History repeats itself. Probably nowhere more than in sports. A player has a certain amount of ability and it is what it is. Once you have been in the league for a handful of years and you’re a 10 home run guy, 95% of the time you won’t have a 30 home run season. If […]
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More than most seasons, the league is rife with good young talent this season and fantasy owners who didn’t have the best draft have had countless chances to snatch up guys that we didn’t even know existed on draft day. This week, we look at some young guys that went almost universally undrafted (or weren’t
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With Vance Worley being sent down, the Twins continue to reshuffle their rotation and bring in young arms. Kyle Gibson seemed to be a no-brainer to be called up but was passed over Friday for Samuel Deduno and for P.J. Walters on Saturday. With both on the iffy side, Gibson will undoubtedly get the next
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When it comes to the MLB inury report, whether its Sammy Sosa throwing his back out while sneezing or John Smoltz burning himself trying to iron a shirt (that he was wearing), the baseball season is always filled with (hilariously) unfortunate incidents off the field as well as on. This week, Ian Kennedy was forced
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Top prospects are often hit-and-miss, especially when they first get called up. Especially pitching prospects. At the same time, there are systems in the Majors that are built purely on the strength of their pitcher development. Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Oakland all come to mind. So when you see a top prospect coming
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Name value is one of the trickiest nuances of fantasy baseball. Owners are finicky and will often dismiss a player’s solid production because it is less than what was expected. This is especially dangerous in a 162 game season where we constantly see incredibly different first- and second-half production. While we can bemoan Albert Pujols’
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Entering the season, Kevin Gausman was a fourth-overall pick in 2012 with a grand total of 15 Single-A innings under his belt. He’s now pitched a total of 61 minor league innings, which still doesn’t seem anywhere close to how long most guys to develop. It’s possible that Gausman isn’t like “most guys”, he’s only
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When a player is called up to make a couple of spot starts while a regular starter recovers from a minor injury they make for good streaming options but not real investments. That isn’t the case with Vidal Nuno who was recently called up to temporarily take Andy Pettitte‘s spot in the rotation while the
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