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Fernando Rodney

2017 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Relief pitchers are the bane of everyone’s existence when it comes to fantasy. The save has become the end all be all statistic everyone craves and yet the save has never been less valuable than it has now. Most teams do not even employ their most effective relief pitcher there

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Wonders never cease and we’ve reached that point where the Marlins have become buyers. They traded pitching prospect Chris Paddack to the San Diego Padres for reliever Fernando Rodney. The move makes the second major deal for the Padres this season. They are clearly giving up on the 2016 season.

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2016 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Two of the three last big names on the free agent reliever market went off the board on Wednesday when the San Diego Padres signed Fernando Rodney to a one-year contract and the New York Mets signed free agent lefty Antonio Bastardo to a two-year contract. Technically speaking, the Bastardo

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2015 Fantasy Baseball2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft GuideAndrew MillerFantasy Baseball

View image | gettyimages.com OFFSEASON OVERVIEW Seattle was fairly active this offseason, acquiring one impact bat and several complementary pieces that could help the Mariners win the American League West for the first time since 2001. The major addition was Nelson Cruz, he of 40 home runs in Baltimore last

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2014 Fantasy BaseballChris Garosi

Welcome back to The Fantasy Fix’s Closer Report for Week 7. And I was wrong last week – more turmoil was to come in the closer’s role and we’re here to examine it. Will we ever have a hold on the closer situation this season? Follow along to see where

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Edwin Encarnacion Fantasy Baseball
2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

While browsing Twitter a little over a week ago, I came upon a tweet from Vicarious Sports that indicated they were looking for a fellow baseball contributor to join a fantasy baseball league in its inaugural year. After emailing Mick Wayne, the owner of the new startup website VicariousSports.com, he

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2014 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballTotal Run Index

We finally get to the end of the road of the TRI vs. ADP series. The funny thing is that you will notice that many of these relievers officially qualify for the waiver section of the series. It goes to show that relievers are not necessarily as valiued as we

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Unofficially, this is a continuation of the total run series. However, using total runs when looking at relief pitchers presents a number of problems. It’s one thing to translate total runs into home runs, runs, and RBIs. It’s more difficult with starting pitchers, but the statistic usually translates into some

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Andrew MillerFantasy Baseball

It’s Friday! That means it’s time to enter the “Spring Fling” over at DraftKings. This is a chance to turn an $11 entry fee into a $20,000 first place prize! Enter here! DraftKings Team of the Day Today I’m playing the $1 Double Up contest. It’s very easy for beginners

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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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