On Wednesday night the Braves hit 3 longballs off struggling righty Brett Myers; last night was an entirely different story. Cole Hamels, the true staff ace, shutdown the Braves for his first career shutout, spreading 4 hits and 2 walks over 9 frames with 6 k's lowering his era to 2.89. On the   more...
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We've seen the names Xavier Nady, Jason Bay and Ken Griffey Jr. tossed about these parts as possible acquisitions. But how about adding a new one into the mix: Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday.
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The Rockies made a flurry of moves on the field and in their rotation. AccuScore analyst Jonathan breaks that down along with all the other fantasy relevant news from Wednesday's games.
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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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AccuScore fantasy expert Tim Williams details some players who are off to hot starts that are better off avoiding. You might be surprised to find Johnny Cueto on this list.
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The Philadelphia Phillies (12-11) travel to Pittsburgh for a 3 game set against the Pirates (9-13) starting Friday night at 7:05 in beautiful and underrated PNC Park. Match-ups: Friday- Adam Eaton (0-0, 4.74 era, 1.34 whip) vs. Zach Duke (0-1, 4.37, 1.77), Saturday- Kyle Kendrick (1-2, 5.59, 1.81)   more...
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A look at what to expect from Jeff Clement and Wlad Balentien, how difficult it would be to get Richie Sexson out of the lineup, and trade options for the Mariners.
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Oakland A's: Jack Cust Jack had 3 HRs this week, but only 4 RBIs while he hit .500 with an OBP of .600 and he scored 6 runs (3 of which came on his 3 HRs).A close second to Cust was Pirate's RF Xavier Nady who went homerless this week but also scored 6 runs while hitting for a .450 BA with an OBP   more...
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The Pittsburgh Pirates Roundtable has returned. After nearly a year's hiatus, some of the best Pirate minds are again coming together to discuss the team's most pressing issues. Many thanks to all who contributed, and please take the time to visit each of their sites. I would encourage everyone to   more...
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I continue to hear more and more about the Mets wanting to trade for Xavier Nady to sure up the Mets outfield.Um...why?What is wrong with the outfield? Has Angel Pagan already fallen so far out of favor with Mets fans since he won the game over the Phillies in the 12th inning? Has the Angel Wave   more...
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In just 24 days baseball will give us the 77th Midsummer Classic. That’s right, the MLB All-Star game is less than a month away. I for one am looking forward to watching the best players in the game come together and do battle. However, as it stands right now, there will be some dominant players   more...
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These rankings are based off of their 2007 performance. There are no if, ands or buts about it, the "Prince" is here, and he's mashing balls all over the park. One of the biggest surprises in the Top 10 has to be Kevin Youklis. Youklis has shown signs of power, but he best attribute is his runs   more...
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So we're four days into the new baseball season and several things are clear: the Mets obviously took last year's NLCS loss to the Cardinals pretty hard, Ben Sheets and Felix Hernandez might live up to the hype, and the Pittsburgh Pirates might have a nice little club.
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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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According to Newsday, "Until Minaya hears something definite on Alou - and that could be a while - it's tough to ignore the $8.5-million investment for a short-term fix such as the Rangers' Sammy Sosa or the Pirates' Xavier Nady. The A's designated Milton Bradley for assignment yesterday."
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