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,
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.
1. Clayton Kershaw He had a rough spring, but you can already start making an argument that the 26-year old is among the all-time greats. Projected stats for 2014: W:18 S:0 K:241 ERA:2.12 WHIP:.98 For top fantasy first baseman click here. Second baseman here. Shortstops here. Third baseman
1. Mike Trout The scary thing is that he should be getting better. Projected stats for 2014: R:126 HR:32 BA:311 RBI:106 SB:34 For top fantasy first baseman click here. Second baseman here. Shortstops here. Third baseman here. Catchers here. Outfielders here. Starting pitchers here. Relief pitchers here. Sleepers here.
1. Buster Posey One of the harder catchers to project because of his move full time to first base. These stats may be a tad conservative. Projected stats for 2014: R:80 HR:19 BA:308 RBI:87 SB:1 For top fantasy first baseman click here. Second baseman here. Shortstops here. Third