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Alan Harrison

Alan is the founder of TheFantasyFix.com and a contributor to RotoGraphs. Follow his rants on Twitter @TheFantasyFix.

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On this day in 1952, Ted Williams hit a two-run home run in his final at-bat before being deployed to the Korean War. Carlos Gonzalez hit is fourth long ball and stole his third and fourth bases of the season last night against the New York Mets. The Rockies’ outfielder

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Nolan Reinmold (credits below) Two-Start Pitchers to Start Randy Wolf |Milwaukee Brewers| (1.8%) – The crafty lefty has a strong week ahead against one anemic lineup and another that is a historically weak matchup.  Wolf’s first start  takes place in San Diego against the senior circuit’s third-worst hitting team when

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The Franchise has run into the first real dilemma of the season.   Aubrey Huff’s trip to the disabled list has left my team without a first base eligible player, and since first base is a desolate hole this year in the NL my best waiver wire options are Lyle Overbay,

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Mike Trout (Credits Below) No time for stories or fluff this week, let’s get right to business. While these few names are familiar, they are not owned in nearly enough leagues.Mike Trout (LAA-OF | 46% Y! and 27.6 ESPN) As I noted in last week’s waiver wire, Mike Trout has

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Will Middlebrooks (credits below) There is a second perfect storm scenario brewing in the Boston area. You will remember the first perfect storm as the weather pattern that produced the giant wave that killed George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. Where Clooney was all “I'm greedy for extra fish, lets keep

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Whether new to the job or an experienced veteran, closers had a hard time filling that job description on Thursday. Heath Bell, one of the most consistent closer in recent years, had one of his worst performances when he walked four batters and gave up a hit to allow two runs

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Michael Pineda (credits below) A friend and I were once discussing the best way to make money by pushing a child to excel in a professional sport. We'd brainstorm different,  Earl Woods-esque ways, you could push them to excel. His best idea was to turn his future son into a

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Manny Machado A couple of weeks ago, I did a breakdown of Taijuan Walker vs Trevor Bauer for fantasy. Continuing in this theme of ‘prospect cage matches,’ let’s take a look at two of the game’s top hitting prospects in the middle infield: Manny Machado vs Billy Hamilton. The Offensive

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Thanks for joining Alan (@TheFantasyFix) and Brett (@theRealTal) on this week’s FixChat. Be sure to send in your questions to us via Twitter or the Quick Fix to be answered on the next chat/podcast. Also, “like” us on Facebook!

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KIRK NIEUWENHUIS (credits below) This week we look at four promising lefty starters and a center fielder taking Citi Field by storm!  SP-DREW POMERANZ (COLORADO)- The promising young lefty will have some growing pains this year as he learns how to deal with Coors field. Currently Pomeranz owns a 0-1 record with a 6.75

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