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.
2024 Active Rosters: Capricorn
Capricorn’s 2024 season was marked by a frustrating combination of injuries to some of their key batters, and a lack of depth to compensate for those injuries. For example, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Kyle Tucker only got into 180 games between them (out of a possible 324), but were still the sign’s two highest-scoring corner outfielders.
2024 Active Rosters: Sagittarius
If you look at a lineup made of the top fantasy point-scoring Sagittarius Archers in 2024, it’s crazy how little overlap there is with the list of top most talented players in the Sagittarius player pool. Let’s just say, we could have seen, a much stronger lineup, were it not for the dreaded injury bug.
2024 Active Rosters: Taurus
The top Taurus batter Aaron Judge won the real-life AL MVP award in two of the last three seasons. In addition to taking home the 2024 trophy, Judge even added fantasy value by playing center field regularly, ensuring his eligibility for next year. He’s joined by former AL MVP Jose Altuve and TWO-time World Series MVP Corey Seager, making for a well-celebrated top end of the Taurus offense.
2024 Active Rosters: Pisces
Baseball fans who are also video gamers should be very familiar with the top-scoring Pisces batter in 2024, since Vladimir Guerrero Jr. graced the cover of MLB The Show 24. The Silver Slugging first baseman actually got 12 games at his original position of third base this season: enough for me to place him at the hot corner, opening up first base for Rhys Hoskins, in his first season with the Brewers.
2024 Active Rosters: Libra
The 2024 Libra starting lineup found itself in a state of flux. Two examples: Mookie Betts began the year jumping between shortstop and second base, but then moved back to his customary right field spot after returning from an injury late in the year. And Bryce Harper settled in at first base, after roaming the outfield grass for his entire career.
2024 Active Rosters: Aries
While the next-highest scoring sign is technically Pisces, rather than talk about three Water signs in the top four, I’m skipping ahead one spot to the top Positive sign: Aries. The most impressive Rams player was NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale, followed by bounceback Rangers closer Kirby Yates, but their offense was anchored by an impressive trio of Rookies.
2024 Active Rosters: Cancer
By any objective measure, Scorpio and Virgo were the top two signs in 2024. They would flip-flop in those two spots, depending on how strictly you want to stick to positional eligibility rules, but either way, the Cancer Crabs would finish in third place. This is the high finish you would expect from the sign of the National League MVP and highest fantasy scoring player in MLB last year, Shohei Ohtani.
2024 Active Rosters: Virgo
There’s no question that Virgo’s strength comes from its infield, with 40-40 threat Jose Ramirez and World Series MVP Freddie Freeman at the corners. Options for the up the middle / DH rotation include Marcus Semien, Willy Adames, Carlos Correa (when healthy), and Jeremy Pena.
2024 Active Rosters: Scorpio
As a researcher, I like to wait until a full season is complete before starting any analysis. But as a fan, I like to wait until the playoffs are over before starting any analysis. So it happens that my interest in baseball goes WAY up right around when everyone else’s interest has flagged. But that’s a perfect time to focus on Astrology Active Rosters, starting with the league-leading Scorpio Stingers.
2022 Gemini In-Depth Look
With the 2022 World Series now complete, let’s continue our in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. Gemini had some of the best pitchers in the league, but their offensive attack was so inept, that they ended up at the very bottom of the FABL standings.
2022 Scorpio In-Depth Look
With the 2022 World Series now complete, let’s continue our in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. When counting all the rosters of each of the signs, going back to 1959, Scorpio players have scored the most collective fantasy points. And yet here in 2022, they’re in the bottom two.
2022 Aquarius In-Depth Look
With the 2022 World Series now complete, let’s continue our in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. After leading the league in fantasy points in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Aquarius is back in familiar territory: the bottom quarter of the standings.
2022 Capricorn In-Depth Look
With the 2022 World Series now complete, let’s continue our in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. Call this a coincidence if you must, but the last time Capricorn won the FABL points crown was exactly 30 years ago in 1992!
2022 Leo In-Depth Look
With the 2022 World Series now complete, let’s continue our in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. Those of you following my reverse-chronological trip through FABL history - where I’ve reached the Leo-dominated 1960s - might be surprised to see the Lions mired in the middle of the pack this year.
2022 Sagittarius In-Depth Look
With the 2022 regular season freshly in the books, what better time to take an in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. Strict followers of positional eligibility rules would recognize Sagittarius as the true winner of the 2022 Fire Division, since Aries relied on several questionable positional shenanigans.
2022 Taurus In-Depth Look
With the 2022 regular season freshly in the books, what better time to take an in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. Taurus entered the history books as the sign of the new American League single season home run record holder, Aaron Judge, who broke Roger Maris’s mark of 61 from 1961… which was set 61 years ago!
2022 Libra In-Depth Look
With the 2022 regular season freshly in the books, what better time to take an in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League. Libra has had a stranglehold on the Air Division in the recent past, and now just because of the weakness of their competition.
2022 Cancer In-Depth Look
With the 2022 regular season freshly in the books, what better time to take an in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League! No sign had a more potent offensive attack in 2022 than the Cancer Crabs, although they unfortunately paired that with the weakest pitching staff in the league.
2022 Aries In-Depth Look
With the 2022 regular season freshly in the books, what better time to take an in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League! Depending on your take on positional eligibility rules, Aries either finished third in the league, or seventh.
2022 Pisces In-Depth Look
With the 2022 regular season freshly in the books, what better time to take an in-depth look at all 12 signs in the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League! Going by fantasy points accrued by each sign’s “starting roster,” Pisces was the number two sign, and tops in the Water Division.