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2013 Fantasy BaseballAlan HarrisonFantasy Baseball

At this point, it’s safe to say we can do a decent job of evaluating our team’s strengths and weaknesses. The general rule-of-thumb encourages owners not to panic too early with regards to our stars, but now could be a good opportunity to try and acquire some runs as a

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

The National League shortstop universe is an interesting contrast to the American League version. Their collective total averages and batter runs are considerably better, but the median runs created total for the position was under 40 in the National Leagues. That can mean only one thing: there were a number

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2013 Fantasy Baseball

In Chicago on 670 AM The Score, there is a Sunday morning baseball radio program entitled ‘Hit and Run.’ The show is hosted by Chicago Daily Herald columnist Barry Rozner and Connor McKnight, a reporter/update desk/host for The Score. While mostly covering mediocre Chicago baseball, the show delves into national

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

I generally hate self-promotion, but I did a series of articles on the new process of voting for Gold Gloves over at bigleaguesmag.com. I mention that because there are a lot of concepts that bleed over between evaluating fielding and fantasy baseball. The main one is that while the WAR

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Welcome as always to 3×3. This week, we’re cutting J.P. Arencibia, keeping Carlos Gomez, and catching Nolan Arenado and Jose Veras. I’m also introducing a new wrinkle, a list of add/drop/trade options as points of comparison for each player on the list. 3 TO CUT J.P. Arencibia, Toronto Blue Jays

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2013 Fantasy BaseballChris Garosi

DraftKings.com Team of the Day: I didn’t get a chance to play at DraftKings too much this week, but that’s the beauty of daily leagues. No harm, no foul for taking a couple of days off. And you can hop in anytime. Today, we are going with MLB $1,500 Moon

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2013 Fantasy BaseballChris Garosi

Things are settling in nicely here at the Closer Report. We’re starting to get some clarity on jobs as manager’s back new closers and incumbents pitch and solidify their status. Detroit Tigers Papa Grande is back! Jose Valverde has retaken the closer role for the Detroit Tigers and I like

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2013 Fantasy Baseball

We are nearing the time of the fantasy baseball season where you can sell on player who has had a hot start for maximum value, and still purchase struggling stars for a reasonable price. With that idea, here are several hitters you should be trying to ship out or import.

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy Baseball

Here is your fantasy baseball week 4 update on notable injured players.  This will be a weekly posted list so you can stay ahead of the game when it comes to information about injuries across baseball that at one point or another affect all fantasy rosters. Here you will find an update

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2013 Fantasy BaseballFantasy BaseballFront Office

I spend most of my time looking back at the past. It probably comes from being a history teacher for most of my adult life. We could have illustrated some important points by looking at 2012 drafts and prior, but sometimes the information has to be fresh for making the

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