Marcus Semien continued his impressive power hitting on Friday night. The young shortstop blasted a solo home run off Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi in the fourth inning. Semien, while his batting average isn't great, has been a wonderful source of power numbers from the shortstop position. He is s[...]

Marcus Semien continues to provide excellent fantasy production from the shortstop position, as long as one ignores his batting average. The young middle infielder is tied for fourth among shortstops with 16 RBI while his eight home runs is second behind only Trevor Story. He's still only 41% owned [...]

Marcus Semien hit his eighth home run of the season in game one of Saturday's doubleheader with the Orioles. The young shortstop has been a great source of power at a position where power numbers are hard to find. His .221 batting average leaves something to be desired, but fantasy owners should be [...]

Marcus Semien hit his sixth homer of the season, a solo shot in the eighth inning against the Astros. Semien is batting just .197 on the season, but he's been a prime source of homers at a position where those are hard to come by. As long as your team can take the hit in the batting average category[...]

This article references Cesar Hernandez, Cory Spangenberg, Cory Spangenburg, Jonathan Lucroy, Jonathan Villar, Marcus Semien, Orlando Arcia, Ryan Braun and more! Over the course of the season I’ll be giving you two players at second base and shortstop per week who I think can help your team. These players are usually widely available in any format, and should turn nice profits in the weeks to come. As always, feel free to reach out to me directly @Roto_Dubs with any questions about the middle infield or fantasy baseball in general. Editor’s Note: to read about even more waiver wire options, be sure to check out our famous waiver wire pickups l[...]Keep on reading: Week 1 Waiver Wire: Second Base and Shortstop

This article references Marcus Semien and more! Whether Marcus Semien has made a good or bad name for himself in Major League Baseball is still up for debate. Semien is one of the least disciplined infielders in all of Major League Baseball. In the 2015 season at shortstop with the Oakland Athletics, Semien had a mind-boggling 35 errors. Thank goodness errors do not count towards a player’s fantasy value. From an offensive perspective, Semien had the best season of his young career. His final slash line read .257/.310/.405 with 15 hom[...]Keep on reading: Marcus Semien is a Big Question Mark Heading into the 2016 Season

This article references A.j. Pollock, Addison Russell, Adrian Beltre, Asdrubal Cabrera, Ben Zobrist, Christian Yelich, Dee Gordon, Jason Kipnis, Jose Altuve, Justin Turner, Ketel Marte, Kris Bryant, Marcus Semien, Matt Carpenter, Matt Duffy, Odubel Herrera, Prince Fielder, Rougned Odor, Ryan Howard, Starlin Castro and more! These rankings are derived from my 15 step formula. The Keeper Valuation Formula uses the players’ age, draft round, number of teams in the league, current stats, projected stats, games played percentage, positional value, and some secret squirrel statistical math. The product is a TRUE Keeper Value for each player. Consider the derived Values the same as a discount sales sticker at the supermarket. Essentially, my keeper values are the amount of discount a fantasy owner is gaining or NOT [...]Keep on reading: 2016 Top Five Second Basemen Keeper Values

This article references 2B, A, Alexei Ramirez, Brett Lawrie, Bryce Harper, C, Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, Cristhian Adames, Daniel Robertson, Danny Espinosa, Dee Gordon, Deven Marrero, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Galvis, Ian Desmond, J.P. Crawford, Jacoby Jones, Javier Baez, Jean Segura, Joc Pederson, Jose Altuve, jose reye, Jose Reyes, Josh Donaldson, Kendall Graveman, Leury Garcia, Luis Sardinas, Marcus Semien, Nolan Fontana, OF, Orlando Arcia, RB, RP, San Diego Padres, Sean Nolin, SP, SS, Steven Souza, TE, Trea Turner, Wil Myers, WR, Yunel Escobar and more! Over the last few weeks, we've evaluated first base and second base dynasty prospects. Both positions have their quirks. First base prospects are usually pure hitters with little defensive utility. Good for fantasy owners, less good for real baseball teams. Second base isn't always a well-regarded position among scouts leading clubs and rankings to under-represent the position in their prospect reports. Shortstop has many things in common with second base. It is a catch-all position for a[...]Keep on reading: Shortstop Prospect And Dynasty Rankings

This article references 2B, 3B, A, C, Marcus Semien, OF, SP, SS, TE and more! BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 28 Percent of Leagues ANALYSIS: A brutal early-summer swoon has dragged down Semien's overall numbers, but he's still proven useful to those in deeper and AL-only leagues. After all, he can be plugged in at three infield spots (including both MI positions) and has managed double-digit homers and steals. Thankfully his subpar defense doesn't count against most fantasy owners either. Semien has also recovered nicely from that aforementioned rough [...]Keep on reading: Marcus Semien (OAK, 2B / SS/ 3B) – Waiver Wire Pickups

This article references 1B, 2B, 3B, A, C, Justin Bour, Marcus Semien, OF, RB, SP, SS, Steve Pearce, TE, Travis Shaw, Trevor Plouffe and more! This will be the last installment of this column for 2015. We've officially entered the Catastrophic Countdown phase of the season, so some of you may need to throw caution to the wind and get even more granular. At this point, names and track records don't really matter. Take production anywhere you can find it. Editor’s Note: to read about even more waiver wire options for first base and third base, be sure to check out our famous waiver wire pickups list which is a running list that is [...]Keep on reading: Five Corner Infield Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds for Week 26