Menachem is a Mathematics major at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and he has always had a passion for sports and statistics. He is originally from Cleveland and has followed baseball ever since the Indians ascended into relevance in the mid to late 90s. He continues to root for the Indians, Browns, and Cavaliers, through good times and bad.
Indians Outfield Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians on making it to the World Series in 2016! The hope is that this year it won't come down to Michael Martinez batting in the bottom of the 10th with the season on...
Elvis Andrus, SS, TEX Andrus went 3-4 with a 2B on Monday and continues to have a blistering September in which he's slashing .357/.430/.686 through 20 games. The hot streak has pushed his season BA to .302 which would be...
Jerad Eickhoff, SP, PHI Eickhoff collected his 6th straight quality start on Wednesday, allowing 3 ER's on 3 solo HR's in 7 IP. The recent results have been pretty good for Eickhoff, who has a 3.34 ERA and 1.05 WHIP...
Jose Bautista, OF, TOR Bautista hit his 18th HR on Monday against the Rays, but also struck out twice in the game. Over the past 6 years, Bautista's K% has settled between 14-17%, yet since returning from the DL on...
Brandon Belt, 1B, SF Belt homered against the Rockies on Wednesday, his 1st HR since Aug 13 and his 1st hit in the month of September as he just broke out of an 0-19 skid. Belt made the all-star team...
Byron Buxton, OF, MIN Buxton went 3-6 with a HR and a 2B on Sunday and is now 9-16 with 3 HR's and 3 2B's since rejoining the Twins at the beginning of September. During the four-game stretch, Buxton has...
Jackie Bradley Jr., OF, BOS Bradley has now played in 81 games since his 29 game hitting streak ended in May, and has a .229 BA and 24% K% during those games. He has kept his fantasy value alive during...
Jackie Bradley Jr., OF, BOS Bradley has now played in 81 games since his 29 game hitting streak ended in May, and has a .229 BA and 24% K% during those games. He has kept his fantasy value alive during...
Chad Green, SP, NYY Green was excellent for the Yankees on Monday, striking out 11 Rays in 6 shutout innings, while allowing just 2 hits and no walks in his 2nd win of the season. Green's K/9 is up to...
Odubel Herrera, OF, PHI Herrera was out of the starting lineup once again on Wednesday, marking his 4th absence in nine August games, but he did come off the bench to deliver a pinch-hit single, a SB, and a run...
Sam Dyson, RP, TEX Dyson has so far gotten the job done for the Rangers this season but you wonder how much longer it will last. After allowing another two baserunners in a save Tuesday afternoon, Dyson now has a...
We have gotten to the point in the season where fantasy owners realize that some of their players are just not going to match their preseason price tag and will end up producing negative value. Some of these players may...
MLB trades can easily change the fantasy value of the players being traded. But even players who are not traded can see a change in value based on those trades. Here are a few players who stayed put at the...
Max Kepler, OF, MIN Kepler hit his 11th HR of the season on Thursday, giving him more homeruns in 58 big league games this year than in any of his seasons in the minor leagues. While the power is a...
I recieved a request to write about Giancarlo Stanton, so we'll start with that: Giancarlo Stanton, OF, MIA With another HR on Wednesday, Stanton now has 10 dingers and 28 RBI over his past 30 games with an OPS over...
Kevin Gausman, SP, BAL It's amazing that Gausman is only 1-7 this year considering that he hasn't really pitched so poorly. While his 4.05 ERA is nothing to write home about, he does have a very solid 88:20 K:BB through...
Tim Anderson, SS, CWS Anderson went 2-4 with a HR on Monday, raising his BA to .308 and SLG to .519 through 107 PA's this season. Hitting leadoff for the White Sox has also helped his fantasy value as he...
I know I wrote about the Indians last week, but they've won 13 in a row so I can't help myself. Let's take a look at some more of the Tribe players who have been playing well recently. Cody Allen,...
Ender Inciarte, OF, ATL Inciarte has seen his BA dip to .240 this season, a steep fall for a guy who entered the season with a .292 career average (through two big-league seasons). He has never shown tons of power...
Congratutions to Cleveland fans on their first championship in 52 years! With the Cavaliers taking home the trophy, the Indians will try to make it two in row for Cleveland and right now they are in 1st place in the...
Javier Baez, 2B, 3B, CHC Baez has impressively reduced his K% from 38.5% in 2014-15 to 22.0% so far this season, but he hasn't quite been consistent. After collecting two more strikeouts on Wednesday, Baez now has a 30.2% K%...
Carlos Beltran, OF, NYY Should we really be considering Beltran again in fantasy? He hit his 14th HR of the season on Monday giving him 36 RBI on the year to go along with a .272 BA. Over his past...
In honor of Clayton Kershaw's potentially historic sesason, as well as the rise of pitching and strikeouts in general over the past several years, and with a special thanks to my Dodgers fan friend in LA, here is a list...
Brandon Guyer, OF, TB Guyer continued his hot hitting on Monday going 3-5 with a HR, a double and 3 runs scored and is now hitting .327 for the season. The hot start has led to Guyer being moved to...
Evan Gattis, DH, HOU Gattis homered for the 2nd time in 3 games since returning from the DL, but perhaps more importantly for fantasy owners, he logged his first game as catcher in 2016. As a DH only player, Gattis...
Here is a list of some NL players who were selected late in drafts but have so far made their owners happy in 2016 and what to expect going forward. Dexter Fowler, OF, CHC Fowler has made modest contributions in...
Sonny Gray, SP, OAK Gray had another rough outing on Monday allowing 7 ER's in 3.2 IP and watched his ERA rise to a bloated 6.00. It's easy to say buy low on Gray considering his ERA has been 3.08...
A month into the baseball season, there are usually plenty of surprise players who are leading the way in fantasy. Players who have gotten off to unexpected hot starts and maybe haven't had a chance to cool off yet. This...
Rajai Davis, OF, CLE Davis has been playing well for the Indians of late and is hitting .286 with 2 HR's and 6 SB's on the season. Yet his fantasy value has taken a hit with the activation of Michael...
Ian Desmond, SS, OF, TEX Desmond finally got on the board with his first homerun of the season on Thursday and also doubled in the contest. Don't look now but Desmond has gone 4-11 his last three games with 3...
Billy Hamilton, OF, CIN Hamilton batted leadoff for the Reds on Wednesday, but went 0-4 lowering his BA to .182. Hitting in the leadoff spot isn't something we should expect to happen regularly for Hamilton, it was more a matter...
Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU Altuve had a big game Monday against Kansas City, going 3-4 with 3 runs scored and 2 SB's. The two steals give him an MLB leading 6 on the season, twice as many as the second...
Patrick Corbin, SP, ARI Corbin allowed 4 ER's in 7 IP against the Rockies on Wednesday, giving up 3 HR's but also striking out 6 without a BB. While his ERA doesn't look good, it's important to remember that two...
White Sox Notes In my last article about two weeks ago, I wrote about Adam LaRoche potentially bouncing back, and whether or not he would see reduced playing time. Well, those issues are mute now. And without getting involved in...
Indians Notes: Francisco Lindor, CLE Lindor enters the 2016 season as one of Cleveland's bright spots, not only because of his superior defense but also because of his incredible .313/.353/.482 slash and 12 HR's in 99 games in his rookie...
The Indians Outfield: From Bad to Worse With Michael Bourn, Ryan Raburn and David Murphy no longer in the picture, the Indians outfield picture entering the season was basically Michael Brantley and two open doors. Being that Brantley is now...