Kansas City Royals 2013 Preview
The Royals have long been in the basement of the AL Central but with the Indians and Twins playing so poorly the Royals have actually jumped from a perennial fifth-place team to fourth-place in 2011 and third-place in 2012. Their 72 wins is their second-best win total in the last nine seasons and the team’s […]
Finding a Late Round Tight End In 2013
There’s no use lying to ourselves: Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham are on a fantasy tight end tier of their very own, with Gronk rising well beyond Graham if he were to manage a 16-game season. It’s finding gems in the lowest tight end tiers that interests me, and should interest you unless you’re ready […]
5 Foreign-Born NBA Players Trending Upward
Whether because of an embarrassing inability to pronounce their names, a deep-seated favoritism for native-born players, or the tired paranoia that “foreigners are stealing our jobs,” fans tend to overlook capable foreign-born players. Sure, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, and Steve Nash have gotten their due mostly, but even Gregg Popovich alluded to an overseas snubbing. […]
Week 18 Fantasy Basketball Stock Market: Hitting the Wall
This week’s stock market features a few names we haven’t seen all year, possibly ever, in the buy category while some perennial All-Stars have made their way into the sell category. A seasoned fantasy day trader knows that name value is the worst thing to base transactions on. Value shoots up and falls down quicker […]
Daily Fantasy Hockey Picks – Feb 28
We went 1-3 in head-to-heads yesterday. Not great, I know. Perhaps the most disappointing player was Roman Josi who really hurt us with -3 fantasy points. Tom Laverty, my esteemed colleague here at Sports Jerks, also informed me my pick of Damien Brunner was not a good one. I can’t argue it. But per daily […]
Hot Heads Disrupt NBA Fantasy League
Hibbert Proves His Worth As All-Star Shover It was almost Malice in the Palace 2.0 in Indy last night after Roy Hibbert and David Lee tried to establish their presence beyond the standard tussling involved with boxing-out. There’s no doubt that the Warriors’ Lee started the incident, by shoving the lanky and usually passive Hibbert […]
Daily Fantasy Hockey Picks – Feb. 27
On February 24th I started writing this: “I keep writing about “daily fantasy hockey gods” as if there were some great being (or beings) out there who decide our fantasy fates. I’m here to tell you, they exist. I don’t have proof at this point if we’re talking a singular Christian God, a Mount Olympus […]
Fantasy Football: Where is the Love for Marques Colston?
By Kyle Wachtel The New Orleans Saints selected Marques Colston in the 7th round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Since then he has been the epitome of consistency, yet he continues to be overlooked as a high-end wide receiver in fantasy football. Colston has eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards and attained at least seven touchdowns in six […]