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Athlon Sports Jul 27th, 12:20pm ET
Back in February I put Kirk on the catcher busts list. Batting average, no thump, don't overpay. That was a preseason take on a healthy player. This is an in-season take on a guy who broke his thumb. The facts nobody needs to argue about. Kirk fractured and...
Athlon Sports Jul 26th, 1:12pm ET
When I was a kid, my mom used to tell me to think before acting. She called it being irrational, probably because nobody knew what ADHD was yet. So sometimes I get ahead of myself and I did that last week. Because honesty is the whole premise of this column:...
Athlon Sports Jul 26th, 10:29am ET
The All-Star break means different things to different players. If one of your players is red hot, you hate to have a four-day pause in the middle of his streak. On the other hand, a player who is ice cold can use the time to go home, play with his kids, and...
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 10:08pm ET
Dominate your 2026 fantasy football draft with updated rankings, cheat sheets, sleepers, busts, rookie analysis, draft strategy, and more.
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 10:44am ET
Check your league's overall roto standings and you will find your team sitting somewhere in the middle, a rank that feels like it says something definitive about how the season is going. It does not. Overall points average performance across every category...
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 12:27am ET
The best undervalued fantasy football quarterbacks for 2026 offer favorable ADPs and the potential to deliver production well beyond their draft cost.
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 12:26am ET
The best undervalued fantasy football running backs for 2026 combine favorable ADPs with workloads capable of producing strong returns on draft investment.
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 12:17am ET
The best undervalued fantasy football wide receivers for 2026 offer favorable ADPs, target upside, and the potential to outperform their draft positions.
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 12:13am ET
The best undervalued fantasy football tight ends for 2026 provide favorable ADPs and realistic paths to weekly production beyond their draft cost.
Athlon Sports Jul 24th, 12:11am ET
The best undervalued fantasy football defenses for 2026 combine favorable ADPs with sack, turnover, scoring, and matchup upside.
Athlon Sports Jul 23rd, 5:44pm ET
With Matt Chapman potentially returning from the IL (abdominal strain), possibly as soon as Friday July 24, now might be a good time to add him to your roster. His overall traditional stats may not reflect it, but as the season progressed Chapman’s attack...
Athlon Sports Jul 23rd, 4:36pm ET
In mid-June, Athlon addressed Steven Kwan’s mysterious decline and subsequent demotion from leadoff hitter to the back of the lineup. Boy, have things taken an unexpected turn. The Guardians outfielder has gone from slashing a career-worst .206/.316/.251...
Athlon Sports Jul 23rd, 2:56pm ET
Top picks, sleepers, and longshots for the NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Athlon Sports Jul 22nd, 3:11pm ET
Michael Soroka’s current IL stint comes at an interesting time, as fantasy managers contemplate whether to hold the right-hander on their rosters. The Diamondbacks starter is having a solid season after making some changes to his arm angle and pitching arsenal,...
Athlon Sports Jul 21st, 5:00pm ET
Earlier this month, Athlon posted a piece naming Sonny Gray as the lone pitcher out of a pool of 162 whose sustained improvement in both swinging-strike rate and K-BB% was the sign of a true breakout season. Now, we would like to add another name to that list....
Athlon Sports Jul 20th, 12:18pm ET
Every offseason brings players whose fantasy value depends on a real fresh start, not just a new jersey. A narrative fresh start just means a veteran switched teams. He keeps the same job he had before. A real fresh start means his actual role changed too....
Athlon Sports Jul 19th, 4:44pm ET
Fresh off the All-Star break, Michael Harris II went full highlight reel this weekend. Two doubles Friday, a crushed solo shot off MacKenzie Gore Saturday, and another multi-hit game on Sunday. Last season, he salvaged a terrible first half with a genuinely...
Athlon Sports Jul 19th, 2:59pm ET
The All-Star break is over, the sunburn is fading, and the ninth inning picked up exactly where it left off. Mason Miller worked out of a bases-loaded, nobody-out disaster like it was a bullpen session. The Royals blew a save in the first game back, because...
Athlon Sports Jul 17th, 1:18pm ET
Adley Rutschman’s month by month 2026 stats have fluctuated wildly. He was hot in March and April, forgot how to hit in May, and bounced back beginning in the month of June. Overall, Rutschman has raised his BA by .033 points since his ugly 2025 season and...
Athlon Sports Jul 17th, 1:06pm ET
Every fantasy manager already knows how to read a wOBA-versus-xwOBA gap. That number tells you when a hitter got unlucky, a batted ball that should have been a double turning into a lineout, and the fix is patience. HardHit% versus wOBA is a blunter, more...
