Posted in Fantasy Baseball on May 5th, 2008
This is a straightforward stats piece focusing on some apparent contradictions in the numbers. I’ll offer some brief conclusions/explanations on each player, let me know if you agree, and if you like the categories I chose to look at. All stats are through Friday May 2.
Batters: Low Batting Average for Balls in […]
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Posted in Fantasy Baseball on Apr 26th, 2008
I believe an underreported aspect of Carlos Gomez’s move from the Mets to the Twins is there are few places better for a speedy leadoff hitter to land. Artificial turf is very kind to these type of players, while the pure singles hitting speedsters are not frequent in Twins history, the 1980s Cardinals and […]
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Posted in Fantasy Baseball, Baseball - SP on Apr 1st, 2008
A few noteworthy events have occurred for Johnny Cueto recently. First, he almost certainly has pitched his way into the Reds’ rotation to start the year. Homer Bailey’s assignment to Louisville all but assures it. Second, he stumbled through a truly horrific outing against the (don’t call us Devil) Rays. Third, […]
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Posted in Fantasy Baseball on Mar 14th, 2008
Being just a little burned out from hearing Mock Draft Central’s “Now it’s your turn” guy, I traded him in for the familiar music from Sportscenter and tried out ESPN’s draft system. For design and function it holds up well. For the sake of all those in a league, I hope the season […]
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Corey Hart is going to be drafted, and drafted high, in every league this year. The nice little secret that only a few people were willing to take a chance on last year is out of the bag big time. His status in most rankings is somewhat unusual because he has not been […]
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On December 15th of last year the Dodgers won the services of Japanese right hander Hiroki Kuroda. Multiple other major league teams expressed serious interest in him, should fantasy GMs do the same?
For the purposes of this article, I’m assessing Kuroda’s value in a standard 12 team mixed league, the most popular option seen […]
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Posted in Fantasy Baseball, Baseball - C on Feb 11th, 2008
It’s no secret that good catching is hard to find, for MLB general managers and their fantasy counterparts alike. Many of us are heading into this year’s draft season wondering if Geovany Soto and Justin Towles will enjoy a breakout into the catching position’s elite, and very small, group. And recently, what’s not […]
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It’s the New Year and a fair number of position rankings are available for everyone to check out. There is really no downside as these lists are unlikely to change significantly before any league’s draft day. Minor adjustments will occur here and there, but especially with veterans most people’s minds are already pretty […]
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