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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The Cubs acquired an end of the rotation starter to help them make a push for one of the wild cards when they acquired Dan Haren from the Miami Marlins. Haren will be a free agent at the end of the season and his salary is being paid by the

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Alex Anthropolous is making a run at the brass ring and he continued to add to his already loaded lineup by acquiring relief pitcher Mark Lowe from the Seattle Mariners and Ben Revere from the Philadelphia Phillies. This came after acquiring Troy Tulowitzki from the Colorado Rockies and David Price

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The New York Mets and the Detroit Tigers completed the last major trade of the non-waiver deadline period when they got Yoenis Cespedes done under the wire. The Mets are sending pitchers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa to the Tigers in exchange for two months of Cespedes. The Mets turned

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The tear down of the Milwaukee Brewers continued on Friday with the trade of Gerardo Parra to the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles have been seeking outfield bats for over a month now and finally landed the versatile Parra in a deal with the Brewers. In exchange, the Brewers will receive

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Trade Deadline Eve brought one more significant trade before we all went to bed. The Cincinnati Reds dealt starting pitcher Mike Leake to the San Francisco Giants for a pair of prospects. It’s clear the Giants felt they had to respond to all of the moves that the Dodgers made

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Another hour and another big time trade came down. Imagine that we still have another day of this. This time, the Milwaukee Brewers traded starting pitcher Mike Fiers and center fielder Carlos Gomez to the Houston Astros in exchange for four prospects. This was less than 24 hours after a

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

It’s Christmas for those of us in the fantasy baseball industry. The Winter Meetings and Non-waiver trade deadline are the two most exciting times of year. The excitement continued when the Toronto Blue Jays traded three prospects to the Tigers in exchange for ace David Price. The Blue Jays are

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers completed a very complex three team trade that began yesterday morning and wasn’t completed until the wee hours of the night. The deal is easily the most complex of the trade season, so instead of simply describing the particulars here, we

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

The Cole Hamels sweepstakes is complete and you can’t imagine the whole situation turning out better for the Phillies. First, Hamels throws a no-hitter in his last start against the Cubs. Then, a number of surprise teams enter the bidding and raise the price considerably on Hamels. You can’t help

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2015 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Bill Stoneman certainly hasn’t been afraid to pull the trigger on trades since taking over as the interim general manager in Los Angeles. True to his style, his trades have been under the radar moves that tend to add up over time. In the span of two days, he has

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