 1.017 OPS, four home runs, and eight RBIs.

On the season, Garver hit the ball in the air (FB/LD) 8% more than any season in the last three years, had the lowest groundball rate of his career, and had the highest barrel rate and average exit velocity rates of his career. In fact, Garver was 97th-percentile in exit velocity on balls in the air during the first half of the season, and his HR/PA rate was 93rd-percentile. Remember that this is a guy who hit 31 home runs in 2019, so it was nice to see his xSLG spike back up towards those highs.

Garver had fixed the swing-and-miss issues that plagued his short 2020 season, lowering his SwStr% to 2019 levels while raising his overall contact% by nearly 8% and being as aggressive in the zone, in particular on first pitches, as he had been in 2019. In fact, when looking under the hood, I believe Garver could have had a better overall 2021 than his 2019 season had he not been beset by injuries. Let other people get turned off by his low season-long totals, but I think you could draft Garver and be looking at a catcher who hits .260 with 25+ home runs, which is a rarity at the position.

 

Alex Kirilloff, Minnesota Twins

I seem to be writing a lot of words about Kirilloff this offseason. Early in the offseason, he featured in my barrel rate improvers article, and now he finds himself here. It shouldn't come as a surprise since he was such a highly-touted prospect, but it's interesting considering he currently has an ADP of 175. In 2021, Kirilloff hit .251/.299/.423 with eight home runs, 34 RBI, and 23 runs in 59 games. However, with xBA of .291 and an xSLG of .541, Statcast seems to be telling us that he had a much better season than we're remembering.

For starters, his 12.8 barrel rate was 87th-percentile and his xWOBA was 91st-percentile, so Kirilloff had an elite quality of contact. A potential issue for the rookie was that his fly ball rate was below 30%, and he was hitting nearly 50% ground balls, which is not ideal. However, I believe a breakout was coming before injuries cut short his season. As the season went on, Kirilloff became more selectively aggressive, not swinging at the first pitch so much. He also became more pull-centric with his contact and his launch angle began to rise.

Considering Kirilloff was in the 87th-percentile on average exit velocity on balls in the air (96.2 mph) and was in the 90th-percentile on rate of balls in the air hit over 100 mph (45.1%), elevating the ball more could easily lead to more home runs. To sum up, this is a high-level prospect who made elite quality of contact all season and who began to hit the ball in the air and to the pull side more as the season went on. Yes, please. He's locked into near everyday at-bats on the Twins and is absolutely somebody we should be scooping up even though he has had a slow spring training. I'm not scared off by that one bit.

 

Jorge Polanco, Minnesota Twins

The Jorge Polanco evolution is pretty interesting. The Twins' middle infielder seemed primed for a breakout after in 2017 season, where he hit .256 with 13 home runs and 13 stolen bases as a 23-year-old. However, he was suspended 80 games to start the 2018 season for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, so most people ignored his solid 77 games to finish that season and still considered him a "steroid guy" before the 2019 season. However, after hitting .295 with 22 home runs in 2019 and .269 with 33 home runs and 11 stolen bases last year, it's time to forget the suspension and take Polanco seriously.

For starters, he's always been a high contact rate player. He's never had a strikeout rate above 19% in his entire MLB career and his zone contact (Z-Contact%) always hovers around 90%, while his overall contact rate is often around the 80th-percentile. Historically speaking, he's been more of a patient hitter with a below-average overall swing rate, but in 2021 he became far more aggressive. His overall swing rate jumped up 6%, which put him in the 67th-percentile in the league and his swing rate at pitches out of the zone (O-Swing%) also jumped 6%. This change in approach hurt his ability to make contact outside of the zone; yet, given how patient he was coming into this season it only had a minor impact on his overall contact rate. He still put up a 9.1% swinging-strike rate, which is high for him but still a pretty strong number.

Polanco's shift to become more aggressive is pretty clearly connected to this rise in pull rate. Polanco has never had a Pull% over 44% but rocketed it up to 52.7% last year. He was hunting for pitches that he could drive to the pull side. As a result, a rise in barrel rate followed, since he was searching for pitches he could do damage on. His barrel rate jumped to 10.1% in 2021, which is a massive improvement from his career-high 6.3% rate in 2019. What's more, he was also hitting 60% of his contact in the air (fly balls or line drives) as opposed to 54.8% in 2020. So Polanco searched for pitches to drive, made harder contact, and made more of that contact in the air, which is exactly why his home run total jumped.

