2011 Fantasy Baseball Week Five Wavier Wire: Third Base Special Edition
Welcome to Week Five of (Waiver) Wired and Baked – your weekly review of who shouldn’t be available in your league, but probably is. This week I’m going to do something a little bit different, and focus only on third basemen. With Pablo "Big Panda" Sandoval and David "Tasteee" Freeze
2011 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Week 5: Mr. 52 Pick Up’s Weekly Big Board
Welcome to the 52 Pick-Up Big Board for the fantasy baseball season. This is the list of top 52 players that I would draft today in a 5×5 rotisserie format, and should be updated every seven to fourteen days. Why rank 52 players? Because as Mr. 52 Pick-Up, what better
The Daily Fix: Osama Bin Laden is Dead So This Bud’s For You & Other Fantasy Baseball
Osama Bin Laden is finally dead and a sigh of relief pours over America. Chants of USA, USA, USA fill Citizens Bank Park. Police & Firefighters march towards Ground Zero chanting as well. Hopefully this is the boost America needs. Now onto America’s pastime and what makes it great… Baseball.
2011 Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Sit Em Start Em: Time for Adam LaRoche to Wake Up?
HURLERS Start ‘Em Josh Tomlin, Cleveland Indians (45.4%) – Tomlin has had some surprising success this year and has dominated lefties so far in his short career. In 228 at-bats facing Tomlin, lefties are hitting .216 against him. Fortunately for Tomlin, both of his opponent’s lineups (Angels and A’s) are predominantly
The Daily Fix: Baseball's Biggest Surprises & Disappointments in 2011 So Far
It is the last day of April, so time to hand out some awards for the biggest surprises and disappointments: Surprises:Best imitation of a sports movie award goes to: The Cleveland IndiansThe surprise division leader has to be the Cleveland Indians, with a comfortable 4.5 game lead in the
Pablo Sandoval And Ryan Zimmerman Hit The DL: Top Hot Corner Fantasy Baseball Replacements
Pablo Sandoval Pablo Sandoval, hurt. Evan Longoria, still hurt. Ryan Zimmerman, hurt longer. You, the fantasy owner, hurting without them. Mercifully, Longoria is set to return on Tuesday, but Panda is out 4-6 weeks with a broken hamate bone, while Zimmerman is having surgery to fix a hernia that
2011 NHL Playoffs: Round One Eastern Conference Recap (And Other Thoughts)
Bruins’ Tim Thomas It is the end of April, which brings about a few annual constants in my life: Madison Square Garden is padlocked for the season, the Mets are almost mathematically eliminated from the playoffs (although currently on a bit of a tear) and I have given up hope
2011 Fantasy Baseball Week Four Closer Report: Mariano Rivera Still Top Dog
Mariano Rivera Sunday marks the first day of May and also marks one full month of baseball, meaning its a good time to step back and rerank the top 40 relievers for fantasy. These rankings are my answer to the question, "Who would you rather have right now and for the rest of
The Daily Fix: Jose Bautista Goes for the Seven-Crown & Other Fantasy Baseball News
Jose Bautista keeps on keeping on. He hit his 9th yama-lama-ding-dong last night against the Yankees. Last year Bautista biggest weak spot was hitting for average, but so far he is hitting .372. Bautista is leading the AL in homers, average, runs, walks, OBP, SLG & OPS. Forget the Triple-Crown,
The Daily Fix: Ben Zobrist Eats the Twins for Breakfast & Other Fantasy Baseball News
Ben Zobrist and the Rays danced all over the Twins in a double header Thursday. The Rays outscored the Twins 21-4 with Zobrist batting in 10 himself with a home run in each of the games. After a slow start to the season, yesterday’s performance propelled him to the top