Salvador Perez

It was amazing to see how many people on social media borrowed the lyrics from the classic Andy Williams' Christmas tune "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and turned it into a song for the MLB Opening Day 2018. Forget the day after the Super Bowl becoming a holiday. If MLB continues to schedule all of the teams for this day, MLB Opening Day should become the new sports-related holiday.Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ started out this day by hitting a home run on the first pitch of the first game, which leads us…

When I wrote my sleepers column a couple of weeks back, I had yet to begin most of my drafts, but figured I would be targeting the potential bargains I wrote about frequently. Now that many of my drafts are in progress or have been completed, it turns out I own every single player featured in the column on at least one of my teams, with several players finding homes on more than one of my teams.Yet there are other players who are repeatedly popping up on my rosters and draft queues, even though I did not go out and…

Is it ever too early to think about the 2018 fantasy baseball season? It’s already almost December, and before we know it, draft season will be in full swing. Over the next month or so, we’re going to rank every position for the 2018 fantasy baseball season, starting with the catcher position.I know, catcher is usually the most boring position to draft. Most people see the list of available catchers and run like they’re trying to avoid the plague. Outside of the top six to eight options, the position dries up really…

We've covered every offensive position so far in our midseason dynasty rankings besides catchers. Yay catchers! I know you can’t really tell, but that was said with a lot of sarcasm. Trying to find reliable catchers in fantasy these days is about as much fun as watching the Hallmark channel with my in-laws. Most catchers are only on fantasy rosters because they need to be. If we ignored position and solely looked at stats, how many would still warrant being owned? Maybe five?Regardless if we want them or not, catchers…

The All-Star Break seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the performances that we have seen so far this season. Using ESPN’s Player Rater, we can see which players have performed at the top of their respective positions across the league this season, noting those whose performances have been surprising or remarkable in some way. Catcher 1. Salvador Perez 2. Buster Posey 3. J.T. Realmuto 4. Gary Sanchez 5. Yadier Molina 6. Willson Contreras 7. Alex Avila 8. Evan Gattis 9. Brian McCann 10. Yasmani Grandal…