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 Baseball Team Year in Review: Miami Marlins
Anthony Kates takes a look at the Miami Marlins’ 2024 season from a fantasy perspective.
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Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: Minnesota Twins
Anthony Kates takes a look at the Minnesota Twins’ 2024 season from a fantasy perspective.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Scavenging Outside the Top 100 – Pt. 3
Today, Anthony Kates leads the pod as he discusses his five prospects outside the Top 100 Prospects List that he believes will join the list in the near future. He has three bats and two arms, with names for fantasy players in shallow and deep leagues alike.
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Thursday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 11/07
Welcome to Thursday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 11/07!! Thursdays during the NBA season tend to have the lightest slates, which means less basketball than we’d like, but also makes it easier for us to track all of the action. With less than 70 players setting foot on the court tonight, let’s see if we can find some under-rostered gems that can provide us with future value.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Perusing the Top 100 Prospects
Today on the podcast, Anthony Kates takes the time to go through his Top 100 Fantasy Baseball Prospects rankings and discuss some of the players within. He goes over his favorite prospects in the top 100, players who need to fix some holes in their game or find themselves sliding down the rankings, a few players who haven’t met expectations just yet, a few that have and any of the players he expects to make their MLB debut in 2025.
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Thursday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 10/31
Today, as we celebrate the scariest holiday of the season, we should consider what kinds of tricks and treats the waiver wire might be playing on us. As we watch the few games, listen to Shaq talk about “them rangz Erneh” and eat up all of the “bad” candy that our kids got while trick or treating, let’s take a look at a few of tonight’s performances and see if we can’t scare up a productive player or two. Because sometimes, early season pickups are just to die for.
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Fantasy MLB Today: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Season in Review: Outfield, Pt. 2
Anthony Kates is back on the pod, this time with part 2 of the Top 20 fantasy outfielders. Today he breaks down the performances of the top 20 outfielders per end of season rankings, that were not drafted inside the top 20 outfielders. At the end of the pod, he gives you a preview of his way too early top 10 fantasy outfielders for 2025 and shares his favorite outfielder that will be drafted outside of the top 20 outfielders that will end the 2025 season inside the top 20 outfielders.
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Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: Tampa Bay Rays
Anthony Kates takes a deep dive into the Tampa Bay Rays 2024 season, investigating the good and the bad, from a fantasy perspective.
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Thursday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 10/24
Thursday nights during the NBA season mean two things: we only have a handful of games to watch and the NBA on TNT. Two premium games wrapped around the antics of Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’neal, Kenny “the Jet” Smith and their ringleader, Ernie Johnson. But that’s not why we’re here. We’re here to find out what under-rostered players will be the next impact fantasy contributors, so settle in, put on your reading glasses and let’s get to work.
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Fantasy MLB Today: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Season in Review: Outfield, Pt. 1
Today on the podcast is part one of a two-part series, where Anthony Kates is going to breakdown the performances of the top 20 outfielders of the 2024 season based on their average draft position. Part two will post on Friday, wherein Anthony will breakdown the seasons of the top 20 ranked outfielders at the end of the season, that were not drafted inside the top 20 at the position, plus debut his way too early top 20 outfielders for 2025.
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Fantasy MLB Today: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Season in Review: Third Baseman
Anthony Kates has the podcast today and does a deep dive of the third base position as we continue to review the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
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Fantasy MLB Today: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Season in Review: First Baseman
Anthony Kates has the podcast today and does a deep dive of the first base position as we continue to review the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Seven Pitchers I’m Buying
Anthony is back on the pod, this time talking pitching. Join him as he discusses seven pitchers he is buying after their 2024 performances. He discusses four starters and three relievers, including one of his favorite Astros arms and two relievers he believes will be top five closers, if given the opportunity.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Seven Hitters I’m Buying
Join Anthony on his first fantasy baseball offseason podcast appearance, as he discusses the seven hitters he is buying based off of their 2024 performances. He discusses a rookie with 30/30 upside, the new number one fantasy catcher, an outfielder who should still be considered a top five option and more.
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2024 Top 100 Fantasy Baseball Prospects – End of Season Update
These are the top 100 non-MLB debuted prospects, so no Dylan Crews, no Jackson Jobe, no Junior Caminero. I prefer to rank them like this because, in the league I am in, once someone is up at the big league level, they are no longer eligible to be in a minor league spot, so why would they be ranked with the other minor league prospects?
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