Nathan Baker
Weekend Streamers for Apr 4th-6th
Nathan Baker breaks down your best streaming options for this weekend, taking advantage of some badly struggling teams in the opening week of the season.
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Nathan Baker’s 2025 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions
In an exercise of throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks, I’ve got 11 bold predictions for the 2025 season, all to varying degrees of boldness. To satiate those who seek outlandish long shots, I’ll group the picks into three categories. The first group will include picks I genuinely believe are likely to come true, the second ones may just come to fruition, and the third will be the most outlandish, seemingly ridiculous predictions that may just appear prescient at the seasons end.
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2025 Fantasy Baseball Division Preview – NL East
The National League East projects to be as competitive as ever in 2025, with three incumbent playoff teams adding to already strong squads in the pursuit of a World Series title. The Marlins expect to be a non-factor, but the young core of the Washington Nationals will excite at the very
least, and may even have a chance to surprise some people in the periphery of a wildcard race.
Deep Leagues: Top Picks Outside the Top 300
Finding value outside the top 300 picks in any draft can be a season changer, especially for owners playing in larger leagues. Drafting even one star in late rounds will transform the possibilities with your team, particularly if supplemented by quality assets at other positions, which is what we’ll aim for here.
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Fantasy MLB Today: Breaking down rounds 11-20 of NFBC drafts
Paul Williamson breaks down the first 150 picks (first ten rounds of 15-team drafts) in the NFBC. There are some names that are going way too early (most closers) and way too late. And there are some Goldilocks-pick that are just right.
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Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: Detroit Tigers
Nathan Baker dives deep into the Tigers magical 2024 season, breaking down fantasy values for each player, and what to expect for the future.
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2024 Fantasy Baseball Team Year in Review: New York Mets
Nathan Baker dives deep into the Mets’ magical 2024 season, breaking down fantasy values for each player, and what to expect for the future.
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2024 in Review, Grading Player Projections
To cap off another thrilling MLB season, I’ll take a look at some of the predictions I’ve made in Friday articles along the way, and grade them based off of the process of projection and how they’ve turned out. I’ll take a look at five today, but feel free to suggest others @nbakerngb, however poorly a take of mine may have aged.
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Pickups of the Day for September 26th
A trio of pickups on the final Thursday of the season, with a super short term focus to propel your final championship push, fittingly headlined by a couple of veterans heading into favorable matchups
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2024 Playoff Starters-Who will be rested next week?
Nathan Baker combs through every prospective playoff teams’ possible starters to see who could be rested during the last week of the season.
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Pickups of the Day for September 20th
A power factory, flamethrowing reliever and a recently promoted prospect fill out today’s adds, with an option for every league size and need on offer.
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Pickups of the Day for September 19th
Nathan Baker breaks down a duo of former top prospects for today’s adds, providing the potential for a late-season power surge. Don’t ignore the dream double-starter at the end, either…
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Dissecting the NL MVP Race
Nathan Baker examines the case for both Francisco Lindor and Shohei Ohtani, what they’ll need to do in the last two weeks to win it and how their fantasy value projects for next year, regardless of the outcome of the award.
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Pickups of the Day for September 12th
Nathan Baker writes that when the greatest pitcher in the sport sits on the waiver wire in 64% of leagues, there can only be one headliner; but don’t scoff at the other two, with a pair of veteran position players ready to bring the boom for your squad.
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Examining the National League Wild Card Race
The National League wildcard race now has the highest quality of teams that we’ve ever seen with the new three wildcard format, and with four teams closely fighting for three spots, some unfortunate team will miss out. The Padres, Diamondbacks, Braves and Mets form the top four in the wildcard standings, with just three games separating the teams. The Braves and Mets currently sit tied for the last spot, and both teams are on pace for 88 wins, which would’ve been
more than enough in each of the last two years to get in. With all three wildcard teams likely to have to win 90 games to make the playoffs, all hands are on deck for the last month of the season, with fantasy ramifications extending from each teams urgency to win. I’ll go through each of these four teams, their playoff chances and matchups to target offensive or pitching streamers as fantasy playoffs begin.