Cole Hamels

MLB’s Biggest Losers Part I: How Bad are Hamels, Blanton, and Jackson?

Baseball purists have this perception of keeping things simple in baseball: a good starting pitcher can throw lots of innings, can control his ERA, and puts his team in the best position to win the ballgame. These “traditionalists” will explain the only thing that matters in baseball is winning and winning is everything to a

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Fantasy Baseball Rest-of-Season Projections: Second-Half Risers – Pitchers

Over the past few weeks, we’ve featured likely second-half drop-off candidates among hitters and pitchers. Last week we profiled some hitters who are due for a big second half and today we turn our attention to the league’s young hurlers. As with every season, there have been some surprising stat lines around the league and more

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Week 8 Fantasy Baseball Rest-of-Season Projections: Pujols, Hamels, Kennedy

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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