The Next Big Thing

by Chewy

Two years ago he was shot out of a cannon. 34 homers in 451 at-bats and a batting average of .324 likely secured multiple titles for tons of fantasy owners. Ryan Braun’s Ruthian like finish to the 2007 year is just one example of an unlikely player who caught fire and provided [...]

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Hochevar puts it together.

by bigmoog

In case you missed it, Luke Hochevar, recently re-called to the Royals and the subject of several of my earlier posts, was flatout brilliant last night. 
Hochevar threw a complete game, giving up only 3 hits, 1 run (on a solo HR), and 1 walk.  He only managed 3 K’s, but needed only 80 pitches to throw 9 [...]

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3 Starting Pitchers to Sell

by bigmoog

A crucial fantasy topic that has been touched upon in several posts is selling high and buying low – it’s a basic enough principle that is often hard to achieve and could determine whether your team moves up or slowly sinks to the bottom of the standings.  Three SP’s that I advise fantasy owners sell at this time [...]

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Time to Make the Move

by Chewy

You’re a .500 team. The playoffs are definitely a possibility, but you’re not a lock. On the other side, you have a team that’s running away with the league. They are ramping up for the playoffs and aside from a minor miracle; they’re in the big dance. Bringing up the rear [...]

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Rodriguez, so far, so good.

by bigmoog

It seemed that coming into the season many fantasy experts and regular joes alike felt that K-Rod would not live up to the hype coming to NYC after his record-breaking year in 2008.  His velocity was supposedly down and his k/9 down as well.  He was, by many accounts, expected to drop in the Closer rankings [...]

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The Scrubs Emerge!

by Chewy

At what point do you actually acknowledge that the “little guy” can help your fantasy team. At what point does Raul Ibanez start to get a ton of credit as an absolute fantasy monster?
To me, these guys should have ongoing merit throughout the year. While they aren’t the players you consider [...]

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Ortiz hits HR #1

by bigmoog

Its nearing the end of May and Papi just hit his 1st HR of the year, it is certainly not breaking news that he has been terrible this year, but what is a fantasy owner to do?  I think a brief recap of his career stats is in order.
Ortiz’s played 6 seasons for the Twins [...]

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Name That Pitcher

by Wonderboy

I am always on the lookout for good starting pitching.    It’s always a great feeling having a consistent ace on a good team that can provide the bedrock for solid pitching stats.  The problem with those guys is they are usually hard to acquire.  Nobody wants to give up Albert Pujols to get a CC [...]

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Hochevar Called up.

by bigmoog

In a rare turn of fortune for me in what has been a disapointing fantasy season to date, my early reach for Hochevar appears warranted as he has been called up to replace Ponson and is in line to be a 2 start pitcher this week.  While there is no guarantee that his Triple AAA dominance [...]

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I picked up Luke Hochevar….allow me to explain why I am not insane.

by bigmoog

I’ve never been one for holding on to young prospects for significant amounts of time, it generally does not pan out and takes up a valuable roster spot.  I, did, however just pick up young Mr. Luke Hochevar and while I do not advise many, if any, other fantasy players to do the same, I [...]

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