Nicholas Rossoletti

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...