Carlos Santana- It has been a struggle for Carlos Santana this season, which isn't necessarily a great thing considering that we have been saying that for some time. It seems the decrease in Santana's batting average that we saw in

Michael Conforto- As we close out the 2015 season, we need to look towards 2016 assets for fantasy purposes. Michael Conforto certainly classifies as an asset of interest heading into the 2016 season. His .236 ISO has been a huge

Greg Bird- Greg Bird's early returns have been fantastic for fantasy owners. Bird has shown a very solid power profile during this first small sample of his major league career. The biggest positive that we have seen from Bird is

Gio Gonzalez- Gio Gonzalez hasn't been able to maintain his top tier strikeout stuff throughout 2015 in the same way he did previously. Gonzalez's 21.7% K Rate is the lowest it has been since 2011. Clearly, it isn't a great

Erasmo Ramirez- The summer has not been particularly kind to some Tampa pitching. Alex Cobb went down early with a serious injury. Matt Moore has been a shadow of his former self in his return from Tommy John surgery. Drew

Raisel Iglesias- It was tough to understand what Raisel Iglesias could be when he got the call. So far, he has been absolutely fantastic. His 27% K Rate shows an elite level of strike out potential. His 7.2% BB Rate

Byron Buxton- Byron Buxton is back in the big leagues, and fantasy owners will have to figure out what to make of the consensus top prospect on the planet. Buxton is an excellent example of a player that will have

Starling Marte- Starling Marte has proven to be one of the better power/speed combinations in the National League in 2015. The biggest difference to Marte owners this season has been his ability to generate more power. His 14 home runs

Mark Teixeira- The Yankees have been waiting for several seasons for Mark Teixeira to heal from the wrist injury he suffered prior to the 2013 season. Well, the wait ended in 2015. Teixeira hit his 30th home run on Friday

Yasiel Puig- Puig has been a shadow of the player that stormed MLB two summers ago. His ISO is down to .168 as his HR/FB seems to have locked in at the 11-12% range over his last 878 plate appearances.

Justin Verlander- The first 6 starts of the 2015 season have been a big time struggle for Justin Verlander. He has suffered from an unusually low strikeout rate of 14.5% and truly high HR/FB rate of 16.3%. Obviously, these are

Noah Syndergaard- The pitcher nicknamed "Thor" struggled with his control on Wednesday night. He walked 5 batters in 5 innings pitched. This is unusual for Syndergaard as he has been a pretty consistent in keeping runners off-base with the free

Brain McCann- Brian McCann has been far more valuable in the first half of 2015 than he was during the majority of 2014. McCann has walked more (8.4% to 5.9%), but he is also striking out at a higher rate

Jacob deGrom- Jacob deGrom reminded everyone of his elite value on Wednesday with a 10 strikeout, 1 walk performance over 8 innings pitched. I've spoken about deGrom's talents before in this space, but I wanted to go over just how

Corey Kluber- The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has had a strange first half of the 2015 season thus far. Kluber remains one of the elite strikeout artists in the game today with a 28% K Rate and his

Marlon Byrd- Over the last two seasons, Marlon Byrd has become a very acceptable source of power as a 2nd or 3rd outfielder for fantasy owners. While you would expect that Byrd's power would decrease with age, it has actually

Pedro Alvarez- Pedro Alvarez remains one of the most extreme splits players in baseball. His inability to hit left handed pitching has greatly limited his value to owners in most formats. The exaggerated splits for Alvarez are not the only

Martin Prado- Martin Prado offers fantasy owners very little outside of a reasonable batting average from third base. Prado's modest power is down even for him in 2015 with a .083 ISO in comparison to his normal .130+ average of

Todd Frazier- What can we say about Todd Frazier? He continues to be as elite a power hitter as we have in the game. His 14th home run of the season left the park on Wednesday, and his 45.5% Fly

Eric Hosmer- Those of you who read my stuff in 2014 will remember that Eric Hosmer was one of my least favorite fantasy assets. I routinely recommended selling the Royals first baseman as his lack of power was a disturbing

Michael Taylor- Michael Taylor hit a game winning grand slam on Wednesday. Taylor was an interesting name towards the beginning of the season, but the luster has come off Taylor despite his most recent success. His higher than normal K

