Grapefruits and Cacti: Spring Training Position Battles to Watch

There’s so much to love about Spring Training.  Not only is it baseball in February and the anticipation of a new season, but there’s plenty of drama for us fantasy leaguers to follow and enjoy.  The Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues are loaded with action.  But while everyone else is probably watching their favorite players tune up [...]

Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

      Your wedding day, the birth of your first child, your son’s college graduation, and the day you got Ryan Braun for $1 in your fantasy baseball draft.  All of these events leave a memory that lasts a lifetime.  However, of all these memories only one them didn’t cost you a fortune.  Indeed that last one may have won [...]

Fantasy Baseball Updates: Part II

     Let’s continue with our fantasy baseball update series.  If you missed part one you can see it by clicking HERE.  In this series, I am not trying to give you every scrap of news on a team.  Instead, I am streamlining this news into what you need to know that may not be reflected [...]

Bleacher Banter – Adam Dunn

There are certain topics that we geeks go back and forth on.  What’s better than arguing with a friend about baseball players and their fantasy value for hours at a time?   Well, this one, and many more to come, we’re taking public.  Howard and I have been “discussing” the fantasy value of Adam Dunn.  We are [...]

Fantasy Baseball Quiz

 written by Keith J. Giordano   
     Time to take a break from draft prep.  Well, not completely, but it is draft prep in a fun way.  Take our little fantasy baseball quiz to hone your knowledge and test yourself at the same time.  The questions get harder as the quiz goes on.  Answers are at the [...]

Fantasy Baseball Updates: Part I

     We all love the fantasy baseball magazines.  No question.  They are great to read, re-read, and then re-re-read.  I wouldn’t go into a fantasy baseball season without at least a few.  Relying solely on magazines is a dangerous proposition though.  At least…. as dangerous as one can get in the world of fantasy baseball.  [...]

Comeback Kids

One of the best ways to build a successful fantasy team is getting those killer value picks in the middle to late rounds of your draft.  There’s nothing better than having your 18th round middle infielder steal you 35 bases or your 24th round outfielder win a job and bang you 25 HR.  But how [...]

Fantasy Baseball Breakouts – High vs. Low Profile

     Rookies get all the hype.  Many GMs will go into the draft or auction this season and be all set to overbid on players such as David Price or Matt Wieters.  There is plenty of upside for those players, and they could be great players in their rookie campaign.  For those of you who [...]

2009 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Closer Tiers

      Closers.  They come and they go so quickly.  Three things matter for closers.  How good is their stuff?  How long have they closed?  How secure is their job?   Measure those three things well, and you will not overpay for your firemen.  For most of you, the only tiers that you will really need are [...]

2009 Fantasy Baseball Rankings — Starting Pitcher Tiers

Before I take you through this year’s tiers for starting pitchers, I have to say that this article is really more of a cursory glance than a full analysis.  I mean, after all, with 30 major league teams and an average rotation consisting of 5 pitchers, that’s already 150 players to examine without even talking [...]