2012 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Curtis Granderson’s bucket list is complete
Curtis Granderson had a pretty good week in just one night. The Yankees' center fielder had the fantasy performance of the season, going 5-for-5 with three homers, three runs scored, and four RBIs. He began the day hitting .208 with three home runs and six RBIs before boosting his average by
2012 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Chris Young Crashes Lands On The DL & More
A widely held opinion at the start of the 2012 season was the best pitching staff in baseball resided in the NL East. It's true a dozen or so games into the season, but surprisingly the staff is in Washington DC, not in Philadelphia. The Nationals are sitting at 10-3
Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: CC gets first win, Lester gets rocked & more
All is well in Yankee-town (a crazy place where Santa is a floating image of George Steinbrenner), as C.C. Sabathia finally won a game. Sabathia went 7.1 innings with seven K’s. Francisco Liriano was his usual terrible self, while Andruw Jones continued killing lefties. Josh Willingham hit his fifth HR
2012 Fantasy Baseball Rookie Report: Matt Moore, Jesus Montero & more!
Matt Moore (credits below) Welcome back to the Rookie Report, week 3. As always, everyone is waiting for that moment when they can brag to their buddies that they were ahead of the curve and knew that their “phenom” was ready to dominate the Bigs. Unfortunately, there is this thing
Fantasy Baseball Early Buy-Low Candidates: 5 players to target before they take off
Mark Teixeira (credits below) Yesterday was Patriots Day in Massachusetts, one of the best days to live in the Commonwealth. Patriots Day is a holiday in just two states, Massachusetts, where the day commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord – battles that began the American Revolutionary War – and
Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Matt Wieters finally flying high, Morales goes yard & more!
Is there anybody left out there still calling Matty Wieters a bust? I'd sure hope not, especially after his performance on Monday night in the Orioles extra innings win over the White Sox. Wieters mashed a 10th inning grand slam, finishing 3 of 4 from the plate as he clubbed
Fantasy Baseball Prospect Cage Match: Trevor Bauer vs Taijuan Walker
Trevor Bauer (Credits below) In the coming weeks, I am going to be writing up a series of prospect ‘Cage Matches’ to see how different prospects stack-up from a fantasy perspective. However, instead of going through the typical Harper vs Trout debate that we see almost every week on a
Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Valentine's big mouth, Tebow gets booed & more!
Bobby Valentine (credits below) Bobby Valentine continues his big mouth style of managing. Yesterday on Boston's WHDH, he basically called out Kevin Youkilis and said "I don't think he's as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason…" The assumption is that
A long standing love affair with Francisco Liriano comes to an end?
Francisco Liriano (credits below) Francisco Liriano is akin to that crazy woman that most men have had a fleeting relationship with throughout their adult lives. She comes and she goes, due to an inexplicable dose of craziness interspersed through some really amazing stretches. Things may have started out great
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Daily Fix: Jacoby Ellsbury Dislocates Shoulder, ARod Ties Griffey & More
Jacoby Ellsbury Friday the 13th, brings some wacky endings, and some outstanding performances. In probably the biggest fantasy baseball news from yesterday, Jacoby Ellsbury dislocated his shoulder sliding into second base to break up a double play. Initial reports note that Ellsbury could be out a minimum of six weeks.