Author’s Note: This is the fourth edition of a seven part series on fielding and how it could affect your fantasy team and the trade deadline. We are profiling the top two teams in each division because those are the teams most likely to deal for players to help them

This week host Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) is joined by Paul Sporer (@sporer) of Baseball Prospectus. If you know Paul, you know he is the starting pitching guru, so that’s exactly what this podcast is about. Brett and Paul talk about everyone from Matt Harvey to Roberto Hernandez and everything in

  July 25th Daily Notes: Tim Hudson Fractures Ankle Pitching Injuries News and Notes: With the unfortunate severely fractured ankle injury to Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tim Hudson on Wednesday, Kris Medlen’s rotation spot finally looks completely safe once again. He is an excellent buy low right now because owners

Yesterday was one of those days you love to have. You try a new strategy and it worked. I spent most of the evening on top of the leader board. Several players jumped out and had productive evenings and I walked away with nearly twice as much as I wagered.

The Braves rotation has been pretty solid all season. They’ve gotten great performances out of Julio Teheran and Mike Minor. Tim Hudson has taken his lumps, as have Kris Medlen and Paul Maholm. It appears that the winds of change are swirling around Atlanta and those changes will have pretty

The Miami Marlins roster is basically made up of Giancarlo Stanton, rookies and no names. While Jose Fernandez has been the only fantasy-relevant Miami rookie, Marcell Ozuna is actually leading the Marlins hitters in WAR and Derek Dietrich had hit nine home runs in just 57 games. Both Ozuna and

July 24th: Jason Grilli heads to the Disabled List Pitching News and Notes: Pittsburgh Pirates closer Jason Grilli is officially headed to the disabled list with a right forearm strain according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Mark Melancon needs to be added in every single format. Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex

This is my first official daily fix since the all-star break. The all-star break is not the half way point, but it is a natural break. Given that, we will be changing strategies a tad moving forward. We will still try to exploit some negative match-ups, but we will primarily

Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez has been traded to the Baltimore Orioles for third base prospect Nick Delmonico.  Rodriguez will slot behind Jim Johnson in the Orioles bullpen and give them a boost in being able to shut down the back end of ball games.  This is a no brainer for

July 23rd Daily Notes: Ryan Braun Suspension Hitting Injuries News and Notes: Ryan Braun was finally suspended for his connections with Anthony Bosch and the Biogenesis scandal. He will miss the rest of the 2013 season. Braun took what was a plea deal of sorts, instead of serving what could’ve