With the Phillies looking to trade Michael Young by Wednesday’s trade deadline, they have already called up top third base prospect Cody Asche to possibly take Young’s place. Asche has moved through the Philly farm system quickly – and unlike many other prospects we’ve talked about, he’s done well with every promotion. If Michael Young […]
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Last week, I wrote about how a team’s possession rates probably won’t make a goalie’s stats much worse unless the goalie sucked to begin with (Steve Mason), but how a team’s penalty killing can affect just about any goaltender for better (James Reimer in 2013) or for worse (James Reimer from 2010-2012). There’s a concept
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After weeks of swirling rumors about Jake Peavy moving to just about every team in the league, the Red Sox swooped in and snatched the oft-injured ace in a three-team deal with the Tigers. The Red Sox sent Jose Iglesias to Detroit where he’ll replace presumably-soon-to-be-suspended Jhonny Peralta while the Tigers sent top prospect Avisail
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If you were like a lot of mock drafters, Percy Harvin‘s imminent hip surgery and his subsequent absence from the Seattle Seahawks’ offense in 2013 saved you from yourself. Harvin, who griped his way out of Minnesota in April, was going in the middle of the third round in fantasy football drafts, often as the
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It’s almost August, and it’s long past time to talk wide receivers. There are some interesting NFL free agents who could re-enter the league for a desperate team. And there are already some unfortunate key injuries that hopefully haven’t hurt your team. Out for the season already are Jeremy Maclin of the Eagles and San
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Brandon McCarthy (shoulder): McCarthy is expected to be activated from the DL and start on Friday vs. Boston. McCarthy struggled in his last start but had shown signs of turning his season around, allowing just one run over three starts (24 IP) before getting hurt. He figures to knock Tyler Skaggs out of the rotation.
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Calvin Johnson should be your first round target in all best ball drafts this summer. Not only because he’s obviously the best option at his position, but because over the past three seasons Johnson is worth the most points year to year out of the entire league, not named Arian Foster or Aaron Rodgers. For further
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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
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