From 1920 to 1965, the 50 home run mark was achieved 15 times and by only 9 different players. The Bambino was the first and he did it 3 more times. Fox, Mantle & Mays each hit 50+ twice. We then had an 11 year drought from 1966 to 1977

Ubaldo Jimenez is having an epic start to the 2010 season, but he can’t do it by himself.    More often than not, Batman needed Robin, right? Well, Ubaldo is clearly the “Batman” of the Rockies pitching staff and Jorge De La Rosa was scripted to be “Robin”, until of

Kosuke Fukudome – 7r 3hr 8rbis .476Only owned in 32% of Yahoo Leagues, he’s a quick solution to your ailing team. Ride him while he’s hot because historically he has no chance of keeping it up for a whole season. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say

FANTASY PHILOSOPHYBy Evan Hersch Add Value to Your Roster Now by Maxing-Out the DL Spot Sometimes overlooked on a fantasy roster is the DL spot. Most leagues allow 1 DL spot, others allow 2.  Either way, if you’re not using it, you’re not maxing-out your team’s value. Scenario #1—Your team has

Power and Speed, two of the five essential “tools” or skills that baseball players are said to possess, are lethal when combined. Players like Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Bobby Bonds, Dale Murphy, Barry Bonds*, Daryl Strawberry, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and Hanley Ramirez all have used their unique combination of

I have to say writing these headlines is possibly the best part of my job. Whats hard though is keeping them clean, because with corny headlines usually comes a bad joke. Well no joke here, Andrew McCutchen is the real deal and certainly the only hope the Pirates have of

Now is as good time as any to start eyeing those year after year solid players who are off to a slow start. Even though its early in the season many managers may be getting the itch if their top player just isn’t performing. Like the stock market, people bail

Every now and then it’s important to remind yourself that the Fantasy Baseball season is only 3 weeks in, and has about 22 weeks left.  Being prepared with an outline for how you want to use your allotted moves can be very beneficial.  Now….every league is different with their preferences. 

Here are a few starters having a rough transition to the American League. I’m sure those SP in contract years are watching… Back for a second round in the big city are ya? Javier Vazquez (SP-NYY) Javy didn’t have the greatest of tenures during his first stay in the Bronx

We all know nothing in sports is better than a comeback story. Especially players who come back from devastating injuries or even juicier drug addicted tales. 2010 is different. Nothing major happened with these guys, they just slowly fell out of out the limelight. The most interesting thing about these