The first poll results are in and the winner was… Sean Rodriguez. Which, is quite puzzling since this league has On Base Percentage as a category. As one of the commenters already pointed out, Rodriguez has a 2.7% walk rate. Hardly a good rate for a league with OBP. Let’s put it this way… Rodriquez […]
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As I am looking over my teams, I am beginning to realize that they are pretty bad. Seriously, this has not been a good year to this point. The common theme? I have the same players in many leagues. Perhaps I need better preseason evaluation skills, or I just need to be patient with my […]
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Thanks to the age we live in finding a list of low BABIP hitters on the internet is about as easy as finding Kardashian-related gossip. Most will eventually rebound by the sheer law of averages but there are players currently showing skills that give them a better chance of raising their surface stats rapidly. One […]
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As is often the case, there are many thoughts going on in my head. Most are frivolous at best, but once in a while the two brain cells collide and I actually have a well formed out thought. Not that is going to happen here, but every once in a while a blind squirrel can […]
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While my previous post definitely had some cathartic value it is time to turn that frown upside down and give praise to the players who are out-performing their draft positions and raising championship hopes. Focusing only on players I own in multiple leagues …
Robinson Cano: Drafted 25th, 70th (first non-keeper round), currently ranked 15th
He is […]
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As I sit here tonight wondering about my teams, it has dawned on me that the trades of a few weeks ago have not gone so well for me. If you recall, I posted not to long ago about my Fantasy Gameday Keeper league team, and its apparent need for speed. Well on May 8th, […]
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As the question start to poor in regarding roster changes, Beau has a solid question that involves Carlos Quentin. He writes:
Thinking about dropping quentin, pods, or g.jones for either snider,pierre or both. I have Ells coming back soon so I probably dont need pierre. League is a 10 team 5×5 roto, 3 OF, 2 util, […]
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Today I would like to introduce the newest member of the FGD writing staff. Bill Galvin comes from a lengthy background of playing Fantasy Baseball and started his own blog several months ago. Luckily for me, he has determined that running his own site was taking too much time away from his writing. So please […]
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After a weekend series where Kelly Johnson smacks four home runs, there is proof that anything can happen. Along the same lines, Andruw Jones now has six home runs on the season, and looks more like the Jones of old. So here are some other quick notes from the Fantasy Baseball world.
Jeff Mathis went on […]
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I enter the season hoping to get over the hump after an oh-so-close second place finish last year. Despite it being a keeper league, I did not enter the draft with a large talent advantage, due to the restrictions and round inflation on players it is all about keeping value. All questions are mine, but […]
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