February 12th, 2010 by ep
Joe Mauer is the best catcher in fantasy baseball, but unlike my colleague I can’t recommend picking him.
Last year was Mauer’s ceiling, or at least a few inches from it. Nobody should have to tell you that paying for a career year is a bad investment.
To put it another way, it’s a bad risk. But [...]
January 15th, 2010 by jzak
The other day, I was watching the cartoon “Wow Wow Wubbzy” with my five-year-old daughter.
If “watching” is the right word.
I was more glancing at the TV while wondering what ever happened to children’s entertainment in the past 20 years.
How in the world did we go from He-Man, Thundercats, Voltron and even the Smurfs to Wow [...]
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 [...]
July 2nd, 2009 by ep
The Chinstrap Ninjas are American, but we have no biases. We know foreign countries aren’t as good at beer league softball as us, but they occasionally pop out a player who makes a somewhat minimal difference in fantasy baseball circles.
Aroldis Chapman is expected to be next. According to a report from ESPN the Magazine, Chapman [...]
June 28th, 2009 by ep
Stealthy Ninjas are back on time this week, and bringing a dose of San Diego pitching with them.
I’m referring to Kevin Correia, of course. Based on his ownership rates in Yahoo leagues you have no idea who he is.
Check out the statistical performance from his last five starts: 4-1 in 33.2 IP, 29:3 K:BB and [...]
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 [...]