Baseball never rests.
Sure, the 2023 season, postseason included, is fully in the books, wrapped up with the Texas Rangers' World Series Game 5 win on Nov. 1. But for us fantasy analysts, 2024 is already firmly in our sights. For this columnist, it began with the all-too-early rankings --- both points-based and rotisserie! -- immediately following the regular season's conclusion.
However, the real jump-start moment of the new season for many of us is the First Pitch Arizona conference, annually coinciding with the Arizona Fall League's "Fall Stars Game" weekend, generally scheduled for the first weekend of November and directly before the beginning of the annual free agency period.