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Rating 3.50 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
First baseman Daric Barton has been a pleasant story for the overachieving Oakland A’s this season. He’s walked eight times to just one strikeout and driven in seven runs in seven games. But in fantasy, does Barton’s extreme lack of power at the game’s most powerful position [...]
Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Profile: Austin Jackson, OF, Detroit Tigers
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson is holding his own in the early part of the 2010 season. He’s still got questions to answer when it comes to making contact and flashing some roto skills, but his opening week should be considered a success. Where does the [...]
Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Profile: Drew Stubbs, OF, Cincinnati Reds
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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We like Cincinnati Reds outfielder Drew Stubbs for his speed and dynamic skill set, but we also see him as having the potential to be maddeningly inconsistent. There’s more to come on the stolen base front, but can he pump the brakes on his tendencies to strike [...]
Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Profile: Jeff Francoeur, OF, New York Mets
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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New York Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur fell out of favor in Atlanta and was shipped to New York last season. Since then, he’s been a .326 hitter, including this season when he is hitting .476 and reaching base at an unprecedented clip. Is his production a short-term [...]
Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Profile: Alex Gonzalez, SS, Toronto Blue Jays
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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What’s in the water in Toronto? Veteran shortstop Marco Scutaro burst onto the fantasy scene last season, now Gonzalez is doing the same in the early part of 2010. Can he sustain his hot start like Scutaro did? We’ll take a deeper look.
Free Agent Profile: Alex Gonzalez, [...]
Milwaukee Brewers’ outfielder Carlos Gomez is on shaky ground after falling into sudden slump
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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The secret is out on Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported after Go-Go’s 4-for-5 effort on Opening Day. This would be the season of change for the ever-dynamic, constantly-struggling young outfielder. Then, reality set in, a scenario that fantasy owners have grown quite [...]
Placido Polanco off to a promising start in his return to the Philadelphia Phillies
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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The marriage between Placido Polanco and the Philadelphia Phillies couldn’t have gotten off to a better start.
Polanco, 34, ranks second in the National League with 8 RBIs, including a 6-RBI outburst in Philadelphia’s Opening Day over the Washington Nationals. An ideal fit for the powerful, yet unpredictable [...]
Oops! St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus is far better than expected
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus is manager Tony LaRussa’s kind of guy. A gritty gamer who plays well beyond his years (23), Rasmus is also precisely the type of player who thrives in LaRussa’s regime. In fantasy, he’s the type of player fantasy owners are kicking [...]
Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has a case of ‘home run-itis’
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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For fantasy owners with a stake in Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett, home runs have been the source of steady frustration. Long balls have been partially responsible for spikes in production from season to season, and they have played a large part in his shorter, more [...]
Optimism abounds for Mets’ shortstop Jose Reyes, but risks remain the same
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Back and forth New York Mets’ shortstop Jose Reyes went, going from a mysterious absence from training to optimism that he would be in the Mets’ lineup on Opening Day to, eventually, landing on the disabled list as expected. Still, he returned to the field in March, [...]
2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Profile: Kevin Youkilis, 1B/3B, Boston Red Sox
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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We will be rolling out plenty of 2010 fantasy baseball coverage in the coming days, weeks and months, but let’s start right here with player-by-player profiles of our rough top 100 preseason rankings. Stay tuned to the site for more player profiles, draft kit information, rankings, sleepers, [...]
2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Profile: Roy Halladay, SP, Philadelphia Phillies
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
We will be rolling out plenty of 2010 fantasy baseball coverage in the coming days, weeks and months, but let’s start right here with player-by-player profiles of our rough top 100 preseason rankings. Stay tuned to the site for more player profiles, draft kit information, rankings, sleepers, [...]
#1 Jayhawks beaten by Mid-Major Northern Iowa
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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The Counselor is IN:
The Missouri Valley’s Northern Iowa finally broke their two decade old drought by moving past the first round in the Big Dance on Thursday. The reward for their hard work was to play the overall number 1 team in the Tournament on Saturday. [...]
