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With trade negotiations from last week at a virtual stand still (unresponsive after getting closer), we will bring it back to Splitsville for the week. Kevin Youkilis’ biggest strength is his fielding and durability. In fantasy terms, that means many many ABs (average of 540ish ABs since getting a full time job) over a full […]

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Finish The Trade (Part 1)

No this is not another feature on Max Scherzer. I will however say that those with your number 2 waivers will be happy when Y! decides to add Clayton Kershaw and you realize you didn’t spend your waiver yet.
I am currently in the middle of reviving one of my teams by pulling off a blockbuster […]

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We are going to stick around 2007 for this one for the most part. There is little reason to look at a 24-year-old Wang when you have a ….. wait a minute, scratch that…… never mind, just take my word for it.
Anyway, there is far more to Mr. Wang (no offense) than funny one-liners […]

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Buy Low … Sell High

After a week or so we know a few things…. First, there are a lot of great young players. Second, the best team on paper is the worst team in reality, and third (and most importantly) it’s time to start ripping off your league-mates in trades. Here is a brief list of buy low, sell […]

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Many trendy prospects have been selected in leagues based on hype or name. Every year, without fail there will be stud prospects on the wire mid-season. There are a few things you should do to be the first to know, and act. As my fellow writer noted below, in most leagues the top prospects who […]

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Back to reality with the second edition of splitsville. This one will focus on Garrett Atkins. Atkins finished last year at .301 with 25 HR and 111 RBI. HE also broke the record for most “screw this guys he is killing me, I’m dealing him for 40 cents on the dollar because I hate him […]

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FGD Keeper Draft Analysis

We had our FGD.net first year keeper league draft this past Saturday. The rules are its 6X6 (walks and holds), round -3 keepers, and 27 man rosters (w/ minors but that draft has yet to happen) starting: C 1 2 3 s mi ci 5 OF ut…3 sp 3 rp 3 p 5 bench. I […]

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Reassessing your team’s state mid-draft is a key to having a successful draft. Of course you should have a rough plan coming in, but things change frequently. Here are the ADP post round two teams for a 12 team league, and advice on where you should go from there.
(in order of second round pick, commonly […]

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Splitsville: Cole Hamels

Every other week I will be breaking down the split stats of a big leaguer. If you have any requests on who I do next leave them in the comments.  I will go on a first come, first serve basis. (Please keep them relevant; I’m not doing Bret Boone.)
There are so many stats that are […]

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Dan Haren’s spot can be found in my archives, as I have already projected him after his trade to AZ.
Johan Santana - Let’s see… Where to start…. The best pitcher in the game goes from the AL to NL, and goes to a team which should give him good run support. The park factor is […]

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