January 20th, 2010 by jzak
At a different site recently, someone asked me who the hot young sleeper catcher was for 2010. A player they could target in the mid to late rounds and avoid the drafting firestorm that would surround the truly elite at the position.
And, for the first time in my fantasy career, I found myself giving advice [...]
August 11th, 2009 by ep
Rumor has it Chicago Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez is heading back home (to the DL) and his replacement, regardless of what some depth charts would have you believe, is Jake Fox.
Fox has also played 1B and OF – and is listed as a catcher on his Yahoo page – but he replaced Ramirez Saturday at [...]
August 1st, 2009 by ep
Mark Reynolds, the slugging Arizona third baseman (with first base eligibility in Yahoo and ESPN leagues), is still available in 10% of Yahoo fantasy leagues somewhere.
He’s not available in any of the leagues I play in. But, then again, we’re good fantasy players. We’re Ninjas.
I’m not sure where these leagues are, but I would have [...]
July 1st, 2009 by ep
How much money could you have won if you had bet that Russ Ohlendorf was going to outpitch Johan Santana. … ever?
Santana got ruffed up for 6 ER in 6 IP, to complete a woeful June (6.19 ERA over the 30 glorious days).
Meanwhile, our boy Ohlendorf threw seven shutout innings and struck out eight.
Let’s not [...]
June 16th, 2009 by ep
So much for the spot start advice Sunday.
Los Angeles’ John Lackey allowed 10 hits in seven innings, but K’d 10 to get a W. Meanwhile, San Francisco’s Barry Zito got rocked for 10 hits and seven runs in 3.2 innings.
Cleveland’s Carl Pavano, my top pick, was very much not a Ninja. He gave up nine [...]
June 15th, 2009 by ep
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Stealthy Ninjas are back, and on the heels of last week’s A’s edition, we’ve got a Royals edition.
Shudder. But the fantasy baseball stats don’t lie. … Except in the case of Royals starting pitcher Brian Bannister. The 2003 seventh-round draft pick has been all sorts of pitcher this season.
Over four starts from May [...]