This is not a fluke. Polanco has always had max exit velocities around 109 mph and his max exit velocity in 2021 was 110 mph, so he's not showing new top-end power, he's simply getting closer to that top-end more often and doing so with clear changes to his approach.

His 15.8% HR/FB ratio is also not an unsustainable number seeing as how that ranked 60th in MLB behind Jose Altuve and Jonathan India. As a result, I'm not sure why projections see Polanco dropping down to 24 home runs. I think he could push for 30 home runs again while keeping the .260-.270 average that seems to be his new normal with his more aggressive approach. Add possibly ten stolen bases and 170 Runs+RBI to that total, and I'm taking Polanco ahead of 2B like Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Brandon Lowe, who are currently going ahead of him.

 

Josh Donaldson, New York Yankees

Listen, I did not expect to start this with four 2021 Minnesota Twins, and I promise you that I am not a Twins fan. These just happen to be players that I have been gravitating towards this season. There seems to be a prevailing thought that, at 36-years-old, Josh Donaldson's years of fantasy relevance are behind him. I wouldn't be so sure of that. Despite battling injury in 2018 and 2020, Donaldson played in 135 games this year and 155 games in 2019. He's also been in the top 5% of the league in terms of barrel rate in 4 of his last 5 fully healthy seasons. The only year he missed was when he was in the top 10%.

Like Ohtani, Donaldson raised his flyball rate in 2021, back to levels he was getting regularly in 2016 and 2017, when he was hitting 30+ home runs for Toronto. He also was more aggressive, raising his swing rate by 6%, which allowed him to make more contact in the zone and cut down on his SwStr% overall. As a result, his strikeout rate dropped to 21%, which was his best performance in that area since 2016. In fact, Donaldson may have actually been unlucky that season. His .268 BABIP is thirty points below his career average, and Statcast has Donaldson with a .267 xBA and 31 expected home runs. Now, he hasn't had an average that high since 2017, but we're also talking about him making changes to his profile that reflect the hitter he was back then, so we shouldn't be surprised if he's pushing a .260 average in the future.

The only question for Donaldson remains health. However, I do believe the Yankees will make sure they're working Donaldson into the DH rotation alongside Giancarlo Station. The Yankees played Stanton in the outfield a good bit last year, so I think they'd feel comfortable doing that every now and then in 2022 to allow Donaldson a day at DH. The trade of Luke Voit to San Diego will allow for that to happen; although, admittedly not as much as it would have if Donaldson had stayed in Minnesota. More time at DH would likely be a good thing for his health, which is why I believe Donaldson is a better fit in daily-moves leagues, but I see him as a .250-.260 hitter with 30+ home run upside and good run totals since he has actually been hitting leadoff in Spring Training in a strong lineup.

 

Avisail Garcia, Miami Marlins

Avisail Garcia doesn't get enough credit. I don't know if people assumed his 2019 was just some Rays' voodoo magic or they bought too much into his 2020 short-season struggles, but Garcia went under-drafted in 2021 and was on a lot of waiver wires for too long. He came close to putting together his second 20 HR/ 10 SB season in the last two full campaigns and did so while getting a little BABIP unlucky. Garcia has a career .326 BABIP but registered a .291 mark in 2021. It's part of the reason his xBA was .278 despite finishing at .262 and why his xSLG was .515 while his final slugging percentage was .490.

Garcia's barrel rate in 2021 is closer to his 2018 mark of 11.6% and 2019 mark of 11.7%, so it's no surprise to see him hitting the ball well. He also was 79th-percentile in average exit velocity on balls in the air, after finishing in the 34th-percentile in 2020. However, Garcia was 91st-percentile in the 2nd half of 2021, which would be a career-best. Part of that could be because his launch angle in the 2nd half rose two degrees, while his groundball rate fell slightly.

Even if we don't believe the slight change in launch angle and average exit velocity in the air are harbingers of a change, we should be viewing Garcia as close to the hitter he was in 2019. That hitter batted .282 with 20 HR despite being only 50th-percentile in HR/PA. If you give him a HR/PA that's an average of his 2018 and 2021, Garcia would have hit 28 home runs in 2019. With seemingly guaranteed at-bats in the middle of the order for Miami, Garcia could be looking at another season with a .270-.280 batting average 27+ HR, and 8+ stolen bases, which makes him tremendous value where he's currently being drafted at pick 187.

