There is a reason that Louis Winthorpe and Billy Ray Valentine were able to bankrupt Randolph and Mortimer Duke.  The Duke brothers were just too slow to act as the bottom fell out of the frozen orange juice market.  Don’t let the same thing happen to your fantasy team.  Drafting your team is only part of your job as a fantasy GM.  A money finish is rare for a team that is drafted and left alone all season.  All teams have players that are over performing as well as players that are under performing.  What good does a trade do you if the players you get don’t continue with their production?  Likewise, it will pay huge dividends if you can trade for players that may be discounted by their owners due to a slow start or slump.  Lemme tell ya, it feels really good to trade for a guy just before they win a full time job.  Free money.  The key is to make sure that your scouting report is not intercepted on a train by a priest, an African student, a Jamaican camp councilor. and a really hot Swedish girl in lederhosen packing a load of meatballs in her rucksack.  (more…)

You may not realize it, but over 10% of the baseball season has already passed.  Went quickly didn’t it?  I’m sure a lot of us don’t even realize the amount of time that slips away while we evaluate the rosters we’ve created.  It is true though, with most teams having 20 games played, the season is well underway.  Now, when I say season I mean until that time comes that we pay the winners.  What is more important to us is a different question.  So…….. when is your trade/waiver wire deadline?  (more…)

Throughout the world of professional sports there are countless mysteries that fans look at and simply cannot understand.  It is through no fault of their own, since sometimes there is just no explanation.  Sometimes the moves made at the ownership and managerial levels of sports are just so outside reason and so completely confusing to the fan that all one can do is shake their head (or fist) at the organization they love.  Examples of this can be seen with the incredible Knick saga with Isaiah Thomas and the continued employment of the Lion’s Matt Millen.  The matter that concerns fantasy baseball GMs more than either of these is the track record of Giant GM Brian Sabean.  For my insight into the Giant fan mindset, there is only one source.  That is our local #1 sandwich maker and overall Giant expert, Sarah (who makes delicious sandwiches at Fredy’s Ocean Beach Deli on La Playa St. in San Francisco.  Mmmmmmm…….pulled pork).  If you were to ask her, she will tell you with absolute conviction that Sabean has compromising photos of Giants managing partner, Peter Magowen, that involve a hooker, a goat,  three square yards of shrink-wrap, and a 200 gallon tub of warm Crisco.  (more…)

Another great two weeks of baseball, and fantasy GMs are settling in for the marathon of a season.  The last two weeks saw lots of great baseball, and many individual performances that were worthy of being nominated for the Rotobuzz Player of the Week award.  However, when you look at the numbers of this week’s winner, there can be little doubt about how good he is.  He can do it all.  Run, hit, drive in runs, and he is owned in at least one league by Rotobuzz co-founder Howard Bender.  So obviously he receives extra credit.  This week’s Rotobuzz Player of the Week is…………… (more…)

It is a question burning in the minds of fantasy GMs across the nation.  If you are not one of these GMs, you should be aware that this is a constant, nagging thought in the mind of whichever GMs in your league owns Martin.  Could the Dodger catcher position be cursed?  One great year and done?  (more…)

Owners of Derek Jeter can’t wait to get him back into their lineups.  Worry not, he should be back tonight.  Owners of the shortstop across town, however, should be a little more worried.  That is because most of the value Jose Reyes carries he keeps in his legs.  A bad hammy could be a recurring problem all year.  Just hope that he does not rush (or is not rushed) back too soon.  If Andy Laroche was not stashed on someone’s roster during the draft, get ready to pick him up.  Blake Dewitt has done a serviceable job, but he hasn’t done enough to keep the starting position.  My fellow owners of JR Towles are probably freaking out.  The rookie catcher was cruising along, doing pretty darn well this young season when he was hit in the hand with a pitch.  X-rays showed no breaks, but it is still a scary place for a player to have an injury. (more…)

Alright, this is a little sappy and corny, but you must check out this video.  I wish that reality TV was around when I was a kid………..

Well folks, we have been waiting for this event for six months now.  It is the first of many Buzzie Award Banquets to be held for the 2008 Fantasy Baseball season.  The season is underway and stats geeks have been going nuts tracking and evaluating the talent that has found its’ way onto their rosters.  However, in the minds of the celebs and the athletes that are attending the grandious event, there is only one question to answer.  Who will win the first 2008 Buzzie Player of the Week Award.  And the winner is…………………………………………………… (more…)

The players that we invest so much time an energy researching and tracking are just a means to an end.  You can’t fall in love with them since they are merely interchangable parts for your team.  They are just the hired help, and like any hired help they come and go.  They are the little puppets, and we are their all-powerful puppet-masters making them dance for our own petty amusement.  Dance, I say!  DANCE!!!  They are our playthings, our pawns, our lackies.  They are our henchmen, our minions, our flunkies.  When push comes to shove they are just a bunch of stooges.  How valuable each stooge is depends on many factors.  The stooges available for trades and pickups will change quickly, so you must track them.  In the effort to assist……….. I will show you the stooges.  (more…)

With every fantasy league there are winners and losers.  Forget about the fact that it takes 162 games over six months to figure out the difference between the two.  The moment your roster is complete you sit back, look at it, and try to guess which of the following categories you fall into.  (more…)