There's a reason why every basketball team needs a starting five and a consistent supporting cast. You can't expect the starting five to play 45 minutes. The basic function of the supporting cast is to come in and do the job whenever the starters are on the bench or struggling to get anything going. In […]
Full Story »Fact or Fiction? Determining Whether Starting Pitchers Equal Quarterbacks In Fantasy Using "Teams In A Vacuum" Concept
Do starting pitchers equal quarterbacks when it comes to fantasy sports? In the days of Peyton Manning, there was always a single quarterback in the first-round rankings just like Spencer Strider today. The second-round rankings had Drew Brees and Tony Romo represented in this year’s baseball rankings by Gerrit Cole and Corbin Burnes. But in […]
Full Story »Free NBA Betting Picks and Best Bets (3/13/24)
After taking a day to recoup, I'm back with NBA betting picks for the nine-game Wednesday night slate. Tonight's two marquee games feature an NBA Finals rematch with Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets traveling to Miami to take on the Heat. The late game on ESPN will see LeBron James and the Lakers try to […]
Full Story »3 Overvalued Closers: Bust Candidates for Fantasy Baseball Drafts (2024)
Relief pitcher is one of the trickier positions to determine fantasy baseball value given the volatility of the position and the limited ways it can provide fantasy output. Generally speaking, relief pitchers are only valuable in most fantasy leagues if they serve as the closer for their team. There are exceptions depending on league type, […]
Full Story »Overvalued Fantasy Baseball Catchers to Fall Short of ADPs (2024)
If you play both fantasy football and fantasy baseball, you know that the catcher position is like the tight end position. There aren't many elite options, but if you want to grab one of those top-tier stars, you will have to pay up. Adley Rutschman is currently the first catcher to come off the board […]
Full Story »2024 SEC Conference Tournament Outlook and Predictions
March is here, and the college basketball season is heating up. Conference tournaments have already begun. There is no surprise that the SEC has been viewed as the toughest conference in the nation regarding basketball, but only one SEC team will be crowned the 2024 tournament champion. This week, all 14 teams will battle it […]
Full Story »Diontae Johnson Traded To Panthers: Fantasy Football Impact
The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to look a lot different offensively in 2024. In addition to making significant changes at offensive coordinator and quarterback, the team traded former Pro Bowl wide receiver Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers. For Carolina, this trade addresses an obvious need. Quarterback Bryce Young struggled mightily as a rookie but […]
Full Story »Staying Put: Fantasy Football Impact of Players Who Re-Signed
NFL free agency is here. With the legal tampering period opening on Monday, the deals came quickly, with a number of key players changing teams on the first day of free agency. But we also saw a number of key players not change teams, opting to stick around in their current digs for a little bit […]
Full Story »Five Worst NFL Contracts For The 2024 Season
When the NFL free agency legal tampering period begins on March 11, every team is going to be trying to upgrade as many positions as possible. Unfortunately for fans, some of our favorite teams will be unable to make many moves. The impact of terrible moves made in previous offseasons has constrained their options. This […]
Full Story »2024 Pac-12 Conference Tournament Outlook and Predictions
March is here, and the college basketball season is heating up. Conference tournaments have already begun. It is no surprise that the Pac-12 has been one of the more exciting conferences to follow this season, but only one Pac-12 team will be crowned the 2024 tournament champion. This week, all 14 teams will battle it […]
Full Story »CBB DFS: Early DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/13/24)
It's Conference Championship week, which means plenty of afternoon basketball over the next few days and the turnaround on slates dwindles. Wednesday is our biggest day of the week this week with the major conference tournaments beginning in earnest today. We have 19 games split on two slates today on DraftKings. We'll go with the […]
Full Story »The Running Back Carousel - Barkley, Jacobs, Henry, Swift, Pollard, Ekeler
It was just one year ago that no team wanted to sign running backs to a long-term deal. Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs, and Tony Pollard all received the franchise tag, while others like Devin Singletary, Ezekiel Elliott, and Kareem Hunt signed one-year deals worth less than $3.1 million. However, it has been a different story […]
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