Readers,
It is my pleasure today to welcome Eriq Gardner to the Baseball Prospectus Fantasy staff! You may recognize Eriq from his work at The Hardball Times Fantasy, Bloomberg Fantasy, or his blog, Fantasy Ball Junkie. Eriq is one of the sharpest fantasy minds I know, and I hope that his unique brand of writing helps you find new ways of thinking about the game and ultimately helps you win your league’s championship. Welcome aboard, Eriq!
—Derek Carty, Fantasy Editor
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Konnichiwa,
As this is my inaugural post for Baseball Prospectus, I thought I’d take this opportunity to introduce a guiding philosophy that will inform what I have to say in this new weekly column. At the center of today’s discussions will be one of “my guys,” Yu Darvish, the Japanese import who will be playing his rookie season in a Texas Rangers uniform.
Let me qualify at the very start what I mean by “one of my guys.” Unlike other pundits out there, I d...
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PLAYERS:
Yu Darvish,
Pedro Martinez,
Justin Verlander,
Roy Halladay,
Hideki Irabu,
Daisuke Matsuzaka
TEAMS: Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox
TEAMS: Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox
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