Youth rules in this week’s NL Waiver Wire.

On week 16, we assess the fantasy value of Jayson Nix, Matt Thornton/J.J. Putz, Scott Sizemore, Luke Scott, Chris Perez, Austin Jackson, Cliff Pennington and Jack Cust.

The doctor does the rounds on the DL.

The rookie pitchers to watch and those to skip in the second half.

All strikeouts and walks are not the same.

More than halfway though the season, are underperforming players still buy-low candidates, or are they sunken costs?

That and a Bugatti Veyron.

An explanation of, and file link to, the xWHIP calculator.

Week 15 in the AL Waiver Wire series assesses the fantasy value of Cliff Lee, Chris Carter, J.P. Arencibia, Yunel Escobar, Brandon Morrow, Chris Davis, Justin Smoak and Scott Baker . . . plus Jose Bautisa watch continues!

A couple of minor leaguers who have yet to throw a pitch in the majors are featured this week.