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Catching up with the Diamondbacks at FanFest

12 Sports anchor Bruce Cooper talks with Ian Kennedy, Justin Upton and Chris Young at Diamondbacks FanFest on Saturday.
Via azcentral  |  1 day ago
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Player Profile #53: Nelson Cruz | OF | TEX

This might sound like an exagerration, but Nelson Cruz has been one of the best per-game fantasy baseball players over the last three years. If you take his per-game averages over the last three seasons and extrapolate them over 150 games you have the following player: .278/.338/.534 slash with 82.9 runs, 35 home runs, 100.4 RBI and 19.2 steals. Yes, that’s comparable to...
Via Baseball Professor  |  1 day ago
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MLB Notebook: Upton starts off hot in desert

Last season, Justin Upton produced an OPS+ that was tied for the 31st all-time for any full-time qualifying outfielder in his age-23 season since 1901. Could it be a sign of future greatness?
Via dbacks.com  |  4 days ago
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New York Mets: It Is Never Too Early to Start Thinking About the MLB Draft

The MLB Draft is not for another four months, but just because it is out of sight doesn’t mean it is out of mind.  The New York Mets have two of the top forty selections (12, 35) in this year’s draft so it is easy to imagine them adding some exciting talent to an improving system.  MyMLBDraft.com has a mock draft posted and Baseball America listed their Top 100 draft...
Via Rant Sports  |  8 days ago
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Arizona Diamondbacks 2012 Preview

2011 In A NutshellWow. Seriously, Wow! What a season! I don’t know if it wasKirk Gibson (Gibby) *Sidebar* I love Gibby. Graduating and being obsessed with Michigan StateUniversity I truly appreciate the alumni of the school, Gibby is an alumni, andone of the greats. Not only was he a superstar for State, and went on to becomea legend for the Detroit Tigers, my longtime favorite...
Via Clubhouse GM  |  13 days ago
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Player Profile #105: Chris Young | OF | ARI

Color me biased (I’ve owned Chris Young for the last two seasons and I’m keeping him this season) but I think the Arizona outfielder is one of the more undervalued assets in fantasy. No one likes taking on a player with a career .240 average, but he’s had back-to-back 20/20 seasons and will almost certainly be in line for a third. At this point in his career, we...
Via Baseball Professor  |  14 days ago
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PRO Rumors financial efficiency report- Arizona Diamondbacks

The next financial efficiency report we will dive into is the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks finished the regular season with a 94-68 record, eight games ahead of the Giants for the NL West title (their first playoff appearance since 2007). The Diamondbacks then took on the Brewers in the NLDS, and after being down 0-2 in the first two games they forced a decisive fifth game...
Via PRO Rumors  |  17 days ago
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D-backs could have next great power duo

D-backs outfielder Justin Upton and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, both of whom are just 24, should give Arizona one of the elite power duos in the game for years to come.
Via dbacks.com  |  17 days ago
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2012 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Outfield

Here is the sixth article in the series for our 2012 fantasy baseball rankings looking at the position of outfield. Lots of change in position of the top 20 outfielders from last season as several players had comeback seasons and others suffered injuries which impacted their performance. Here is a look at the top 20 fantasy baseball outfielders for 2012 with my comments. A longer...
Via Fantasy Baseball Tools  |  19 days ago
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Top 20 Outfielders for 2012 Fantasy Baseball

The other day we went over the top 20 third basemen for 2012 fantasy baseball for our 2012 fantasy baseball rankings.  Today, we turn our bejeweled eyeglasses to the top 20 outfielders for 2012 fantasy baseball.  The top twenty outfielders will need to go to a top 40 then a top 60 then a top 80.  Unfortunately, outfield is pretty shallow.  Guess outfielders come in waves…...
Via Razzball  |  19 days ago
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Tulo Goes First in Draft

TULO: Some may think Tulo's draft position was TUHI. Las Vegas, NV — The Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) Experts’ Baseball Draft was held in Las Vegas, NV on January 16, and featured industry leaders such as USA Today, CBS Sports, Rotoworld, and Fantasy Alarm. The annual event represents the inauguration of the fantasy baseball season, and is an early trend...
Via Fantasy Baseball Dugout  |  26 days ago
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Dynasty League Hot Corner: Just what is a top prospect worth?

If you’re playing in any kind of Dynasty League, you probably have a strong tie with top prospects coming up through the ranks.  Chances are you have a farm system were you can actually draft and hold some of this talent and once they make their big league debut you can call them up in the same way the majors does.  But what are the odd’s of your next top prospect actually...
Via Rant Sports  |  26 days ago
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Day Three: The Reds All-Region Team

Today marks day three of our series highlighting current MLBers who hail from hometowns located in (or near) Reds country. As we continue our quest to assemble the best 25-man roster possible, we now turn out attention toward the the guys who roam the vast, green pasture known as the outfield. In case you missed the first two days of the series, here is some info to help better...
Via Redlegs Review  |  January 14, 2012
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Hitters Age Like Wine — Power Like Cheese?

