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One month is already in the books. It seems only yesterday that the Astros and Rangers were opening the season on ESPN. Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. If you’ve missed out on the fun of the first month, it isn’t too late to get in the game.

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2013 Fantasy BaseballAlan HarrisonFantasy Baseball

At this point, it’s safe to say we can do a decent job of evaluating our team’s strengths and weaknesses. The general rule-of-thumb encourages owners not to panic too early with regards to our stars, but now could be a good opportunity to try and acquire some runs as a

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

The National League shortstop universe is an interesting contrast to the American League version. Their collective total averages and batter runs are considerably better, but the median runs created total for the position was under 40 in the National Leagues. That can mean only one thing: there were a number

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Giancarlo Stanton has hit the DL with a hamstring issue. To add insult to that injury, he injured his hamstring on the last of five hitless at-bats. Couldn’t have tried to leg out an infield hit in the first, Giancarlo? Jerk… I won’t pretend to know how serious the injury

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Fantasy BaseballFront Office

We preach “practice excruciating patience!” Every year slow starters become an issue for fantasy owners scrambling to fix what ails their team – including me. Yes, I preach “practice excruciating patience!” all the time, yet I don’t even listen to that at times. Yes, I was guilty of shopping around

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

I generally hate self-promotion, but I did a series of articles on the new process of voting for Gold Gloves over at bigleaguesmag.com. I mention that because there are a lot of concepts that bleed over between evaluating fielding and fantasy baseball. The main one is that while the WAR

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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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Andrew MillerFantasy Baseball

Must-starts Yu Darvish: vs. CWS, BOS Gio Gonzalez: at ATL, PIT Roy Halladay: at CLE, vs. MIA Matt Harvey: at MIA, ATL Tim Hudson: vs. WSH, NYM Ian Kennedy: vs. SF, at SD Mat Latos: at STL, CHC Jon Lester: at TOR, TEX Jeff Samardzija: vs. SD, CIN Max Scherzer:

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Draft Kings Team of the Day Today I will be playing the Daily Dollar (great for beginners!): Don’t forget to claim your Deposit Bonus! Here is my @DraftKings team! Yesterday’s news and notes are inside the pick descriptions. Pitcher: Carlos Villanueva | $5,000: Villanueva has been on an absolute tear

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Brett TalleyFantasy Baseball

DraftKings.com Team of the Day Today I’m playing in the Double Up! contest on DraftKings. I’m playing in the late contest. Don’t forget to get your deposit bonus here. Starting Pitchers – The Options Name Opponent Salary Felix Hernandez LAA $12,000 Felix Doubront HOU $10,100 Matt Moore @CWS $9,700 Joe

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