Off the charts potential. Unteachable physical ability. Five tool player. Top rated prospect. Minor league success. You hear these terms associated with a healthy number of up and comers, but only the special ones fulfill the hype. It takes experience, maturity and the ability to recognize the need for, and

Cameron Maybin Off the charts potential. Unteachable physical ability. Five tool player. Top rated prospect. Minor league success. You hear these terms associated with a healthy number of up and comers, but only the special ones fulfill the hype. It takes experience, maturity and the ability to recognize the need

Jose Bautista – 34% of Y! Leagues8 R /  4 HRS / 8 RBI / .444 BABautista is smoking hot right now, but unless you happened to have him for the last week, don't go waste your time. Granted he's shown signs of being a decent hitter over the years,

Fantasy Baseball’s Pitching Line of the Week: Mat Latos (SP-SD) 9IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER/BB, 6K In his last two trips to the mound, Mat Latos has pitched a total of 17 innings, collected 2 wins, allowed only three hits while striking out fifteen and walking none. Yes, that’s a

About this time every year, I get the email or tweet from the nervous fantasy owner who is deficient in saves, or their ERA/WHIP are inflating (like this nurse’s breasts) out of control and need a solution. If you remember my piece on middle relievers this time last year, it went

Marlon Byrd doesn't seem to care about the Cubs struggling bats of Ramirez  and Lee. He has his own agenda to play another full season and improve those great 2009 numbers… Its been a long time coming. Finally a team that believes in you. Finally a team that will get

What has gotten into these pitchers? Did Braden sell his soul to the devil?Is Moyer a superhuman clone? Can Cueto shift time and space around him? This last week we had 3 complete game shutouts and 3 8-inning shutouts. The real question is: Who’s LEGIT and who’s gonna QUIT? Dallas Braden9

Don’t overlook the importance of using the Smack-Talk Box anytime—day, noon or night–to boost your team’s chances of victory. Even if your team’s dwelling in the basement, you can still be the champ of smack-talk. It won’t win you any prize-money, but at least you’ll get it off your chest.

Pitching Line of the Week: Dallas Braden 9IP, 0 H/R/ER/BB, 6K  Yes, all those goose eggs = a perfect game. Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics is the 19th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw a perfect game. Unfortunately, he will not be starting twice this week. He

Nick Swisher – 62% of Y! Leagues8 R /  4 HRS / 11 RBI / .444 BAGoing going gone. 4 Homers this week ain't half bad. If Nick the Swish can actually hold a decent batting average this year he will hold some real fantasy value. He's on pace for