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.
Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 01/26
Welcome to Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 01/26! Man, what a boring day for basketball. We only had one game today, though it was two young, exciting teams watch, including the best team in the NBA and a team working on it’s identity. Not much to sort through, let’s take a look at the name or two that needs to be picked up today.
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Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 01/19
Welcome to Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 01/12! After a deep slate of games last week, this Sunday decided to just bring a 6-pack to the party. No matter, there were impact players who produced today and are available in shallow and deep leagues. Let’s take at look at all the action and see who we need to pickup today.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Breaking Down Rounds 21-30 of NFBC Drafts
Anthony takes a stroll through the final 10 rounds of NFBC Drafts, looking for good value picks, trends and anything else worthwhile. He found a few picks he likes, a few he dislikes, noticed some saves speculation and tried to figure out who will be this year’s Tanner Houck or Garrett Crochet.
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Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 01/12
Welcome to Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 01/12! After a deep slate of games last week, this Sunday decided to just bring a 6-pack to the party. No matter, there were impact players who produced today and are available in shallow and deep leagues. Let’s take at look at all the action and see who we need to pickup today.
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Fantasy MLB Today: 2 Too Early, 2 Too Late NFBC Picks
Paul Williamson and Anthony Kates are both on the pod as they discuss some of the most recent free agency news before diving into players they believe are being drafted too early and too late in the latest NFBC drafts.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Interview with 2024 NFBC Auction Championship Winner Mike Mager
In his first podcast of 2025, Anthony Kates returns with a special guest, the 2024 NFBC Auction Championship and 2024 New York Ultimate League winning, FTN fantasy writing, New York Yankees cheering, Mike Mager. They discuss his strategy for both his Auction Championship win – from pre-season research, bid strategy, in-season FAAB usage and start-sit strategy; and his Ultimate League win – pre-season research, draft strategy, in-season FAAB usage, when to cut bait on early draft picks and start-sit decisions. Plus, they discuss how to create your own personal rankings, overall FAAB strategy and more.
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Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: New York Yankees
Anthony Kates takes a look at the New York Yankees 2024 season from a fantasy perspective.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Second Half Improvers
Today, Anthony expresses his belief in six hitters who had a better second half than first half. From Victor Robles to Lawrence Butler, plus two elite hitters being drafted in the top 20, listen in to find out why he believes all six players are worth drafting and believing in for the 2025 season.
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Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 12/22
Welcome to Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 12/15! After a slow week because of the NBA Cup, we finish up with a busy seven-game Sunday slate.
Let’s comb through the box scores and see who needs to be picked up and who can be ignored.
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Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: Toronto Blue Jays
Anthony Kates takes a look at the Toronto Blue Jays 2024 season from a fantasy perspective.
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Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 12/15
Welcome to Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 12/15! After a slow week because of the NBA Cup, we finish up with a busy seven-game Sunday slate.
Let’s comb through the box scores and see who needs to be picked up and who can be ignored.
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Fantasy MLB Today: My Favorite 2025 Fantasy Baseball Rookies
Join Anthony as he discusses his eight favorite fantasy baseball rookies for the 2025 season. From stateside newcomer Roki Sasaki and I’ve-missed-two-years Andrew Painer, to already-been-there-done-that Dylan Crews and by-far-the-number-1-prospect-in-all-of-baseball Roman Anthony, he has a list of known quantities and one fun afterthought.
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Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 12/8
Welcome to Sunday Night Pickups: Fantasy Basketball Adds for 12/8! A busy Sunday for once, with two-thirds of the league active. Joel Embiid returns a day after fantasy managers lose Franz Wagner for weeks and the same day Evan Mobley twists his ankle (raise your hand if you have all 3 like me), which will all send reverberations through their teams’ lineups. Let’s walk through the games and see what kind of value we can find.
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Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: Arizona Diamondbacks
Anthony Kates takes a look at the Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 season from a fantasy perspective.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Top Outfield Prospects: Part 2
Today, Anthony examines the top outfield prospects at two minor league levels, Double-A and Triple-A, in part two of his two part series, and offers up some insight into their 2025 fantasy value and beyond.
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