Alfonso Soriano: Fantasy-viable once again?
If you’re in Chicago, you know quite well of Soriano’s loud and floundering season in 2009. Some fans yelled that he was merely underperforming, although the logic of the matter was that Soriano dealt with lingering injury problems all year. It was a major outlier on his career of above average to very good offensive [...]
Worth the Slip or Great Pick?
Jake Peavy has been a fantasy stud. A pitcher you can almost always rely on to carry your pitching staff to a league title. However, most leagues are seeing Peavy fall to the middle rounds, or even later rounds depending on the league’s depth. Supposedly, everyone is afraid that Jake Peavy can’t possibly put up [...]
Power vs. Speed
Which is the better player in fantasy baseball, a power hitter or speedy runner? Both types of players have their advantages and disadvantages, but which one is better for your league? Many leagues may favor one over the other, however, most leagues tr…
Top 10 MLB Fantasy Sleepers – Late Round Gold
This article is not about who the best fantasy baseball point producers are going to be this year, anyone who knows how to count from 1-25 can do that. This is about people who can make or break your team in the late rounds of the draft. When you’ve got every spot filled except 2B,3B, [...]
Need for speed? Get it cheap
With most fantasy drafts already completed, or soon to be underway, many owners will find themselves lacking in a particular category. If that category is speed, the below three players are cheap, highly reliable options to solidify your steals, and can often be found on most waiver wires. Don’t start trading away your pitching and [...]
Chris Coghlan’s BABIP
Chris Coghlan had a good season in 2009, but I think regression is coming.
Fantasy baseball bargain pick of the day
I don’t want to get into a large spiel about this player. More and more people are acknowledging what he did in 2009, and his unbelievable talent, so he’s beginning to get his due.
Franklin Gutierrez. Know the name well. He’s the best defensive center fielder in all of the majors. Well, at least he was [...]
Fantasy Profile: Don’t be gun-shy on Sizemore
I am not from Cleveland. I have some family out there, but have never visited the city.
I have never really been a fan of the Indians, but I hold no grudges against them.
With those things said, I can comfortably state that my favorite baseball player in the Majors is a current member of the “Tribe”: [...]
Teams Make a Difference
Teams can change the status of any fantasy player. Good teams can make average or below average players even better, and worth drafting. I will take a look at some preliminary players that make their draft status better because of the team they are on….
Mock Draft Madness: Rounds 1-10
One of the keys to filling a good roster on draft day is participating in mock drafts. They will help you figure out exactly what kind of lists you’ll want to have in order to effectively draft the players you want and need. For this draft, I used a tiered list of each position and [...]
