The GNUru realizes that just about every fantasy sports publication has some magic formula to predict this year's crop of breakout players. For some it's the 27-year old benchmark, 3rd year of MLB experience, or even the number of games played or innings pitched. At first glance these 'trends'   more...
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Prior to the start of the 2007 season, the GNUru identified the Top 10 Pitchers (http://www.thegnuru.com/content/view/39/27/) that were being touted by the big boys of fantasy baseball (CBS Sportsline, Yahoo, ESPN, etc.) as sleeper and breakout picks. These players were thought to be "Sexy Picks"   more...
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Today it's the pitchers turn to shine. With the second half of the 2007 baseball season upon us, we take a look at those who performed exemptionally well in 2006. Some players are second half performers, and this list shows off thier talents.
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Going into 2008, here are the top 20 starting pitchers. Doesn't Johan Santana look great on this NL list, Mets fans???
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Cyril Morong of 'Beyond the Boxscore' created two 15 player lists, one of pitchers who improved from the 2005 to 2006, the other of players who declined. He used a statistic called RSAA which means "the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It is   more...
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Not sure if any of you caught it last night on Sportscenter, but the NL West was called the best division in baseball. This is a far cry from the supposed bottom dweller it has been called in the past, and where many figured it to be again. The NL West is the only NL division with three teams over   more...
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Observations from Major League Baseball's Opening Day with something about all 30 MLB teams.See what we have to say about your favorite team.
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Good move by the Rockies to get Francis for under 15 million for 4 years.
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Padres closer Trevor Hoffman has a history of choking in the clutch. With a playoff berth on the line, he did so once again in the 13th inning as the Colorado Rockies charged back from an 8-6 deficit to defeat San Diego by a 9-8 score and land the wild card berth in the first round of the   more...
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With Colorado Rockies' pitcher Jeff Francis currently in the post-season spotlight, it got me to thinking of another stud Canadian Rockies (former) ballplayer - Larry Walker - and why all these new studs (Jason Bay, Adam Loewen, Rich Harden, Justin Morneau) are coming from beautiful British   more...
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With Spring Training fast approaching, FIO staff writer Rich Lerner takes a look at each MLB team in terms of fantasy purposes. In this discussion, we will take a look at the potential offensive/pitching impact players, some questionable guys, and some youngsters on the come up. In Part 2 - the   more...
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Everyone loses. I learned that a long time ago, but some people apparently didn't. Outside of Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday afternoon, Phillies fans were obviously incredulously disappointed.I don't think Cole Hamels expected the velocity of his first post season start coming at him to be quite   more...
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The pitchers and catchers have reported, the temperatures are getting warmer, and the soil is getting softer. It's baseball time in America, which means fantasy fans better get their drafts on. The following is a mock draft conducted according to the settings and eligibilities of a Standard Default   more...
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Tonight's the night - the start of the '07 World Series. FIO humor writer Brian Lutz previews the series with his own twist on things. See how the lineup and pitching staffs match-up against each other... with great one-liners sprinkled throughout!
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Phillies hot-hitting leftfielder Pat Burrell pounded a two out 3 run homer to leftfield in the 7th inning off of reliever Jorge Julio to erase a 5-2 Colorado lead. 1st baseman Ryan Howard resolved the issue with a one out walk-off double to left off of Taylor Buchholz in the 10th inning as the   more...
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