If you want to put my love of Garcia to music and images, you can check out this video of him I made:

 

Chad Pinder, Oakland Athletics

Did you know that Chad Pinder had a 16.3% barrel rate in 2021? You'd be forgiven for not knowing that since he only played in 75 games and is often an afterthought as the A's versatile utility man. However, when I saw Pinder's name come up on this leaderboard, I decided to dive in, and HOT DAMN.

It starts with Pinder's barrel rate but then extends to the fact that the 29-year-old was in the 94th-percentile on barrels that went over 100 mph and the 99th-percentile on balls in the air hit over 100 mph. Chad Pinder hit 55.4% of his fly balls and line drives over 100 mph. His average exit velocity on balls in the air was 98.7 mph.

This also isn't really new for Pinder. In 2020, his max exit velocity was in the top 4% in the entire league. He's had an average exit velocity over 90 mph in every season since 2018. At 6'2" 210 pounds, Pinder is also way bigger than middle infielders like Bo Bichette (6'0" 185 pounds) who people have no problem projecting for power. The biggest issues for Pinder's power profile have been that his launch angle usually overs around 8-degrees, causing his FB% to stay in the low to mid-30s and his groundball rate to be near 50%. He also has some swing-and-miss to his game with a career 13% SwStr% and a contact rate of 75%, which is fine but not great, and why his strikeout rate is usually around 25%.

However, Pinder hits the ball incredibly hard and has for a while. As of this writing, he is penciled in as the starting left field for the Athletics, but he's also been playing a lot of 3B in spring training, so it's possible that he could play 130+ games while having multi-position eligibility. Even without a swing change, Pinder is likely to be a 15+ home runs bat who can hit .250 and have a combined Runs+RBI total of around 130. If we were to see him begin to add more loft to the swing, a power breakthrough could push him to be a 25+ home run guy which is why I love Pinder as one of my end-of-draft multi-position bats.

 

Harrison Bader, St. Louis Cardinals

Bader finds himself climbing in ADP as people search for more players with power and speed, but whether you want to draft him where he's going is all about whether or not you believe in small samples. During the first half of the season, Bader hit .234/.308/.439 with six home runs, five stolen bases, and a walk rate of just over 9%. Granted, it was only 120 plate appearances, but it seemed like the Bader we've seen before, until you dug until the surface.

During that first half, Bader was swinging at the highest rate of his career, with a Swing% just over his 2018 previous high, and was also making contact at an 82.2% clip, which was in the 89th-percentile in the league and was more than 15% higher than his previous rates. He also only had a 15.8% strikeout rate, which would have been almost twice as good as his career average, so Bader was swinging more, making more contact, but only barrelling the ball 5.6% of the time and not seeing great results on the field. Something had to give.

In the second half, Bader began to see results, hitting .281/.331/.469 with ten home runs in 281 plate appearances. Those numbers were despite a 26- game cold stretch in August where he hit .152/.229/.192. If you remove those 109 plate appearances, then you're looking at just 172 plate appearances of plus production from Bader, which comes back to what we were talking about earlier in regards to the small sample size. Can we believe in the 92 hot plate appearances in July and 117 across September and October? I'm inclined to believe yes, to a degree.

See, in the second half of the season, Bader increased his swing rate even more, up to 48.1%, when he had hovered around 42% for the last two years. He also raised his O-Swing% and Z-Swing% to career-high rates, and even though his contact rate dipped to 74.6% in the second half, that was still in line with his previous career marks and his O-Contact% remained a career-high. It's clear from those numbers that Bader was being more aggressive at the plate, but was hunting pitches that he could put in play. He was also producing with this approach, registering a .892 OPS and .541 SLG on the first pitch, which helped compensate for the rise in SwStr%. Bader swung and missed more but struck out less since he was being aggressive early in the count as well. Yet, part of the reason I think we saw Bader have a big second half is because of one final adjustment.

Sometimes plate discipline approaches can take a few months to settle, so it's possible that Bader was always going to have a strong second half, but another thing I noticed was that a lot of Bader's rolling averages showed a clear spike around the middle of August.

