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.
Fantasy MLB Today: Civale? Sounds Like a Soup
Join Anthony for his first ever back to back podcasts, as he goes over Friday’s pitching streamers before diving deeper on Saturdays. He has a few fades in the back half of the pod, including a pitcher he recently traded for in one of his dynasty leagues.
Risers & Fallers: All Pitching Edition
About two months ago I was putting my Risers & Fallers article together and it ended up coming out to all hitters on the rise and all hitters on the fall, so I thought that it was about time the pitcher received the same treatment.
Fantasy MLB Today: Yusei, I Say, Not Today
Anthony is back with you on this humid Thursday, going over Thursday and Friday’s pitching streamers. Expect a longer than normal episode, as he has ten names, split evenly between streams and fades. Listen in to find out who lands on which list.
Fantasy MLB Today: Insert Witty Pun Here
Join Anthony as he shares with you Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s pitching streamers. Find out why he’s avoiding a podcast favorite streamer and why he’s not avoiding the Yankees.
Pickups of the Day for July 22nd
It’s the first Monday after the All-Star break, the MLB trade deadline is less than ten days away and the second half of the season is moving at full throttle. That means it is time to start to really buckle down and spend some time on the waiver wire, to find some lesser owned players who could turn out to be second-half gold. I’ve got four names today that I hope all have a little bit of that gold on them.
Anthony’s Fantasy Baseball Week in Review – July 22nd
The week in review covers all the starts by the starting pitchers, what the bullpens did (saves, holds-wise), how did the offense perform (runs scored, walks, strikeouts) and who stood out with the bat, if anyone did. It’s guaranteed to be 4000 or more words and will cover pretty much every main fantasy statistic and impact players. And it comes at you every week.
Fantasy MLB Today: Wacha This Way, Talk This Way
Fresh off the All Star break, Anthony is excited to share a few streamers for Friday. Though the choices are limited, he finds a few that can help you win your matchup, plus one starter rostered in half of leagues that should be avoided.
Sports Ethos 2024 MLB 2nd Half Predictions
Now that we’ve reached the final day of the All Star break and we’ve gone over our 1st Half Fantasy All Stars, 1st Half Fantasy Duds and our 1st Half All Star Prospects, we got all of the baseball writers together to predict the second half.
From division, wild card, pennant and World Series winners to individual awards winners, trade predictions and statistical predictions, our guys spent a lot of time with their crystal ball and tarot cards.
Sports Ethos First-Half Fantasy Baseball All-Star Prospects
The MLB All-Star break isn’t just a time to celebrate the big league superstars who have carried our fantasy baseball teams throughout the first half of the season. It’s also a time to brag about the future of the game. MLB does so by having the MiLB Futures Game and the First-Year Players Draft as […]
Anthony’s Fantasy Baseball Week in Review – July 15th
The week in review covers all the starts by the starting pitchers, what the bullpens did (saves, holds-wise), how did the offense perform (runs scored, walks, strikeouts) and who stood out with the bat, if anyone did. It’s guaranteed to be 4000 or more words and will cover pretty much every main fantasy statistic and impact players. And it comes at you every week.
Pickups of the Day for July 15th
All Star week is upon us, the 2024 First Year Player Draft had it’s first round last night and the All Star Game Home Run Derby is tonight, so before we get into those festivities, let’s take a look at the waiver wire and see what is out there to help us win our leagues.
Fantasy MLB Today: Yusei, I say, We All Say, Kikuchi
Join Anthony as he goes over Paul’s streamers for Saturday before he goes over a handful of streamers and fades for the final game date before the All Star break.
Risers & Fallers: Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Correa & More
With the All Star break starting Monday and the All Star game on Tuesday, I’ve decided to celebrate this week and have nothing but risers. Brandon Nimmo heads the list, on pace for career year and a big reason for the Mets most recent push. He is joined by a finally healthy Carlos Correa, Alec Burleson getting full time at bats, Brent Rooker’s continued growth and a Craig Kimbrel renaissance.
Fantasy MLB Today: Brave-ing a Knuckleball Sandwich
Join Anthony as he goes over Nathan’s Thursday streams before going deeper on his own calls for Friday and wonders why more fantasy managers don’t trust Matt Waldron and his knuckleball.
Pickups of the Day for July 8th
Today, I am only focusing on pitching. I have three starters that can help you in the short term and, hopefully, in the long term. They are of various skill levels and roster percentages and all three come from the central divisions in baseball.