Roy Hallady (Credits below) This article is long.  Eff the intro.  I’ll make euphemisms about the pitching rubber and condoms next week.  For now, here is the extra-long first edition of The Rubber 2012. 1. Roy Halladay (Philadelphia Philles, ADP among SP: 1) 2. Cliff Lee (Philadelphia Phillies, ADP: 4)

Carlos Santana Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-5, with a home run and five runs batted yesterday. Cabrera’s homer came in the bottom of the ninth to send the Tigers and Sox into extra innings. Detroit won the game in the eleventh inning on an Alex Avila home run. Starlin Castro (4)

Bryce Harper This week I decided to dabble in premonition and attempt to predict who will be the top fantasy players by position in 2016 among current prospects. Notes: The 20-80 Scale: In this article, I often reference the 20-80 scale, which is what scouts use to reference a player’s

Lucas Duda Bubbles pop, as home runs fly and blown saves continue.  Opening day has been a little crazy so far, well, with 4 different opening days around the league things seemed to be a bit hectic. The first couple of “opening days” saw the 2011 “The Year of the

David Freese (credits below) St. Louis doesn’t seem too phased about saying bye-bye to Pujols. Beltran, Holliday and Freese all went yard in the 3rd en route to a 11-5 win over the Brewers. Freese is now 5 for 10 in his first 2 games and continuing right where he

This week Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) of TheFantasyFix.com is joined by Ben Duronio (@Ben_Duronio) of Fangraphs.com and CapitolAvenueClub.com (a Braves blog).  Brett and Ben discuss their playoffs and awards predictions, how to best use middle relievers in fantasy, and Ben updates us on the state of the Braves organization. Listen below

Yum, baseball is back! Hope you had a starting pitcher going on Thursday. Just about any one will work. Most of the Opening Day aces lived up to their billing on the first full day of the baseball season. Roy Halladay and Justin Verlander proved they are still the best pitchers in fantasy

Erik Bedard Two-Start Pitchers to Start Erik Bedard | Pittsburgh Pirates | (7.1%) – The oft-injured Bedard is a shadow of his former dominance.  Opening week this year can prove to be a glimpse into the past when he faces two teams that he has historically dominated.  His first opponent

John Mayberry Ever been annoyed by the fact that WAR takes into account defense?  For fantasy purposes, the defensive component messes up that stat.  It would be nice if there was some sort of oWAR where only the number of wins above replacement a player provided with his bat was

Madison Bumgarner My last article highlighted the offense of my NL-Only team, and this article is devoted to my pitching staff.  Like my hitting, I had a strategy and a budget for my pitching staff heading into the auction.  We roster five starting pitchers, three relief pitchers, and two pitchers