His hard-hit rate:

His xSLG:

And his xBA:

So did something change for Bader in the middle of August? One potential answer is that Bader's launch angle dropped from 15-degrees before this point to 11.3-degrees from August 14th on. That may not seem like a lot, but a four-degree change in swing path in the middle of the season likely signals a clear shift in approach and one that plays to Bader's strengths. Since Bader has 97th percentile sprint speed and had a .303 batting average on ground balls (the third season he's batted above .300 on grounders), keeping the ball out of the air is better for his average. He also only hits the ball in the air at an average exit velocity of 91.3 mph, which is just 17th-percentile in all of baseball, so he's not exactly benefiting from lifting the ball.

As a result, I think the newfound aggressive approach and hitting the ball low and hard could make his high batting average from that final stretch more believable. He also hit seven home runs during those 171 plate appearances, which is a third of his projected plate appearance total on the season, meaning that 15+ home runs doesn't seem out of the question even without the lift in his swing. This new version of Bader won't help you in OBP leagues, and he's likely to run hot-and-cold due to the swing-and-miss in his game, but I also think he could hit .260 with 15+ home runs and 15 stolen bases, which is a pretty solid value for where he's going.

 

Reid Detmers, Los Angeles Angels

I also listed Reid Detmers as one of "my guys" on Jon Anderson's podcast and had him featured in my top 100 starting pitchers article so I'm all in there. People may look at Detmers' 7.40 ERA from five starts last year and forget that he was a 21-year-old in his FIRST SEASON OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL. The Angels drafted Detmers 10th overall in June of 2020 and he was in the majors almost a calendar year later. That's insane for a starting pitcher.

Detmers throws mid-90s from the left side, but has two really solid breaking balls in a slider and a curve. The curve had just a 2.66 deserved ERA in 2021 with a 12.1 SwStr% and a 35.4% CSW, which is why it was Detmers' second most-used pitch. It also hits hit into the ground a lot with a 53.8% groundball rate, which is a good thing because it allowed a 7.7% barrel rate but doesn't often lead to much damage due to the low launch angle allowed.

The slider was Detmers' best swing-and-miss pitch with a 17.6 SwStr%, which is why he throws it 30% of the time in two-strike counts. It had a 3.19 dERA and allowed just a 4.3% barrel rate in 2021, so both of the breaking balls played up in the limited sample. The problem for Detmers was that his fastball got hit hard, and he didn't seem to have a strong enough fourth pitch between the change-up and sinker.

However, my hope is that Detmers' fastball will be more effective in his second season. Often rookies learn about fastball location the hard way in adjusting to the majors, realizing that good velocity isn't enough when it doesn't come with efficient command. I like that Detmers worked up in the zone with his fastball, but he needs to mix inside and outside a bit more and keep working on the sequencing of his arsenal, two things that are incredibly common for young pitchers.

So far in the spring, Detmers has shown improvements in his changeup, which will be crucial for him going forward, and he's won a spot in the Angels' six-man rotation. I know the six-man turns some people off because it means fewer innings, but Detmers only threw 80+ innings last year, so he's likely capped around 130 this year, regardless. We also don't know how effective Michael Lorenzen will be as a starter or Jose Suarez will be in his first year in the rotation. Plus, with Patrick Sandoval's injury history, there are myriad ways this becomes a more traditional five-man rotation, and I'm happy to bet on Detmers' talent while others are rushing to true rookies like Matt Brash, Hunter Greene, and MacKenzie Gore.



Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App

Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy baseball app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, sleepers, prospects & more. All free!



More Fantasy Baseball Analysis




POPULAR FANTASY TOOLS

Expert Advice
Articles & Tools
Import Your Leagues
Daily Stats & Leaders
All Pitcher Matchups
Compare Any Players
Player Comparisons
Rookies & Call-Ups
24x7 News and Alerts

