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Alan Harrison

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

Fantasy Football

Eric Hosmer Fantasy baseball is all speculation. Well, maybe not all, but it’s a game of who is better at projections. And no matter how much time you spend evaluating the numbers (both traditional and peripheral), there is a fair amount of speculation involved with any projection.  For whatever reason,

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Fantasy Football

Charlie Furbush, LH SP DetroitAt 25, Furbush is a grizzled veteran compared to most of the farm hands I've been profiling. However, despite his lower upside, he could provide immediate aid to the Tigers and fantasy squads (particularly Al-only) very shortly.  One of the team's final spring training cuts, the

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Fantasy Football

Andre Either missed today's game with left elbow inflammation, he hurt it while panhandling because Frank McCourt cannot pay the bills.  Derek Jeter left today’s game early with a sore hip, when you reach a certain age, these things happen. Philip Hughes will be out another 6-8 weeks playing his

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Fantasy Football

Which one of these statements would have been more ridiculous on Saturday night? Statement A: We are more likely to see Osama bin Laden killed before we see the ten year anniversary of 9/11. Or…..Statement B: We are more likely to see Francisco Liriano throw a no-hitter before we will

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Fantasy Basketball

Mike Conley The second round of the 2011 NBA Playoffs started off with some interesting openers. The Atlanta Hawks upended the Chicago Bulls, the Miami Heat stood their ground against the Boston Celtics, the Memphis Grizzlies abused the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Dallas Mavericks squeaked one out against the

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Fantasy Football

Probably this biggest news of the day is that Zack Greinke is officially scheduled to make his National League debut today for the Brewers. It’s always tricky deciding whether to start a pitcher in his first start coming off the DL and Greinke has been OK is his two rehab

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Fantasy Football

Francisco Liriano pitched his first complete game Tuesday night. It also happened to be his first no-hitter, although not the cleanest of games. Liriano walked 6 and only struck out 2 against the White Sox. Fittingly, he was matched up against Edwin Jackson who threw a no-hitter last year and

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Fantasy Football

Brett Talley & Corey Herron of TheFantasyFix.com give you the sixth episode of the 2011 Fantasy Baseball Podcast. In episode seven: -Brett & Corey talk "buy-low, sell-high" targets-Trading Tips-Answer a bunch of “mailbag” questions from Twitter and the “Quick Fix” Press Play Below, and please pardon the quality this week! We experienced

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Fantasy Football

Feeling a little “angelic” this week as my report includes the status of four Los Angeles rookies doing their thing at the major league level. Early season injuries to regulars Kendry Morales, Joel Pineiro, Fernando Rodney and Scott Kazmir have thrust some not so household names into the lime light

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Fantasy Football

Bartolo Colon pitched his third straight quality start, although the win went to Joba Chamberlain. Alex Avila hit 2 solo shots of Colon, but otherwise it was a strong start, giving up 7 hits and 7 strikeouts. Mariano Rivera got his league-leading 11th save. Although Madison Bumgarner still stands winless,

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