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2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes July 26th: Verlander pummeled while Buehrle shines
July 26th Daily Notes: Verlander pummeled and Buehrle shines *Authors Note, please excuse the brevity of recent Daily Notes articles, I have been suffering from migraine headaches recently* Hopefully this one quenches your thirst for the advanced statistical knowledge you have come to expect from the Fantasy Fix. Pitching
Brett Lawrie Has a New Hangout Spot
Brett Lawrie is a heartbreaker. The other night I came across Stephen King’s wisdom on opening lines. Written above, in italic, is my opening line. It’s simple, to the point, and for most of Lawrie’s fantasy baseball career, emphatically true. I applied this same line when I wrote about him
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Fielding Edge: Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics
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
TheFantasyFix.com Podcast: Paul Sporer
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
2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes: July 25th Tim Hudson Fractures Ankle
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
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Daily Fix: July 25, 2013
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.
2013 Fantasy Baseball, Waiver Claims – Alex Wood and Brandon Beachy
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
2013 Fantasy Baseball Rookie Report, Week 17: Cosart shines; Marlins call up Yelich, Marisnick
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
2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes: July 24th: Jason Grilli to the DL
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
2013 Fantasy Baseball, The Daily Fix: July 24th, 2013
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
BREAKING: K-Rod Traded to the Orioles
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
2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes: July 23rd: Ryan Braun Suspended
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