REAL-TIME FANTASY NEWS

Aaron Rodgers43 mins ago

Jets Owner Suggested Benching Aaron Rodgers
Mike Evans2 hours ago

Practicing Again On Thursday
Chandler Stephenson3 hours ago

Registers Three Assists Versus Predators
Jason Robertson3 hours ago

Totals Three Points In Wednesday's Win
Nils Lundkvist4 hours ago

Exits Early With A Lower-Body Injury
Matthew Knies4 hours ago

Sustains An Upper-Body Injury
Mikael Granlund4 hours ago

Exits Late With Injury Wednesday
Patrik Laine4 hours ago

Returns To Practice
Ausar Thompson4 hours ago

Listed As Doubtful For Thursday
Walker Kessler4 hours ago

Still Missing For Jazz
Jordan Clarkson4 hours ago

Questionable To Face Spurs
Devin Vassell5 hours ago

To Miss Third Consecutive Game
Chris Paul5 hours ago

Considered Probable For Thursday's Game
Khris Middleton5 hours ago

Medically Cleared To Play
Chris Sale15 hours ago

Wins National League Cy Young Award
Tarik Skubal15 hours ago

Wins 2024 American League Cy Young Award
Paul George16 hours ago

Exits Game On Wednesday, Hyperextends Left Knee Again
Scoot Henderson16 hours ago

Leaves Game On Wednesday, Won't Return
Jalen Johnson17 hours ago

Active On Wednesday Night
Zach Collins17 hours ago

Uncertain To Play On Thursday
Austin Eckroat17 hours ago

Heads To The RSM Classic After Win
Harris English17 hours ago

Finding Form Heading To The RSM Classic
Ben Griffin17 hours ago

Continues Playing Well Heading To The RSM Classic
Denny McCarthy17 hours ago

Returns to The RSM Classic
Patrick Williams17 hours ago

Likely To Miss At Least One Week
Kyle Anderson17 hours ago

Available For Matchup With Hawks
Victor Wembanyama17 hours ago

Out Again On Thursday
Jusuf Nurkic17 hours ago

Available On Wednesday
Stephen Curry18 hours ago

Will Play Against Atlanta
De'Anthony Melton18 hours ago

To Undergo Season-Ending ACL Surgery
Tre Mann18 hours ago

Probable For Thursday Night Matchup Against Detroit
Mike Conley18 hours ago

Appears On Injury Report For Thursday With Toe Injury
Donte DiVincenzo18 hours ago

Questionable Heading Into Thursday
Josh Jacobs18 hours ago

Limited With Multiple Injuries
DeVonta Smith18 hours ago

Misses Practice On Wednesday
Isaiah Hartenstein18 hours ago

To Make Season Debut On Wednesday
Tyrese Maxey18 hours ago

Active On Wednesday
Seth Jones20 hours ago

Expected To Miss Four Weeks
Sam Darnold20 hours ago

Limited With Foot Injury
Max Domi20 hours ago

Placed On Injured Reserve
Jalen Hurts20 hours ago

Limited On Wednesday
Connor Ingram20 hours ago

Out Day-To-Day With An Upper-Body Injury
Jake Ferguson21 hours ago

Picks Up A DNP On Wednesday
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen21 hours ago

