Week 6 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Young Blood
With week six of the fantasy season upon us, there are plenty of newly-called up players and guys shifting to new roles that are suddenly worth a pickup. For every star that gets hurt, like Giancarlo Stanton, Hanley Ramirez, or Roy Halladay (whose star status is very much in question), there is a 20-something looking […]
Fantasy Baseball Rest-of-Season Projections: Fernan-done
Baseball is above all a game of averages. Players who hit 10 home runs a year rarely have a 30 home run season. The ones that do are rare outliers who prove that no rule is applicable 100% of the time. In fantasy baseball, I’ll take an 80-85% chance that a player will do exactly […]
Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Boo-hrle
We have seen several injury replacements get the call to the big leagues this week along with a surprise trade that may have landed Chris Nelson back in temporary fantasy relevance. We have also seen a few older guys continue to struggle, possibly giving us a glimpse of what we can expect the rest of […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper: Hiram Burgos
Last week we spotlighted the Mets’ Jordany Valdespin as our fantasy baseball sleeper. Since then, Valdespin has hit two homers and driven in eight over 17 at-bats. Call it the SJN bump. This week, the bump goes to Hiram Burgos, starting pitcher for the Brewers. Burgos didn’t make the team out of spring training. He […]
Week 5 MLB Injury Report: Yes McCann
With a month of baseball behinds us, there are many important players on the MLB injury report including an entire Dodgers rotation and fallout from Monday’s 19-inning affair between the A’s and the Angels. Luckily, there are plenty of already-hurt players ready to hit the comeback trail just in time to replace the newly-hurt ones. […]
Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Cold, Hard Cashner
With just about a month in the books, we are seeing more and more younger guys come into their own and become viable fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups. There’s nothing I love more than a player who is building on stellar numbers in the minors (as opposed to a player who has the skills, but […]
Week 4 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Wait, Then Sell High
The closer carousel might be spinning at its fastest ever this season as a two more closers emerge as legitimate fantasy baseball sleepers this week. Not to mention a couple of familiar faces that we can all but hope build on their 2012 success. Let’s take a look at some great pickups to bolster the ol’ […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper: Jordany Valdespin
Jordany Valdespin can do it all. He can hit for average and pop. He can steal bases. He can play just about any position. He’s the Mets’ occasional leadoff hitter and fantasy owners should keep a close eye on him as a fantasy baseball sleeper as the season moves along. The 2013 Mets are nothing […]