2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Profile: Aramis Ramirez, 3B, Chicago Cubs
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
We will be rolling out plenty of 2010 fantasy baseball coverage in the coming days, weeks and months, but let’s start right here with player-by-player profiles of our rough top 100 preseason rankings. Stay tuned to the site for more player profiles, draft kit information, rankings, sleepers, [...]
Analyzing error in WR prediction methods
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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In our last post, we looked at some charts that told us how wide receivers perform based on the number of years that they have spent in the league. Today, we will use these data to come up with prediction methods, then measure and minimize the [...]
WR Stats with Experience
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Using some of the methods outlined in previous posts, we took a look at WR trends over the past 3 seasons. First, we calculated the yards per catch for receivers based upon experience:
So there is a little up-and-down over the first 10 years, but it is [...]
Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin stands out in fantasy drafts
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin says he has just ‘general soreness’ in his left foot, according to the Chicago Tribune. Quentin was slowed by plantar fasciitis in his left foot last season and, to his credit, managed to hit 21 home runs in just 99 games.
Quentin [...]
Detroit Tigers’ outfielder Austin Jackson can play defense, but what else can he do?
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
Detroit Tigers’ rookie center fielder Austin Jackson is on course to become a pretty good Major League Baseball player. We are starting to question, though, will he ever become a good “fantasy” baseball player? At this stage of his career, he’s more athlete than baseball player and [...]
Your semi-daily Jason Heyward update: Legend grows with mammoth home run
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Atlanta Braves rookie outfielder Jason Heyward can’t possibly be sent to the minors after his showing in spring training. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today that the 20-year-old launched a Max Scherzer fastball at least 450 feet in the first inning of the Braves’ contest at the Tigers’ [...]
2010 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Question: Justin Verlander or Jayson Werth?
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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In many fantasy baseball leagues, the deadline to make crucial keeper decisions like the one below is rapidly approaching. We wanted to answer Chris’ question on the site because a.) we want to roll out the red carpet for our first reader question in weeks, and b.) [...]
2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Profile: Justin Verlander, SP, Detroit Tigers
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
We will be rolling out plenty of 2010 fantasy baseball coverage in the coming days, weeks and months, but let’s start right here with player-by-player profiles of our rough top 100 preseason rankings. Stay tuned to the site for more player profiles, draft kit information, rankings, sleepers, [...]
2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Profile: Robinson Cano, 2B, New York Yankees
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
We will be rolling out plenty of 2010 fantasy baseball coverage in the coming days, weeks and months, but let’s start right here with player-by-player profiles of our rough top 100 preseason rankings. Stay tuned to the site for more player profiles, draft kit information, rankings, sleepers, [...]
Kansas City Royals’ third baseman Alex Gordon is catching the wrong kind of breaks
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Kansas City Royals third baseman is dangerously close to making the transition from sleeper to coma victim. As the Kansas City Star reports, a broken thumb is the latest obstacle for the seemingly star-crossed infielder. Gordon broke his right thumb sliding head-first into second base today, an [...]
Baltimore Orioles’ prospect Josh Bell may be closer to fantasy relevance than we think
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Baltimore Orioles’ third baseman Miguel Tejada’s job may not be in jeopardy, but hot shot prospect Josh Bell is certainly making his case. He’s impressing in Orioles’ camp, but as the Baltimore Sun’s Peter Schmuck tells us, the plan is for Bell ‘to get more comfortable hitting [...]
Fantasy owners aren’t giving Arizona Diamondbacks’ pitcher Edwin Jackson enough respect: NL West roundup
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson has impressed catcher Miguel Montero early in spring training, according to the Arizona Republic.
Jackson, at least according to his new catcher, is no one-year wonder. He was traded to Detroit from Tampa Bay last season for little more than a bucket of [...]
