Anthony Kates takes a look at the Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 season from a fantasy perspective.
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.
Pickups of the Day for September 5th
Nathan Baker takes you through today's pickups, featuring a pair of breakout pitchers, along with a raging hot power option.
Pickups of the Day for September 2nd
For most leagues, the playoffs start today. That means, for half or more of your league, in head to head leagues, at least, they will be ignoring the waiver wire from here on out. In dynasty leagues and roto leagues, though, you'll still be competing with every manager until the final day of the season.
Pickups of the Day for August 26th
In some leagues, the playoffs have already started. In others, we are one or two weeks out. In roto leagues, there are five Monday's left. This means every day becomes more and more crucial to our team's successes and failures. Finding value on the waiver wire can become a skill and one that you should exploit over your league mates.
Pickups of the Day for August 1st
Three pickups for today, including a couple of great young infielders who should be rostered in virtually every league.
Pickups of the Day for July 18th
As the fantasy baseball playoff push ensues, we’ve got three hot bats to help you win some crucial short term matchups.