http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/21632 Recent articles about Greg Smith en-us A look at this year's crop of MLB rookies and how they are performing from a fantasy standpoint. Find out whose stock is still rising, who's falling off, and possible ROY candidates. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:45:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/303562 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/303562 Gio Gonzalez got his first Major League career start, unfortunately for him and the A's, it was also his first career loss as well. The 22 year old pitcher, just called up from the Sacramento River Cats, pitched 6 innings, letting up 4 earned runs on 4 hits and 2 walks, and 1 home run while striking out 4 batters in the loss. The only problem was the first inning, where he let up a three-run homer to Rod Barajas... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:17:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/302663 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/302663 When are the Oakland A's going to field a team that can hit? It seems like they'll never have a team that can consistently score four or more runs in a game. When the Kansas City Royals are outplaying you, it's time to do a little self reflection. Rather than reflect, recently the A's have been deflecting trade rumors. Hopefully, after the trade deadline, some of the players who have tightened up will be more comfortable and able to break out of this obnoxious and demoralizing hitting slump that has led them to only 2 wins over the past 11 games... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:37:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298036 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298036 It's been a couple of weeks since I last published the Leaders & Laggards series, so let's take our first post-All-Star Break look at our favorite lucky and unlucky pitchers. With the season about 64% complete, one would expect these lists to start stabilizing, the lucky guys regressing closer to league average, and the unlucky guys also moving closer to league average, but in a positive way. So let's roll… Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:43:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/296805 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/296805 Whether it is the hot starts by Gavin Floyd and John Danks of the White Sox, the surprise hitting from John Bowker of the Giants, or the minor league progress of players like Jay Bruce, AccuScore fantasy baseball expert Tim Williams has it covered in this week's prospect watch. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:48:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/252298 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/252298