Yasmani Grandal- Yasmani Grandal went deep twice on Thursday to double his season long output. Grandal as managed to drive in 8 runs on Thursday, which made his season long numbers seem a lot more palatable than they did on

Jose Abreu- Jose Abreu is a very strong daily fantasy play on Saturday. His splits have been exaggerated to start the season as he has primarily been productive against right handed pitching. He is hitting .327 with 4 of his

Ryan Braun- This week has been a huge step towards Ryan Braun regressing towards a more favorable mean for his owners. Braun had been absent during the first three weeks of the season, but he finally seems to be coming

Pedro Alvarez- Pedro Alvarez has opened the 2015 season with a solid power performance, and he is a solid daily play against right handed pitching. Alvarez doesn't have much upside to alter his season long value, but if the Pirates

CC Sabathia- C.C. Sabathia has started the 2015 season with an ERA of 5.68, which is probably not surprising for most of the baseball world. Sabathia has struggled with injury, age and decreased velocity for several years. The interesting part

Jake Arrieta- The Cubs front end of the rotation could be fantasy gold in 2015, and Jake Arrieta would be one of the biggest reasons why. After taking the league by storm with a 27.2% K Rate, 49.2% Ground Ball

New York Yankees How well can you trust a Super-Nova in 2015? Ivan Nova began 2014 in the worst possible fashion. He suffered a season ending Tommy John injury, which has cost him the last 12 months of baseball. Today,

New York Yankees Replacing Mariano- Not necessarily a one man job I know it's a year late on the "Replacing Rivera" storyline, but after almost two decades of being the most stable fantasy closer in baseball, the Yankees closer situation

Derek Jeter- You will have to forgive me for a moment. I know these blurbs are supposed to be a statistical look into the fantasy value of a player with a specific focus this month on winning championships and 2015

Eric Hosmer- I feel like its been a couple of months since I last lambasted owners for hanging onto Eric Hosmer. I wanted to go on record again with fantasy owners that Hosmer should absolutely be going undrafted in standard

Austin Jackson- Austin Jackson is finally starting to run. After a disappointing season marked by his worst power output since he got called to the major leagues (3.3% HR/FB rate in both 2010 and 2014), Jackson has begun to show

Todd Frazier- Perhaps not surprisingly, Todd Frazier has struggled to generate the power that made him such a successful piece of fantasy lineups in the early part of the season. Since the All-Star Break, Frazier has managed only 1 home

J.D. Martinez- It is always tough to change our perception of a player in-season. Bias from past seasons always seems to seep in no matter how large a sample size we are given to review, and we are almost always

Brian McCann- July was the best month of the year for Brian McCann, who finally showed some of the offensive capability that made him a high-priced free agent in the off-season and a top 10 fantasy catcher during draft season.

Tanner Roark- Tanner Roark has managed to make himself fantasy relevant despite not being a terrific strikeout pitcher. His 19% K Rate is solid but hardly elite for a pitcher who has managed to become a solid back-end fantasy rotation

Carlos Beltran- July has seen Carlos Beltran return to form a bit as a relevant fantasy outfielder. His .279/.343/.492 slash line is the best he has had this season although there is still some cause for concern. Beltran's season long

Chase Headley- The Yankees made their first offensive addition of the 2014 trade season by acquiring Chase Headley for the stretch run. Headley will now be available in AL-Only formats for pick-up so getting an idea of whether his July

Gregory Polanco- Gregory Polanco is becoming one of the poster boys in 2014 for my "shiny new toy syndrome". In every league, owners overvalue prospects to the determent of older, more proven assets. Polanco was widely thought of as a

Jacoby Ellsbury- Jacoby Ellsbury is pretty close to the player that fantasy owners should have expected in the pre-season. Ellsbury's plate patience, contact rates and speed generally paint the picture with perhaps a little positive regression in the second half,

Julio Teheran- Julio Teheran is one of those pitchers where I cannot explain or justify his success, which frankly, terrifies me about him. Teheran is not an elite strikeout artist as his K Rate sits in the low 20's (21.7%

Alex Rios- Around 3 weeks ago, I did a piece on Rios. In that blurb, I opined that Rios' batting average (then .335) would regress about 30-40 points based on his above average BABIP (then .394). I guessed it would

Dexter Fowler- Last month I wrote up Dexter Fowler, and I discussed how he was trending in a strange direction during his power prime. A hot June has helped Fowler's numbers regress back towards his career mean, but he is