Returns To Action Versus Kings
CeeDee Lamb21 hours ago

Listed As Limited, Dealing With Two Injuries
Alex Tuch21 hours ago

Available Wednesday
Tage Thompson21 hours ago

Remains Out On Wednesday
Sam LaPorta21 hours ago

Practicing In Full
Jordan Eberle21 hours ago

To Remain Out On Wednesday
George Kittle21 hours ago

Will Play In Week 12
Ludvig Aberg21 hours ago

Looks To Defend RSM Classic Title
Ladd McConkey21 hours ago

Does Not Practice On Wednesday
Si Woo Kim21 hours ago

An Intriguing Option At RSM Classic
Maverick McNealy21 hours ago

In Solid Form Ahead Of RSM Classic
Eric Cole21 hours ago

Chasing First Tour Victory At RSM Classic
San Francisco 49ers22 hours ago

Nick Bosa Does Not Practice On Wednesday
Christian McCaffrey22 hours ago

Does Not Practice On Wednesday
George Kittle22 hours ago

Limited During Wednesday's Practice
Brock Purdy22 hours ago

Limited On Wednesday
Alexander Mattison23 hours ago

Zamir White Not Practicing On Wednesday
Sam LaPorta23 hours ago

Trending Towards Playing In Week 12
Calvin Ridley1 day ago

Out Wednesday With Illness
Isiah Pacheco1 day ago

To Practice On Wednesday
D'Andre Swift1 day ago

Won't Practice On Wednesday
Brandin Cooks1 day ago

Cowboys Open Brandin Cooks' Practice Window
Connor Bedard1 day ago

Ends Drought With Two Assists
Sam Reinhart1 day ago

Pushes Point Streak To 11 Games
Mark Scheifele1 day ago

Celebrates Ninth Career Hat Trick
Evan Bouchard1 day ago

Rocks Senators With Three-Point Period
Connor McDavid1 day ago

Nets Two Goals During Three-Point Night
TB1 day ago

Nicholas Paul Exits Early With Injury Tuesday
Zach Hyman1 day ago

Sits Out Third Period Versus Senators
2 days ago

Guardians' Stephen Vogt Named AL Manager Of The Year
Milwaukee Brewers2 days ago

Pat Murphy Named NL Manager Of The Year
Jonas Brodin2 days ago

Returns To Action
2 days ago

Nick Pivetta Declines Boston's Qualifying Offer
Jose Siri2 days ago

Mets Acquire Jose Siri From The Rays
2 days ago

Phillies To Meet With Juan Soto
2 days ago

Luis Severino Rejects Qualifying Offer From Mets
2 days ago

Willy Adames Declines Brewers Qualifying Offer
2 days ago

Teoscar Hernandez Declines Qualifying Offer From Dodgers
2 days ago

Juan Soto Declines Yankees' Qualifying Offer
Luis Gil3 days ago

Wins AL Rookie Of The Year Award
Paul Skenes3 days ago

Named 2024 NL Rookie Of The Year
Brady Singer3 days ago

Reds, Royals Discussing Jonathan India, Brady Singer
3 days ago

Sean Manaea To Reject Mets' Qualifying Offer
3 days ago

Braves Have Interest In Walker Buehler
3 days ago

Astros Interested In Willy Adames
Charles Oliveira3 days ago

Gets Back In The Win Column
Michael Chandler3 days ago

Gets Dominated At UFC 309
Karine Silva3 days ago

Suffers Her First UFC Loss
Viviane Araujo3 days ago

Gets Back In The Win Column
Mauricio Ruffy3 days ago

Extends His Win Streak To Six
Nick Martinez4 days ago

Signs Qualifying Offer With Reds
4 days ago

Luis Severino Likely To Decline Qualifying Offer From Mets
James Llontop4 days ago

Loses Clear-Cut Decision In Thrilling Fight At UFC 309
Paul Craig4 days ago

Loses Decision At UFC 309
Bo Nickal4 days ago

Remains Undefeated With Lackluster Performance At UFC 309
Stipe Miocic4 days ago

Retires After UFC 309 Loss
Jon Jones4 days ago

Gets TKO Win At UFC 309 To Defend Heavyweight Title
Grayson Rodriguez6 days ago

Orioles Optimistic Grayson Rodriguez Will Have A Full Spring Training

RANKINGS

QB
RB
WR
TE
K
DEF
RANKINGS
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
SP
RP

MORE RECENT ARTICLES

 
DJ Moore - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

TNF Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 12 - Thursday Updates for Deebo Samuel, D.J. Moore, Jerry Jeudy, Jonathon Brooks, Jauan Jennings, Tank Dell

Many fantasy managers are in must-win situations down the stretch, so it's never been more important to ace your start-or-sit calls. Our Week 12 TNF fantasy football overall rankings for 2024 are here to help. Ahead of the critical Week 12 slate of action, let's find out where players on the start-sit bubble such as […]


Calvin Ridley - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

TNF Fantasy Football FLEX Rankings (RB, WR, TE) - Week 12 Thursday Updates for Chuba Hubbard, Calvin Ridley, Cedric Tillman, Jonnu Smith, Austin Ekeler

It's always tough to compare two flex options at different positions, but bye weeks and key injuries have made those start-sit decisions even tougher. We're here to help guide you with your lineup calls with our Week 12 TNF fantasy football FLEX rankings for 2024. Navigate the rankings below to find out where top flex […]


Tua Tagovailoa - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

TNF Fantasy Football Superflex 2QB Rankings for Week 12 - Thursday Updates for Tua Tagovailoa, Bo Nix, Russell Wilson, Austin Ekeler, Jayden Reed

Time is running out to collect "Ws" before the fantasy football playoffs begin, and if you need assistance, our Week 12 fantasy football Superflex rankings (2QB) for fantasy football can assist your start-or-sit efforts. Let's get to it! To begin Week 12 preparation, let's dig into the rankings to find out where key Superflex options […]


