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Gerard Martin

Gerard writes words about baseball and football for The Fantasy Fix. His turn-ons are post-hype sleepers, high-K relief pitchers, and the Oxford comma. Follow him on Twitter @gerardowrites.

2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome as always to 3×3. This week, we’re cutting J.P. Arencibia, keeping Carlos Gomez, and catching Nolan Arenado and Jose Veras. I’m also introducing a new wrinkle, a list of add/drop/trade options as points of comparison for each player on the list. 3 TO CUT J.P. Arencibia, Toronto Blue Jays

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome fantasy baseballers to the week 4 edition of 3×3, where I advise you to pick up Lorenzo Cain, tell Adam Dunn to kick rocks, and hold Austin Jackson and B.J. Upton so tight you’ll never let them go. Let’s get it on. 3 TO CUT Adam Dunn, Chicago White

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome back to 3×3, where this week, I tell you why you should trade Josh Hamilton and Fernando Rodney, pick up Brandon Moss, and join hands in a prayer for Emilio Bonifacio. 3 TO CUT Josh Hamilton, Los Angeles Angels OF Heading into Sunday’s action, Josh Hamilton had the 22nd-worst

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2013 Fantasy Baseball

3×3 is back, and this time we’ve got something even better than Spring Training stats: opening week stats! One quick note: Since I’m only discussing nine players per week, I’m going to try as much as possible not to repeat myself. Please check out last week’s list for your Jackie

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome to fantasy baseball’s answer to “Marry, Bop, Kill” – “3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep”. Each week, I’ll recommend three players to cut, whether by trade or drop, three players to catch, whether by waivers or the trade market, and three players to keep, despite any

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Paul Goldschmidt belongs in the same draft conversation as Albert Pujols, Joey Votto and Prince Fielder. Hell, in a vacuum, I’d take him ahead of Fielder without a moment’s hesitation. Our own Albert Lang wrote a cautionary piece last week (which I encourage you to check out), warning about the

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Fantasy Baseball

While the Arizona Diamondbacks’ trade of Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves for Martin Prado and a grab bag of prospects won’t have a ton of fantasy impact for the players involved, it can teach us a worthwhile lesson about fantasy baseball strategy. The lesson: In baseball, there’s no such

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