Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup for July 29
My Star Fantasy Leagues daily leagues results have been a mixed bag lately. I’ve put together some very good lineups, but others haven’t been as good. The one place I’m really focusing on is pitching. I’ve tried to find value plays there, but that has occasionally cost me. Some of those pitchers have earned negative […]
Week 18 Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Streaming Picks
Last Week’s Results: 19-4 (Bold indicates quality start or better): Bronson Arroyo (7/22): 9 IP, 0 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 6 K Ivan Nova at TEX (7/22): 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 K Tom Gorzelanny vs. SD (7/22): 5.2 IP, 5 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 6 K Carlos Torres […]
Fantasy Baseball Word Problems: Waiver Wire Scenarios
Remember growing up and how much your hate for math class exponentially increased when the teacher made you do word problems? Your initial thought process probably sounded like this: What is this nonsense? What exactly am I trying to solve here? Math was already hard enough with numbers, but now you’re adding words to the […]
Week 18 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Franklin, Doubront, Cosart
It’s trade week in baseball which means by Thursday all of us will have plenty of new waiver wire targets to look at. With every trade comes an opportunity for a young player to step into a featured role. Today, the only person getting a trade bump is Jose Cisnero, the new default closer for […]
Is Ed Dickson a Suddenly Viable Fantasy Football Option?
Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta, as a fantasy football commodity, has been removed from store shelves for the 2013 regular season. Pitta, fantasy’s seventh highest scoring tight end in 2012, fractured his hip July 27 at Ravens’ training camp – an injury that some beat writers have called career threatening. It’s all very sad, […]
Breaking Down the Top Run Producing Teams in Major League Baseball
We take a break from evaluating player performances, apropos to stolen bases this season, and take a look at the more, successful run producing ball clubs in the 2013 campaign. We will try to figure out the impact of stolen bases on overall team production in this piece. So without further ado, here are the […]
2013 MLB Trade Rumors: Giants Shift from Buy to Sell
A 2-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday dropped the San Francisco Giants to 46-58 and ten games out of first place in the National League West. Before the All-Star break, the Giants appeared as if they could contend for the Division, but a recent four-game losing streak coupled by nine wins in ten […]
2013 MLB Trade Deadline: Texas Rangers buying AND selling
The Texas Rangers believe they have a strong chance to make the postseason. Sitting six games behind the division-leading Oakland Athletics, the club may not win the American League West. However, at only 1 ½ games out, the Wild Card remains well within their grasp. To help make a final push to the playoffs, Texas […]