Jake Arrieta- It's time to start taking Jake Arrieta very seriously. Arrieta has struggled through injury, ineffectiveness and a lack of command of the strike zone for most of his professional career. It seems like he has finally come into

Carlos Santana- Carlos Santana looks like a different player since returning from a seven (7) day stint on the Disabled List for a concussion, and fantasy owners could not be more pleased. It seems the regression that so many, including

Ian Kinsler- The Tigers and fantasy owners both have to be pretty happy with the production Ian Kinsler has brought to their squads through the first 59 games of the season. Kinsler has shown increased value from a disappointing 2013

Mike Minor- I wanted to touch upon Mike Minor after Wednesday's start and further some commentary that our own David Regan had on him over the weekend. As David pointed out, Minor has offered fair value to fantasy owners despite

Josmil Pinto- Josmil Pinto is one of many young catchers that will provide you some pop without much in the way of batting average. Pinto's current .227 average should regress in a positive manner given his .244 BABIP, but it

Jose Reyes- I will admit to being down on Jose Reyes at the beginning of the season. A 2013 marred by injury had me second guessing Reyes as reasonable option for 2014. Early on, another hamstring issue seemed to prove

Jeff Samardzija- Few pitchers in baseball have more tough luck no decisions than the Shark. Wednesday's match-up with the Yankees was yet another frustrating day for Samardzija. He pitched 7 shutout innings striking out 3 and allowing 7 base runners

Stephen Drew- The Boston Red Sox announced on Tuesday the re-signing of Stephen Drew for the remainder of the 2014 season. Drew is expected to spend 7-10 days in the minor leagues getting up to speed prior to making his

Clay Buchholz- After his first 7 starts of the season, fantasy owners are probably fairly frustrated with Clay Buchholz. His 6.44 ERA and 15.8% K Rate pale in comparison to his 2013 numbers, and he does not even seem like

Everth Cabrera- Everth Cabrera has been a cheap source of steals from a middle infield spot for each of the last two seasons. Cabrera is still running in 2014 as he has accumulated 5 SB through 33 games although his

Trevor Plouffe- Trevor Plouffe has provided solid fantasy value out of the hot corner through the first six weeks of the season. Plouffe has provided fantasy owners with solid contributions in the counting categories as he has provided the third

Alex Meyer- As we enter May, it becomes time to begin looking at potential call-ups that will affect the remaining schedule. The Super-Two deadline will approach in a little over a month, and teams will begin to look at prospects

Yasiel Puig- There may not be a more electric player in all of baseball than Yasiel Puig. As exciting as he is to watch perform on the field, there is some wild variance in his performance that leads me to

Vidal Nuno- The Yankees announced on Tuesday afternoon that Vidal Nuno would remain in their starting rotation for the time being to replace the injured Ivan Nova. With Nova almost assuredly going under the knife to repair his torn UCL

Michael Pineda- The return of Michael Pineda for the New York Yankees has been a welcome surprise both for the Bronx Bombers and fantasy owners through his first two starts of 2014. Pineda has shown the same elite strike

Ivan Nova- The Jekyll and Hyde career of Ivan Nova continued on Tuesday. Nova has long tantalized fantasy owners and the Yankees with his promise of combining a reasonable strike out rate (19-20%) with a exceptional ground ball rates. His

CC Sabathia- C.C. Sabathia had a strange opening night start. He routinely sat in the high 80's to 90 mph with his fastball, but he has yet to determine how to fool hitters consistently at this speed. He managed to

Boston Red Sox Jake Peavy, SP-Bos - Jake Peavy may be the lynch pin in the Boston rotation, but is he the lynch pin for your fantasy staff? With Ryan Dempster taking an unexpected year long sabbatical from the Major

Boston Red Sox Clay Buchholz- Fantasy Ace or Injury waiting to happen? Last week, when we touched upon the Red Sox rotation, I wrote about Jon Lester. Lester is the anti-thesis to Clay Buchholz. Lester's days of being a fantasy

Boston Red Sox Will Middlebrooks- Cheap power at third or a dead spot in your fantasy lineup? Few players were more Jekyll and Hyde in 2013 than Red Sox Third Baseman, Will Middlebrooks. The first half of the season in