The first half of the 2008 Major League Baseball season has been full of surprises, from the Tigers to the Rays to the Padres to the Braves. Most surprising of all, at least to the Phillies faithful, is that at the All Star break the Phillies were in first place atop the National League East. The   more...
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This one surprised me, I was expecting to see either Atlanta's 3B Chipper Jones* or CF Josh Hamilton** of the Rangers on top of this list, but instead, we find Houston's 1B Lance Berkman** just edging out Hamilton. In fact, Jones doesn't even make this top 20 list as he has begun to come down to   more...
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Over the past several years teams have been looking more and more toward the future of the franchise instead of today. The "Win Now" mentality is waning and a youth movement has begun. Below we have several teams' profiled and broken down to show the climate change in Major League Baseball.
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A Home Run Derby in November? Well apparently so in Virginia this past weekend. Michael Cuddyer, Mark Reynolds, B.J. Upton, Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman and David Wright competed in the Derby, which was a charity event(perhaps netting $100K). In any event, some of our D-backs youngsters were   more...
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Baseball's top prospects gather in Arizona for a month and a half.
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We're six weeks deep into the baseball season and lots of players are coming out of no where to put up some big stats. If you're in an active league, the majority of these players are probably long gone, but if not, sweep them up while you still can. Smart pick-ups could be the key to winning or   more...
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The Colorado Rockies extended their incredible streak to 20 wins in 21 games. Rockies starter Josh Fogg spread out 7 Arizona hits while giving up just 1 run in 6 innings of work, catcher Yorvit Torrealba provided the offensive punch breaking up a 1-1 tie with a three run 6th inning homer as   more...
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Joba Chamberlain looks like he will finally be making his long awated transition to the starting rotation according to manager Joe Girardi. While the Yankees wait Darrell Rasner has helped shore up the rotation, Bartolo Colon returned to the majors, Chone Figgins returned from the DL, and Dusty   more...
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Now we find ourselves moving on to the second best collection of sluggers on the field. Less bulky than first basemen, these guys have been known to steal a base or two as well. As a matter of fact, the de facto #1 overall pick (A-Rod, or Gay-Rod, depending on your region) lives on the hot corner.   more...
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Every year in fantasy baseball, there are players that slip through the cracks and end up being very productive. Here 3 pitchers and 3 hitters that have had surprising fast starts.
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The season is only a few weeks old, but so far there's been a handful of players who's offensive production has been a pleasant surprise. Here's a few players you should consider picking up if they're available.
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We go around the diamond and take a look at some of the most added players by position in most fantasy leagues.
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While #2 overall fantasy player Hanley Ramirez's statistics are impressive, no one is that surprised after he was a top 5 pick in nearly every fantasy draft, but when Nate McLouth puts up similar numbers and is ranked as the #7 fantasy player overall...eyebrows are raised.The McLouths and Cliff   more...
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In this daily column, we take a look back at the night that was in fantasy baseball highlighting the best/worst performances, emerging fantasy options and developing trends.
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The National League championship series opens on Thursday as two mid-west teams, the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks duke-it-out with the NL pennant on the line.Unlike in recent past seasons, where the NLCS pitted big money teams like the Mets, or Atlanta Braves, the St. Louis   more...
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