- Especially now that he’s DHing when he’s not playing over Jacob Stallings, Hunter Goodman is a top-10 fantasy catcher for at least the short term. He’s still rostered in only 27% of Yahoo leagues. It pains me a bit to recommend him over Iván Herrera, but Herrera isn’t getting DH starts when the Cardinals use Pedro Pagés behind the plate.

John Laghezza digs into the metrics that matter through the first week of the MLB season to highlight the best fantasy baseball free agents.

Todd Zola: Thursday presents the season's first abbreviated schedule with only five games on the docket. The action begins at 1:05 PM with a pair of games as the Philadelphia Phillies go for the home sweep over the Colorado Rockies and the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox play the rubber game of their three-game set in Camden Yards.

Hello, friends. "Welcome back!" he said, staring into a mirror. Apologies for my absence during literally the most inconvenient month of the year; wrist injuries wait for no man. Or, at least, they made this man wait until he could type with less pain. But we're back, baby -- and we're more Nick than ever?