Consider these 2 Start Pitchers owned in less then 50% of leagues.

Dan Straily	vs. NYM	@ MIL
Mike Fiers	vs. OAK	vs. NYY
Michael Wacha	vs. CIN	vs. WSH
Jordan Montgomery	@ CWS	@ HOU
Alex Cobb	@ PIT	@ BAL
Kevin Gausman	@ TOR	vs. TB
Junior Guerra	@ CWS	vs. MIA
Tyson Ross	@ CLE	@ CWS
Mike Clevinger	vs. TEX	@ DET
Hyun-Jin Ryu	vs. LAA	@SD
Tim Adleman	vs. MIL	vs. CHC
Jhoulys Chacin	vs. ATL	vs. LAD
Joe Biagini	vs. BAL	vs. BAL
Matt Strahm	@ DET	vs. MIN
David Holmberg	vs. NYY	vs. TEX
Ricky Nolasco	@ LAD	vs. SEA
Jesse Chavez	@ LAD	vs. SEA
Nick Pivetta	@ ARI	@ NYM
Eddie Butler	@ WSH	@ CIN
Amir Garrett	@ STL	vs. CHC
Trevor Williams	vs. TB	vs. SF

Hitters by position that are under owned.

Catchers:
Mike Zunino	SEA
Wilson Ramos	TB
Tyler Flowers	ATL
First Base:
Matt Adams	ATL
Josh Bell	PIT
Steve Pearce	TOR
Second Base:
Ian Happ	CHC
Joe Panik	SF
Brandon Phillips	ATL
Third Base:
Maikel Franco	PHI
Matt Davidson	CHW
Jose Reyes	NYM
Short Stop:
Dansby Swanson	ATL
Freddy Galvis	PHI
Orlando Arcia	MIL
Out Field:
Carlos Gomez	TEX
David Peralta	ARI
Shin-Soo Choo	TEX
Joc Pederson	STL
Tommy Pham	STL
Lonnie Chisenhall	CLE
Dennard Span	SF
Ben Gamel	SEA
Hunter Pence	SF
Bradley Zimmer	CLE

Top 5 Prospects Ready for a call any minute.

Franklin Barreto	SS/2B	OAK
Yoan Moncada	2B	CHW
Amed Rosario	SS	NYM
Rafael Devers	3B	BOS
Brent Honeywell	SP	TB

Everybody run to your waiverwires and pick up James Loney. You’ll forget who Freddie Freeman is real quick. 💩💩💩😜😜😜

Either Brandon Guyer put 4-6 weeks are we finally going to see Bradley Zimmer get the call to join the Imdian? If you have an extra roster spot it’s worth a roll of the dice. 

Why is it that the very second I get an alert about a Fantasy relevant player being called up to the majors I hold my breathe until i know if he is owned in my leagues. This never fails. A good portion of the time I use one of my precious transactions for the week on a guy that is up for the weekend or as a backup.

This never fails. It drives my league mates crazy, some thinking I have some secret Intel that alerts before any others.

I’m  not sure what it is about them. It feels like buying a scratch off Lotto ticket. More often than not its a dud but when you hit on one it can bring your team to a new level of production. Much like scooping up an unlucky star that gets dumped by their fantasy owners on May 1st as they are still batting below .200. You see some progress as momentum starts to show.

After the draft or auction is over and your “in season” mode starts this is like making trades for top players without giving anything else. In a non Faab league i will jump on that lotto ticket any time.

After years of experience participating in online auctions for my head to head points leagues, I have come to one certain conclusion. Expect nothing. You can go and participate in as many mock auctions on your favorite websites but they will rarely give you a true idea of what will happen in your league.

The other team owners are not stupid. You need to know that no matter how many magazines or online columns you read in the end people are most likely to be going after most if not all of the players you want. Even that deep sleeper that is showing a value of $1 which should by far out perform that price. Yeah, people heard about him on that same podcast you listened to as well. In a 12 team league where teams are given say $260 to fill out a roster the money always seems to go so much quicker than you’d think. If you have practiced by participating $5 dollar value would go for between $4-$6 dollars when you participate in your real auction said player may show the same value but, this player happens to play for the lets say the Seattle Mariners. Have you accounted for the guy in your league that loves the mariners and wants their best players more than anything.