Bucky Irving - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

TNF Running Back Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 12 Thursday RB Updates for Jonathon Brooks, J.K. Dobbins, Bucky Irving, Najee Harris, Kareem Hunt

We're onto Week 12 of the NFL campaign, which can only mean the fantasy football playoffs are just ahead. Whether you're at the top of your league standings, fighting for a playoff spot, or are just trying to play spoiler, our Week 12 TNF fantasy football running back rankings for 2024 are here to help you […]


TNF Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 12 Thursday WR Updates for Cedric Tillman, Jauan Jennings, Josh Downs, Jerry Jeudy, DJ Moore

At the wide receiver spot especially, bye weeks and injuries are major factors in Week 12. If you don't have an excess of must-start WRs and need help identifying the top available options, we're here to help with our Week 12 TNF fantasy football wide receiver rankings for 2024. Let's dive in below to see […]


Jonnu Smith - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

TNF Tight End Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 12 Thursday TE Updates for George Kittle, David Njoku, Will Dissly, Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry

In most leagues, only three weeks of the fantasy football regular season remain. If you desperately need a win to clinch a first-round bye or quality for the playoffs, use our Week 12 TNF fantasy football tight end rankings to help you with tough start-or-sit calls at the challenging TE spot. Ahead of the critical Week […]


Tommy DeVito- Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Not All Heroes...Play On Good Teams - Giants, Patriots, and Cowboys Fantasy Football Outlooks

It's well-known at this point that good offenses can help their players light up the scoreboards in fantasy football leagues. The mantra "trust in good players on good offenses" rings true, and some of the best seasons in fantasy football history have been aided by things like good playcalling and a good supporting cast. The […]


Baker Mayfield - Fantasy Football Rankings, Waiver Wire Pickups, Draft Sleepers

TNF Quarterback Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 12 Thursday QB Updates for Anthony Richardson, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Bo Nix, C.J. Stroud

It's a critical week for fantasy football, as the playoffs are just around the corner. If you need help to nail your optimal lineups this week, our Week 12 TNF fantasy football quarterback rankings for 2024 are here to assist. Ahead of the all-important Week 12 slate, let's navigate the rankings below and find out […]


Jaylen Waddle - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL DFS Picks

Jaylen Waddle Fantasy Football Outlook - What's Wrong With Waddle?

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle was widely pushed as a potential league-winner in fantasy football in 2024 due to a variety of factors. The explosiveness and big-play ability of the Dolphins offense, the good play of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and his talent were a few of them. It's not worked out that way. It's […]


Isiah Pacheco - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Running Backs

Fantasy Football Injury Reports: Week 12 Updates for Isiah Pacheco, Tyreek Hill, Mike Evans, Jalen Hurts, CeeDee Lamb, Jalen Hurts, George Kittle, Calvin Ridley, more

Week 12 of the NFL's 2024 slate is coming up, and as the fantasy football playoffs draw closer, it's becoming more important than ever to stay ahead of injury news for key players. Leaving a hurt player in your lineup can result in disaster. The author of this article missed out on the fantasy playoffs […]


Jauan Jennings - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Wide Receiver Sleepers, Risers, Breakouts for Fantasy Football - Targets, Air Yards, Snaps Trends for Week 12 (2024)

Wide Receiver Sleepers, Risers, Fantasy Football Breakouts - Targets, Air Yards, Snaps Trends Analysis For Week 12 by Kevin Tompkins Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent […]


Video: Week 12 Must-Start Wide Receivers - 2024 Fantasy Football Streamers, Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Analysis

As we head into Week 12 we're dealing with multiple teams on byes. Be prepared to navigate those challenges by checking out our favorite 2024 fantasy football must-start wide receivers for Week 12! RotoBaller's Matt Donnelly discusses his top "Must Start" WRs that will have a fantasy football impact in Week 12, as well as […]


George Pickens - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL injury News

Steelers vs. Browns TNF Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Jameis Winston, Nick Chubb, David Njoku, Jerry Jeudy, Russell Wilson, Najee Harris, George Pickens

The Week 12 TNF game between two bitter AFC North rivals (Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers) is not likely to end up like the Thursday night game from two weeks ago when two different AFC North teams (Bengals and Ravens) battled to a 35-34 shootout. Somewhere deep in the charter of the Pittsburgh Steelers, I […]