Anthony Kates
I'm a husband, father and fantasy sports fanatic. I've been playing some fantasy sport or other since the fall of 1996, thanks to one of my childhood best friends, Brent. I enjoy watching all major sports, reading fantasy novels, watching TV shows and movies, playing video games and writing about fantasy baseball. I started at Sports Ethos in 2023, just writing one article a week and cutting my teeth in fantasy sports writing and I am now a co-lead of the Fantasy Baseball department, co-host of the Fantasy MLB Today podcast and the author of two weekly articles, our dynasty baseball rankings and a handful of random articles a year. I support the Houston Astros, Dallas Mavericks, Tennessee Titans and all things Texas Longhorns.
Pickups of the Day for May 20th
Every Monday, fantasy managers are teetering between two emotions: Joy, because they won their prior match-up, and sadness, because they did not. To continue to boost the ego of the winners and massage the ego of the losers, I’ve put together a special edition of my Monday Daily Pickups. It’s the “Oops, All Outfielder Eligible” edition, featuring an aging slugger, a possible 20/20 sophomore Rockie, the Blue Jays new leadoff man and a strong-side platoon, left field bat out of Seattle.
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Anthony’s Fantasy Baseball Week in Review
Each Monday I will be dropping my fantasy baseball week in review, where I cover all 30 teams’ weekly fantasy performance and share the stats we need to know.
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Risers & Fallers: Hitters Edition
Last week on risers and fallers we focused exclusively on pitchers, so this week the focus will be on hitters. There are plenty of good, young bats that are seemingly finding another level they didn’t have before or solidifying breakouts that we’ve been waiting for. On the flip side, determining the bats that are falling and struggling was tough, because there were far more than I care to admit. So let’s buckle in and get to it.
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Anthony’s Fantasy Baseball Week in Review
I just want to kick this off by stating the obvious: I am not Joe Orrico. So these week in review articles will feel very different, but very much the same. I’m definitely not trying to replace Joe, just fill in the gap that is now here.
Each week, my goal will be to hit all 30 teams and go over fantasy relevant stats, notes, news, etc. to make it easier on you, the reader, to hopefully not miss anything vital. Some teams will get more words, some teams will get less, it all depends on what exactly happened last week.
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Pickups of the Day for May 13th
It’s Monday, which means a new matchup and another shot at a win. Everyday we are looking to find new players that can help lead us to victory, which means scouring the waiver wire for any player that can be impactful.
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Risers & Fallers: Pitching Edition
This week we talk about Paul Skenes (finally) getting the call to the majors, Nick Lodolo looking like he did as a rookie and Mason Miller’s dominance closing, on the rising side. On the falling side, we’ll discuss Tanner Bibee’s sophomore stumble, Hunter Brown falling off of the cliff of startability and what to do with Joe Musgrove.
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Pickups of the Day for May 6th
Another Monday means another matchup, as we delve deeper into our fantasy season. The further we get into the season, the more difficult it will be to find long-term, impact free agents, so let’s see who might be available in your league that can make some major contributions right now.
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Risers & Fallers: Catcher Production, Shota Imanaga and More
New Friday, new month, new risers and fallers. We’re going to talk a bit about the rising production from the catcher’s position, Shota Imanaga, NL Cy Young? and Cam Collier’s explosive start in A+. On the faller’s side we’ll talk about another injury for Mike Trout, Spencer Torkelson’s terrible, horrible, no-good start to 2024 and whether or not the end is finally here for Paul Goldschmidt.
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2024 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Top 100 Prospects – May Update
Five weeks into the season brings us our first Top 100 Prospects update, for May. More than 10 players have “graduated*” from the list and an equal amount are making their debut.
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Pickups of the Day for April 29th
It’s Monday, which means we have a new fantasy baseball matchup and new pickups of the day. We lost some big hitters to injuries last week (Casas, Bellinger, Lane Thomas, etc.), so let’s scour that waiver wire and see if we can find some replacements that can make an impact.
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Risers & Fallers: Mets Minor League Pitching, Brice Turang and More
We’re going to talk about some Mets minor league pitchers and the post-hype Brice Turang breakout on the rising side, while, on the falling side, we’ll look at slow starting sluggers (Matt Olson, Aaron Judge, Rafael Devers, etc.) and what is going on with Kevin Gausman.
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Pickups of the Day for April 22nd
Anthony Kates talks about the players he is adding to his fantasy baseball teams today
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Risers & Fallers: Orioles Hitters, Injured Pitchers and More
Every Friday, I am going to discuss a handful of players who are rising in value (be it re-draft or dynasty) and a handful that are falling.
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Pickups of the Day for April 15th
Today kicks off the start of the third week of the fantasy season. Whether or not you find yourself in a great spot in your leagues standings, I’ve got some players who should help you out.
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MLB Pickups of the Day for April 8th
The first full week of MLB play is behind us, so now the player pool will begin to tighten up a bit. There is still plenty of value to be found even in deeper leagues, but the further we get into the season, the deeper we will have to look.
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