National Rent-a-Arm

So all the exciting Winter Meetings deals are gonna come on the last day? It's like Frank and Zach from MTV's Challenge have taken over the Winter Meetings and ruined them too. Give me back Evan and Kenny and CT! In the words of T.J. Lavin, they killed it! Sorry, I didn't have any balloons set up to fall when Sean Burnett signed a deal. Maybe Greinke will finally sign somewhere today, or, dare to dream, Josh Hamilton. So far the Winter Meetings have given a run to your co-worker's PowerPoint presentations on the Yawn-o-Meter. The biggest value change for fantasy thus far would have to go to Dan Haren. A guy who's got a bad hip (or is it back?). He signed with the Nats. Solid deal for them. If Haren does nothing, whatever. They have plenty of pitching in place. If he does something, then score, or, ya know, no score vs. him. It's the equivalent to a late-round gamble in fantasy, which appropriately enough is what Haren is. If he's drafted prior to that, then people are looking at his name-value more than reality. I don't trust him at all to stay healthy. One trade to the Cubs already fell through, due to his hip (back?; I don't know -- he's injured in some way.) Sure, he's only missed three starts in nine years, but presumably his health caused his fastball to bottom out at 88 MPH last year, and the hip (back, whatever) injury sounds like it's still an issue. I can almost guarantee someone will draft him before I do. I'm guessing at best he misses at least a month of the season, and at worst he gets shut down for a few months. I'll put his 2013 line at 7-6/3.95/1.27/120 in 150 innings. I'm sure there will be points during the season he is usable, and I will quote that line verbatim the day after he pitches a gem. And that's me quoting future me! Anyway, here's some more offseason moves for 2013 fantasy baseball:The post National Rent-a-Arm appeared first on Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com.