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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With FOX and Major League Baseball jamming the All-Star game down our throats (It's at Yankee Stadium! The Last One! So Historic!), it's time to look at who is actually going to play in this mid-season celebration of big-name fan favorites. We'll examine the AL and NL voting for one position daily.   more...
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These rankings are based off of their 2007 performance. The clear cut #1 Second Baseman during the pre-season is still playing "King of Hill" with the others. Chase Utley is a second baseman in a third basemans body. This guy just puts up monster numbers, and is a Top 5 Fantasy Player because of   more...
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Due to the Cubs lack of offensive prowess, Uncle Lou Pinella has decided to give utility infielder Ryan Theriot a shot at the everyday shortstop position. Former starter Caesar Izturis just hasn't been getting the job done at the plate as indicated by his .184 batting average. Fantasy baseballers   more...
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What do these 2 lists of players have in common?Chone FigginsAsdrubal CabreraGregor BlancoLuis CastilloMarco ScutaroAustin KearnsJoey GathrightBrian SchneiderShannon StewartJulio LugoDavid EcksteinRyan TheriotJason BartlettJamey CarrollCarlos RuizJuan PierreMatt TreanorDaric BartonAndruw JonesCesar   more...
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Fantasy expert Tim Williams reviews AccuScore's top 20 stolen base options for the remainder of the season, and gives you five teams who can't stop people on the base paths.
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Battle of the Short Stops in the Majors, and Jose Reyes beats out his cross-town rival, Derek Jeter. Fantasy or not, Reyes right now is all the buzz around the big city. Jeter might be the toast of the town now, but is he ready to pass the torch to the ever energetic youngster Reyes?
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Coming into this year, 3rd Baseman where supposed to be the strongest position at Fantasy Baseball Drafts. Up to this point in the season, there are more disappointments then surprises. Injuries have slowed most, but its the inconsistent bats that have deflated most Fantasy Owners.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune has a report that the Cubs contacted the Padres about shortstop Khalil Greene. After they passed on pursuing Brian Roberts last winter, their plan to go with what they had, that being a combination of Ryan Theriot, Mark DeRosa, Mike Fontenot and Ronny Cedeno seemed like   more...
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Rounding out the infield in our preparation for 2008 fantasy baseball drafts, the FIO staff runs down its preseason rankings at each position. This time around, writer Shane Huff gives you the FIO's Preseason Top 20 Fantasy Shortstops.
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The difference in this game turned out to be a run the Giants got in the 1st inning when Fred Lewis stole home.  It was a double steal and Soto didn't even look Lewis back to 3rd and he took off once Soto threw it to 2nd.  What could have been?Too bad, too.  Jason Marquis was   more...
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Multiple examples of Ryan Theriot fucking up like he so often does today and neither Len nor Bob have the fucking balls to say a negative word about "The Riot." It's gotten so bad that I briefly considered saying "fuck this team" and finding another favorite team to root for in the 3rd inning when   more...
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Multiple examples of Ryan Theriot fucking up like he so often does today and neither Len nor Bob have the fucking balls to say a negative word about "The Riot." It's gotten so bad that I briefly considered saying "fuck this team" and finding another favorite team to root for in the 3rd inning when   more...
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Talks of Jacque Jones leaving Chicago are on fire of late. It's been no secret the Cubs have had Jones in the front of the garage sale with a "Best Offer Accepted" tag around his neck. The 32 year old lefty outfielder is coming off his best year since 2002, still he's found himself in Lou's   more...
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Here are the preliminary 2008 rankings for National League shortstops.
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