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2012 Fantasy Baseball Rookie Report: No embargo on Cuba’s Yoenis Cespedes
Yoenis Cespedes (credits below) The Rookie Report returns for the first of our weekly 2012 Tuesday editions. We start 2012 with a look at a Japanese flame thrower and a 26 year old slugger from Cuba. SP- YU DARVISH (TEXAS)- Darvish was shaky in his first major league start last night as he took
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Daily Fix: Yu Darvish Debuts, Barry Zito’s $19 million game
Yu Darvish (credits below) Yu Darvish didn't pitch his best in his first career MLB start, but he still walked away a winner as the Rangers knocked off the Mariners. The Ranger bats came alive as they beat up rookie Hector Noesi and put 11 runs on the board. As
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Brett Talley’s THE RUBBER Week 1: Top 75 Pitcher Rankings
Roy Hallady (Credits below) This article is long. Eff the intro. I’ll make euphemisms about the pitching rubber and condoms next week. For now, here is the extra-long first edition of The Rubber 2012. 1. Roy Halladay (Philadelphia Philles, ADP among SP: 1) 2. Cliff Lee (Philadelphia Phillies, ADP: 4)
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Daily Fix: Santana, Hellickson celebrate birthdays, Darvish set to debut
Carlos Santana Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-5, with a home run and five runs batted yesterday. Cabrera’s homer came in the bottom of the ninth to send the Tigers and Sox into extra innings. Detroit won the game in the eleventh inning on an Alex Avila home run. Starlin Castro (4)
2012 Fantasy Baseball: Top fantasy hitting prospects by position for 2016
Bryce Harper This week I decided to dabble in premonition and attempt to predict who will be the top fantasy players by position in 2016 among current prospects. Notes: The 20-80 Scale: In this article, I often reference the 20-80 scale, which is what scouts use to reference a player’s
2012 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Yoenis Cespedes strikes again, Lucas Duda blasts two
Lucas Duda Bubbles pop, as home runs fly and blown saves continue. Opening day has been a little crazy so far, well, with 4 different opening days around the league things seemed to be a bit hectic. The first couple of “opening days” saw the 2011 “The Year of the
2012 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Cardinals roll again, Pujols who?
David Freese (credits below) St. Louis doesn’t seem too phased about saying bye-bye to Pujols. Beltran, Holliday and Freese all went yard in the 3rd en route to a 11-5 win over the Brewers. Freese is now 5 for 10 in his first 2 games and continuing right where he
2012 Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Brett Talley & Ben Duronio talk middle relievers, the Braves & more!
This week Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) of TheFantasyFix.com is joined by Ben Duronio (@Ben_Duronio) of Fangraphs.com and CapitolAvenueClub.com (a Braves blog). Brett and Ben discuss their playoffs and awards predictions, how to best use middle relievers in fantasy, and Ben updates us on the state of the Braves organization. Listen below
2012 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: MLB Opening Day goes to the pitchers
Yum, baseball is back! Hope you had a starting pitcher going on Thursday. Just about any one will work. Most of the Opening Day aces lived up to their billing on the first full day of the baseball season. Roy Halladay and Justin Verlander proved they are still the best pitchers in fantasy
2012 Fantasy Baseball, Sit em/Start em: Erik Bedard poised for strong start
Erik Bedard Two-Start Pitchers to Start Erik Bedard | Pittsburgh Pirates | (7.1%) – The oft-injured Bedard is a shadow of his former dominance. Opening week this year can prove to be a glimpse into the past when he faces two teams that he has historically dominated. His first opponent