In your more traditional fantasy baseball magazines, you get a section that offers player capsules on anywhere from 500 to 1,500 major league ballplayers. Each capsule offers a short write-up of what the player did last season, something about his skill-set, potential role with the team and maybe even some projections for the upcoming season. Sounds great, right? Sort of.

We’ve already established that this is not your traditional fantasy baseball guide. It’s better and our profiles are one of the main reasons. Why? For the simple fact that we just spent the last two seasons scratching our heads wondering where some of the marquee free agents would sign. While printed magazines listed them as free agents with an opinion on their skill-sets, there was no way to discuss potential production for the upcoming season, simply because they had no clue where a player would land. If we are going to speculate on a player’s production for the upcoming season, we wait until that player actually signs with an organization. That way we can cite things such as ballpark factors and where they fit into the lineup and overall team. You know…the important stuff.

In addition to that, we also don’t feel the need to waste your time with player capsules you’re never going to need. It’s nice to advertise that you’re writing up 1,000 MLB players for your magazine, but how many fantasy baseball owners need to know or even care about what Domingo Leyba or Adam Kolarek are going to do this season? These are not players who are going to win you a championship. They are filler, some of whom will never see a spot on anyone’s roster, no matter how deep the league may be. We’d rather focus on players with actual fantasy relevance.

But we know you like your player capsules. We know you want to be able to look up certain players and see what we expect them to do in the upcoming season and that’s where this Player Profile series comes in. We may not be writing up 1,000 major leaguers, but you can bet we’ll break down the ones you need to know. Whether it’s a rookie set to make his debut in 2019 or a player who finds himself on his fourth team in five years, we’ll be diving deep into the analysis to offer you the most insightful opinions to take you into your draft as well as to reference throughout the regular season. Yeah, that’s right. It doesn’t end on Draft Day. The Fantasy Alarm Living Draft Guide will be a fantastic in-season tool as well.

The players you see below is our initial list of Player Profiles you can expect to see over the next two months. Some are marquee names while others are more of the role-player variety. We’ll break down their history, their skill-sets, their current situations and, of course, what we believe you can expect from them in the 2019 season. The profiles will be much more in-depth than what you’ll see in a traditional magazine. Why? Well, because you deserve more, but also, because we’re not limited by print space.

And because we believe you deserve more, this is also going to be an interactive list. That’s right. If there’s a specific player you don’t see listed but would like to learn more about, we’ll happily take your suggestion and add him to our list. Just email your desired Player Profile to howard@fantasyalarm.com and we’ll try to meet as many requests as possible.

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JT RealmutoCody BellingerJose AltuveNolan ArenadoFrancisco LindorYordan AlvarezMike TroutJacob deGromJosh Hader
Gary SanchezFreddie FreemanOzzie AlbiesJose RamirezTrea TurnerNelson CruzRonald Acuna Jr.Walker BuehlerEdwin Diaz
Yasmani GrandalAnthony RizzoKeston HiuraRafael DeversTrevor StoryMiguel AndujarChristian YelichMax ScherzerAroldis Chapman
Salvador PerezJose AbreuKetel MarteAlex BregmanCarlos CorreaKhris DavisMookie BettsJustin VerlanderLiam Hendriks
Wilson RamosPaul GoldschmidtGleyber TorresKyle SeagerJavier BaezRowdy TellezJD MartinezZack GreinkeKirby Yates
Kurt SuzukiYuli GurrielWhit MerrifieldAnthony RendonXander BogaertsNick SolakJuan SotoPatrick CorbinCraig Kimbrel
Willson ContrerasPete AlonsoMike MoustakasJosh DonaldsonAdalberto Mondesi Bryce HarperShane BieberEmilio Pagan
Yadier MolinaMatt OlsonJonathan VillarVlad Guerrero Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr. (FREE PREVIEW) George SpringerBlake SnellRoberto Osuna
Mitch GarverJosh BellDJ LeMahieuYoan MoncadaJean Segura Charlie BlackmonClayton KershawKenley Jansen
Chrisian VazquezRhys HoskinsJeff McNeilJustin TurnerMarcus Semien Starling MarteCharlie MortonTaylor Rogers
Travis d'ArnaudCarlos SantanaRougned OdorMatt ChapmanBo Bichette Oscar MercadoMike Clevinger (FREE PREVIEW)Ken Giles
Will SmithEdwin EncarnacionKevin NewmanMIguel SanoTim Anderson Marcell OzunaJack FlahertyBrad Hand
Fransisco MejiaJoey VottoRyan McMahonEugenio SuarezJorge Polanco Eddie RosarioStephen StrasburgHunter Harvey
Buster PoseyDaniel MurphyRobinson CanoEduardo EscobarElvis Andrus Giancarlo StantonEduardo RodriguezRaisel Iglesias
Carson KellyEric HosmerKolten WongManny MachadoPaul DeJong Eloy JimenezJames PaxtonJose LeClerc
Jorge AlfaroMax MuncyCavan BiggioBrian AndersonAmed Rosario Michael BrantleyYu DarvishCarlos Martinez
Omar NarvaezChristian WalkerBrandon LoweHunter DozierWilly Adames Andrew BenintendiDinelson LametBrandon Workman (FREE PREVIEW)
Tom MurphyGarrett Cooper Gio UrshelaDansby Swanson Michael ConfortoTrevor BauerSean Doolittle
Danny JansenCJ Cron  Didi Gregorius Jorge SolerTyler GlasnowMark Melancon
Sean MurphyRenato Nunez    Austin MeadowsCarlos CarrascoArchie Bradley
      Kyle SchwarberNoah Syndergaard (Out for Season)Ian Kennedy
      Tommy PhamLuis CastilloRobert Stephenson
      Lourdes Gurriel Jr.Aaron NolaJoe Jimenez
      Joey GalloCorey KluberHansel Robles
      Victor RoblesJesus LuzardoAlex Colome
      Lorenzo CainAndrew HeaneyKeone Kela
      Franmil ReyesChris PaddackWill Smith
      Max KeplerMax Fried 
      Byron BuxtonZack Wheeler 
      Nick CastellanosBradon Woodruff 
      Ramon LaureanoLance Lynn 
      Andrew McCutchenSonny Gray 
      Bryan ReynoldsGerman Marquez 
      Justin UptonMadison Bumgarner 
      David PeraltaMatthew Boyd 
      David DahlRobbie Ray 
      Willie CalhounZac Gallen 
      Yasiel PuigShohei Ohtani 
       Lance McCullers