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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Posted in Fantasy Baseball, Baseball - 1B on Apr 29th, 2008
Across baseball, there seems to be a drought of offensive production from what is arguably the deepest position out there, first base. Ryan Howard is batting under .200, and Mark Teixeira and Travis Hafner aren’t faring much better in that department. Prince Fielder has only one homerun, and perhaps his new vegan lifestyle […]
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Well, once again, I am a day late in getting this week’s On The Wire segment. Over the past two days I have celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary, and Brady’s 1st birthday. So needless to say, it has been a very busy last few days. So let’s get started
Boof Bonser SP MIN […]
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Coming out of spring training, conventional wisdom held that the two worst teams would be the San Francisco Giants and the Baltimore Orioles. Yet today as I write this, the Orioles are in first in the AL East, while my beloved Tigers wallow in the mire, last in the AL Central, and the Nationals […]
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With Tyler on vacation this week, I guess i need to step in and fill his spot. Better yet, let’s have all of the Fantasy Gameday writers will do that. Every so often, all of the writers will contribute their thoughts on a Fantasy Baseball topic. There has been a lot of […]
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Posted in Draft Advice, Fantasy Baseball, Baseball - SP, Baseball - C, Baseball - 1B, Baseball - 2B, Baseball - SS, Baseball - RP, Baseball - 3B, Baseball - OF on Feb 8th, 2008
Whether you’re rounding out your fantasy roster with quality bench players, or you’re simply trying to recover from your friend’s drafting “strategy” after you were running late and had him pick on your behalf, success in the latter part of the draft is crucial to remaining competitive throughout the season. You never know if […]
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Some of you may have noticed, or even read about, the changes that have taken place for the L.A. Dodgers. With the struggles of Nomar, and the issues that they have had at third base, the Dodgers have moved Nomar to third. This also creates more playing time for the recently called up […]
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Posted in Fantasy Baseball, Baseball - 1B on Jun 2nd, 2007
Attention Travis Hafner owners in Yahoo leagues:
Hafner will most likely gain first base eligibility within the next two weeks. Hafner has already started three games at first-base, which means he only needs to start two more games to become first-base eligible in Yahoo leagues. Next weekend the Indians are on the road at Cincinnati, […]
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If you are a long time reader of the site you know how much I love the stats of ISO (Isolated Slugging Output) and RC/G (runs created per game). ISO is a true indication of whether or not a player is hitting for consistent power. Two players can have the same number of […]
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Posted in Draft Advice, Fantasy Baseball, Baseball - SP, Baseball - C, Baseball - 1B, Baseball - 2B, Baseball - SS, Baseball - RP, Baseball - 3B, Baseball - OF, Baseball - Keepers on Mar 9th, 2007
FINALLY!!!
Ok, well it may not be Friday morning, but at least I can announce that the Average Draft Position Spreadsheet is available today. This version should be the ultimate draft resource.
For those of you that are new to the site, this started as a personal rankings page that grew into tracking 437 players. […]
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