Equal parts fine-toothed comb and discerning eye are used over the course of laborious research for these updates. A lot of time is spent scanning, clicking, searching and mathematicizing to find the nuggets of information that will help complete your Happy Meal of a team. (FYI, that is merely a metaphor. I do not condone [...]
In a sport like baseball, where getting a hit 28 percent of the time (.280 average) is considered good, luck is revered. Pitchers won’t touch the field lines, they don’t like it when baserunners walk over the mound and you don’t talk to a pitcher throwing a no-no. Luck is immeasurable. However, batting average on [...]
A slugfest between the Rangers and Royals surely provided some fireworks around the fantasy universe on Thursday. Josh Hamilton was a big producer for the Rangers, slugging a solo homer, while scoring four times and driving in three run in a 3-for-5er. Vladimir Guerrero homered twice — solo and 2-run — and drove in another [...]
The Top 60 starting pitchers are as unexciting as the Top 40 were. Luckily, by the time you get to the end of this 20, you’ll be picking in the 230s range, so you aren’t spending much. More importantly, there are a couple players here who you should pick and one guy I recommend every [...]
When the words innovation, injection and platelet-rich plasma therapy are thrown around, it’s time for a ninja to start paying attention. One of fantasy baseball’s brightest stars, Jose Reyes, has been DLed by a tear in his right hamstring since May 26, but a revolutionary new form of therapy is helping the Mets shortstop feel [...]
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