A blog analyzing Major League Baseball through the lens of Astrology
Welcome to Astrology Baseball, a project where I arrange MLB players into teams based on their astrological signs, and then pit those teams against each other in mock fantasy seasons.
Astrology Top Stories: Opening Day
For many years now, I have been keeping up to date with MLB Trade Rumors - if not every single post, at least the ones classified as “Top Stories” on the app (or the ones with the “Newsstand” tag on the desktop site). So I thought it would be fun to compile these stories in a weekly recap, and give some commentary about how they affect the fantasy astrology landscape.
Earth Day Updates
In honor of Earth Day (which, appropriately enough, falls near the start of Taurus Season, the first earth sign on the karmic wheel) I’m taking a look at some of the top players so far this season who were left off each sign’s opening day roster.
FanGraphs Opening Day Tracker 2025
I discovered a really fun tool this offseason: the FanGraphs Opening Day Tracker. I used to rely on the rosters posted on each team’s official site, coupled with MLB.com’s fantasy rankings, to try and project starting lineups and rotations. But now I’ve found that Jason Martinez and the Roster Resource team has already done the work.
2025 All-Acquired American League
Earlier this week, I took a look at the top players who were acquired by National League teams in the 2024-25 offseason. Now it’s time to shift my focus from the senior to the junior circuit, to look at which American League teams had the most impactful trades and/or free agent signings.
2024 Active Rosters: Gemini
For all the jokes I make about Aquarius being the weakest Fantasy Astrology Baseball sign, Gemini is actually the only sign that has not led the league in fantasy points over the course of a season (going back to the mid-1940s). They’ve had stretches of having great offenses and great pitching staffs, but the Twins haven’t been able to put them both together to add up to a consistently good team.
Astrology Women’s Basketball
The WNBA is currently in the midst of an extended All-Star Break to allow some of the league’s star players to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. This past weekend, the USA Women’s Basketball team defeated France in a shocking gold medal game.
Taurus Season Roster Update 2024
When I build the rosters for the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League teams each year, I rely heavily on preseason rankings. But as more and more games get played, we can start looking at fantasy point totals, to see which early breakout performers should merit addition to rosters for Taurus season, which began last Saturday.
2024 Gemini Preview
Perhaps this is appropriate, given Gemini’s dual nature, but no sign has more separation between their pitchers and batters, in terms of fantasy upside. In fact, the Twins have the best pitching depth in the game, but struggle to find enough position players to fill out their starting lineup.
1945 Fantasy Astrology Recap
In 1945, many of MLB’s best star players were away fighting overseas in World War II. I thought that this might be an opportunity to showcase more Negro League players in the Fantasy Astrology ranks, but that proved not to be the case: despite segregation in sports, many of the top Negro League stars went away to war as well.
1946 Fantasy Astrology Recap
1946 is considered the first year of the Baby Boomer generation. Back then, the postwar optimism was high, the baseball was segregated, and the division winners in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball league were all pretty cut and dry – the same Final Four as in 1947, in fact.
1948 Negro Leagues Pitchers
It’s been a constant of Fantasy Astrology Baseball, for as long as I’ve been doing this project, that Cancer has trouble finding starting pitching depth. But this whole situation changes when you look at the Negro Leagues, which has no statistical information after 1948.
1949 Fantasy Astrology Recap
We’ve reached a milestone as we enter the 1940’s: 1949 was the last year, reverse-chronologically speaking, before my database will include Negro League teams. At least there’s a silver lining for this last year of predominantly white baseball: the top four scoring signs in 1949 all made the Fantasy Astrology postseason!
FABL 2023 Awards Recap
The Thanksgiving holiday has given me some time to calculate the yearly Fantasy Astrology award winners. Since I already looked at the final four at the end of the regular season, the focus of this post will be exclusively the top players of each league, and how they compared with the field.
2023 All-Star Pitchers
Last time, I broke down the 2023 All-Star starting lineups in terms of astrological signs. Leo was the clear leader, with five of the 18 players under consideration. The Lions were ahead of a crowded second place field: five different signs had two players each.
2023 Gemini Season - Positive Signs
Last week, I wrote about the clear separation between the top and bottom halves of the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. As of Gemini Season 2023, the top six teams reached 9,000 fantasy points (What? 9,000!?), while the bottom six had not eclipsed that milestone. But in a stroke of luck, the two 9,000-point Positive signs were the leaders of their respective divisions.
1951 Fantasy Astrology Recap
Fantasy Astrology Baseball in the early 1950’s is categorically different than what we see in the early 2020’s. In today’s game, with 30 teams and a massive player pool to choose from, it’s no problem to build 12 full rosters. However, in the middle of last century, with only 16 MLB teams, it’s a struggle for each sign to fill a starting lineup, let alone a full roster.
1955 Fantasy Astrology Recap
One nice piece of trivia about the 1955 Fantasy Astrology Baseball season is that all four division winners remain the same, regardless of positional eligibility shenanigans. Another is that the top three scoring signs were all Fire Signs. Sagittarius, once again led by Al Kaline, takes the top spot. Leo is in second, without a 2,000-point scorer to their name. Aries had the starting pitcher for the real-life American League All-Stars Billy Pierce, but ended up in third place overall.
1956 Fantasy Astrology Recap
One thing that stands out about the FABL-leading 1956 Sagittarius Archers is that their starting roster includes four former Negro League players. Not only that, but Minnie Minoso, Larry Doby, Harry Simpson, and Sam Jones all broke into the AL/NL hierarchy with the Cleveland Indians. It’s curious that despite the club’s racist mascot and moniker, they seemed to be at the forefront in terms of recruiting Black and Latin players.
WBC 2023 Venezuela
When Taurus second baseman Jose Altuve suffered a fractured thumb from a hit-by-pitch in the World Baseball Classic, broadcaster John Smoltz was quick to defend the tournament. “He would have been at Spring Training, and do you know how many players get hurt in Spring Training? A lot!”
WBC 2023 Team USA
The World Baseball Classic is moving into the Quarterfinal Stage, with the best talent from around the world representing their countries of origin! With Team USA advancing to the next round of the WBC, I’m looking at the astrological implications of the tournament’s most star-studded roster.