So this is a game right. Its meant to amuse you and it lasts about 6 months why not write down a list of the players you want the most. Now I am not talking about a list like (Trout, Kershaw, Harper, Altuve and Goldschmidt) if you choose to go that avenue you would  be left with say $50 or less for your final 20 roster spots. if this happens you will most likely be sitting for a few hours watching players come off the board waiting and hoping to find enough solid $1 and $2 players to field a competitive team. So pick one or two top players a few guys that will cost 20 or so and a few that will cost around 10 dollars and hold your money to get those players that you covet.

While you have your “want list” the smart way to spend your time is to search for value. Start to compile a list of under $5 players you like and feel have legitimate “upside” talent. This will come in very handy as the Auction goes on. all the while if you see someone close to getting a $10 player for $1 because everyone else in the room is distracted throw out a bid for $2. Being alert and aware is the best way to find value in a draft. You may have regretted drinking all of those cups of coffee but you’ll feel a lot better about it if you can get a steal like that. There is a very fine line between spending too much too early and leaving money unspent. The latter of which is a Auction “no-no” its very common to have a little more than a handful of $1  players on your team you just don’t want to be stuck with out any of the ones you wanted.

Players that I am targeting in the mid to late rounds in point leagues. If I get most of these guys then a lot of money can be spent elsewhere. 

Catcher: Yasmani Grandal

First base: Chris Davis

Second base: D.J. LeMahieu

Short Stop: Dansby Swanson

Third base: Jake Lamb

Outfield: Andrew Benintendi

Starting Pitcher: James Paxton 

Relief Pitcher: Edwin Diaz

Here is the third and final set of outfielders under the age of thirty. You would think that 31-45 on this list would be fringe players but there is some quite talented players that can help your fantasy teams right away. Many players from the list below can be had late in drafts or cheap in auctions. On to the list…

31	Billy Hamilton	26
32	Davud Peralta	29
33	Kevin Pillar	28
34	Ender Inciarte	26
35	Corey Dickerson	27
36	Byron Buxton	23
37	Jason Heyward	27
38	Randal Grichuk	25
39	Nomar Mazara	21
40	Max Kepler	24
41	Keon Broxton	26
42	Scott Schebler	26
43	Hyun Soo Kim	29
44	Hunter Renfroe	25
45	Steven Souza Jr.	27

The second part of my outfielder ranking that cover #’s 16-30 show a lot of familiar faces including some young up and comers like Andrew Benintendi & Kyle Schwarber. Along with some former top prospects ready to break  out like Joc Pederson and Jorge Soler. These ranking are based on playing in  Head to Head points leagues and are based on 500+ At bats for each player.I’ll have #’s 31-45 up very shortly.

Now that the Super Bowl has concluded It’s a mad dash to absorb as much fantasy baseball information as possible heading into our drafts and auctions. No too many sites will cover just the points scoring system. Please consider Zig Zag as the ace up your sleeve when playing this format as there is so much more info yet to publish!

16	Giancarlo Stanton	27
17	J.D. Martinez	29
18	Yasmany Tomas	26
19	Adam Eaton	28
20	Justin Upton	29
21	Kole Calhoun	29
22	Andrew Benintendi	22
23	Kyle Schwarber	24
24	Joc Pederson	24
25	Khris Davis	29
26	Jay Bruce	29
27	Marcell Ozuna	26
28	Jorge Soler	25
29	Kevin Kiermaier	26
30	Tyler Naquin	25

Here is the first 15 of the Top outfielders under 30. Now this list may puzzle some and I have to be honest it did make me think there was a problem with my formula. Upon further review they did seem legit. I do want to stress that these rankings are for players in a Head to Head points leagues. A strong SO-BB % is a very important factor along with the amount of plate appearances So top of the lineup is very coveted value like #9 on this list Odubal Herrera the #3 hitter for the Phillies. Players like Jackie Bradley and Adam Duvall had a mere 5% bump in their stats from last year as they enter their prime years.. As for Puig and Dahl I am basing their projections on a full 500+ AB’s.

Under 20 Rank	Name	Age
1	Mike Trout	25
2	Bryce Harper	24
3	Mookie Betts	24
4	A.J. Pollock	29
5	George Springer	27
6	Michael Brantley	29
7	Jackie Bradley Jr.	26
8	Christian Yelich	25
9	Odubel Herrera	25
10	Gregory Polanco	25
11	Stephen Piscotty	26
12	Adam Duvall	28
13	Yasiel Puig	26
14	David Dahl	23
15	Starling Marte	28