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Previewing 2015 positional eligibility

Anthony Rendon, one of this year's top breakouts, will be eligible at second and third next year. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

As we wind down another fantasy baseball regular season and look ahead to 2015, it seems worthwhile to give an update on eligibility situations that owners might not be aware of. Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz played first base in Pittsburgh (an NL ballpark) Thursday, without much incident offensively and defensively, but it was only the fifth time this season that occurred. Unless the baseline in your league for adding eligibility year over year is five games, it changes nothing. In ESPN leagues, the minimum is 20 games, so we'll focus on that. By the way, the way Ortiz hits as compared to others, it doesn't matter he's eligible only as a DH, but he's actually not the lone DH-only option worth drafting, which might be news itself.