FROM A TO ZINKIE: Looking for commonalities among 2018 busts

I have said for many years that fantasy baseball is an annual ritual of making the perfect plan and then watching that plan slowly fall apart. And 2018 gave me no reason to change my outlook on this challenging and fascinating game, as even winning fantasy teams likely had multiple busts on their roster.

Although easier said than done, avoiding early-round busts is one of the biggest keys to a successful season. But owners may be able to maximize their chances of early-round success by looking back at the commonalities among busts from the previous year. In an effort to help 2019 owners, I have compiled a list of this season’s biggest busts. My criteria was simple: to count as a bust, a player had to be a Top 50 overall pick who...

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