The first week of fantasy baseball is in the books. Here are some of the story lines heading into week 2: Dodger’s outfield situation Los Angeles came into the 2014 with four potentially fantasy relevant outfielders. An unsettled situation for anyone who owns Matt Kemp,
When a baseball player wins a championship or switches teams fans are more likely to buy his jersey. That’s the lesson we can take away from the list of bestselling jerseys at MLB.com from this offseason, which is measured from October 31, 2013 to March
10a. Jonathan Papelbon 33 2012 – 2015, 4 yrs/$50M, 2016 option for 13 million vests with 100 games finished between 14-15 or 55 finished in 15. Paying big money for closer has become passe, but Ruben Amaro didn’t get the message when he signed Papelbon
If you been watching baseball over the last couple days, you’ve seen that MLB’s new replay system has already become very much a part of the game. How it is works is that a manager gets at least one challenge over the first six innings.
The baseball season is just one day old, but the closer carousal is already spinning. Toronto Blue Jays We’ll start in Toronto where incumbent closer Casey Janssen was placed on the disabled list for a strained left abdominal. The 32-year old had been excellent as the
Spring training stats are typically useless. However there are some cases, when combined with other factors, a strong spring suggests a player might be ready to break out in the regular season. These players have posted the type of spring training numbers that you should
American League MVP: Mike Trout After being bested twice by a great player who actually had an inferior year, Trout wins one (and wins one for sabermetrics) in 2014 Projected stats for 2014: R:126 HR:32 BA:311 RBI:106 SB:34 For top fantasy first baseman click here. Second baseman
Here is the latest in Fantasy relevant spring training injuries with timetables for return. Arizona Diamondbacks P. Patrick Corbin — out for the season, likely Tommy John surgery P. Daniel Hudson — to miss at least a couple months. OF. Cody Ross — On DL, may return in
Billy Hamilton The speedy Reds prospect has had himself a pretty good spring — hitting around 300 and flashing that 100 stolen base pace that has everybody so excited. But this was the same guy who had a .306 on base percentage last year in
1. Craig Kimbrel Simply the best and no reason to think he won’t continue to be. Handcuff: Jordan Walden Projected stats for 2014: W:3 S:47 K:101 ERA:1.32 WHIP: .85 For top fantasy first baseman click here. Second baseman here. Shortstops here. Third baseman here. Catchers here. Outfielders here.