Wine and cheese make for a delectable combo. But the two foods don’t age the same. Wine takes much longer to turn to vinegar than it does for your cheese to grow fuzzy green mold. That’s why wine is the one used in sayings by older men verifying their remaining veracity. Power, patience and contact are the components of a delectable (productive) hitter. And yet, like...
Via Fangraphs  |  January 12, 2012
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Top 25 under 25

The Hardball Times (link here; HardBall Times) recently did an analysis of the top 25 players under 25 years old. I thought it was such a cool list I decided to make my own list.Lists like these can be a great asset if you are in a keeper or dynasty league for a couple reasons. 1.) you want to have these players going forward if you plan to be competitive year in and year out and2...
Via Clubhouse GM  |  January 10, 2012
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Top 25 under 25

The Hardball Times (link here; HardBall Times) recently did an analysis of the top 25 players under 25 years old. I thought it was such a cool list I decided to make my own list. Lists like these can be a great asset if you are in a keeper or dynasty league for a couple reasons. 1.) you want to have these players going forward if you plan to be competitive year in and year...
Via Bleacher GM  |  January 10, 2012
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TRI Position Overviews: Right Fielders

We have reached the end of our rope so to speak. We have looked at distinctive themes at every position, so this time we are going to use the table to old-fashioned way. We will breakdown the table under all three separate categories and finally overall. Of course, when we put all the tables together we begin to understand why teams are where they are in the standings. For those...
Via hardballchat.com  |  January 04, 2012
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30 Teams in 30 Days: Day 5-Arizona Diamondbacks

Our next installment in our Best of the Blog 2011 series takes us all the way back to February and our 30 Teams in 30 Days series. This particular post shows us just how futile the exercise of trying to predict the future is. We picked the Dbacks to finish last in the NL West (they won it). There are some other entertainingly wrong predictions analysis in there too. This may...
Via Off The Bench  |  January 02, 2012
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Barry Zito Does the New Year Thing

2012 is the year to stay healthy T... San Francisco Giants Pitcher Barry Zito and friends partying it up at new NYC hotspot W.i.P. Work in Progress. Also there: Ryan Roberts, Justin Upton, Chris Young,  (all Arizona Diamondbacks) John Garland (Dodgers) plus their wives- all celebrated new years eve at W.I.P…Pitchers and catchers report to spring training pretty soon…...
Via Terez Owens  |  January 02, 2012
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Buster Olney Continues High Praise of Arizona Diamondbacks

Buster Olney has made it no secret how much he like the Diamondbacks roster heading into the 2012 season. Just a couple of days after giving high praise to Arizona’s rotation and bullpen, the ESPN baseball writer ranks the D’Backs having the best overall outfield in the game. Here is full description of what Olney said in the ESPN insider article. Justin Upton hovered...
Via Rant Sports  |  December 31, 2011
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Ranking The Top Outfielders in Baseball

Today’s ESPN trivia question was about Carlos Beltran. It asked how high the voter thought Beltran ranked among the ranks of MLB outfielders. I voted for “The Top Half” but was outvoted by “The Top 20″ and “The Top 10″ had a pretty good showing as well. This got me thinking, who are the top 20 outfielders in the game and in what order? Is Carlos Beltran one of them...
Via Off The Bench  |  December 24, 2011
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Kubel vs. Para

The Arizona Diamondbacks attempted to solidify their offensive attack in 2012 with the addition of LF Jason Kubel. With Justin Upton entrenched in RF and Chris Young possessing a nice speed/power combo in CF, that means Gerardo Parra is regulated to 4th outfielder duties.Kubel is a left-handed batter that will be turning 30 years old in May and is coming off a year in which he hit...
Via More Hardball  |  December 21, 2011
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Jason Kubel Joins Arizona Diamondbacks for Two Years, $15 Million

Jason Kubel has left Target Field for Chase Field, signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for two years, $15 million. This is a nice little raise for Kubes, who made just $5.25 million last season with the Minnesota Twins. The hard-hitting outfielder, who will now play alongside center fielder Chris Young and right fielder Justin Upton, has spent all seven of his big league...
Via Babes Love Baseball  |  December 19, 2011
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Slow Mock Draft Update - Round 1

Well our first slow mock draft of the season is underway and actually moving along much quicker than I thought. With 14 teams, drafting 16 positions and with an 8 hour time limit for picks I thought it would take us well into the new year. That is not the case as we are already into the 10th round. You can follow our draft here; BleacherGM Slow Mock Draft or read about the format...
Via Bleacher GM  |  December 19, 2011
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Slow Mock Draft Update - Round 1

Well our first slow mock draft of the season is underway and actually moving along much quicker than I thought. With 14 teams, drafting 16 positions and with an 8 hour time limit for picks I thought it would take us well into the new year. That is not the case as we are already into the 10th round. You can follow our draft here; BleacherGM Slow Mock Draft or read about the format...
Via Bleacher GM  |  December 19, 2011
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