Archive for the 'Fantasy' Category

Week 14 in the AL Waiver Wire series assesses the fantasy value of Matt LaPorta, Kila Ka’aihue, Michael Brantley, Brennan Boesch, Daniel Hudson, Joshua Bell and my boy Marc Rzepczynski. . . plus Jose Bautisa watch continues!

To double down or buy insurance?

A patient with slugging and OBP problems.

Whether to blink or not in a trade standoff.

Figuring out who should be on the real All-Star teams is relatively easy and not particularly useful from a fantasy perspective. Today, we’ll tell you who should be on the second-half All-Star squad.

Week 13 in the AL Waiver Wire series assesses the fantasy value of Erik Bedard, Dallas Braden, Brett Wallace, Russell Branyan, Bengie Molina and Fausto Carmona . . . plus Jose Bautisa watch continues!

Featured this week are some reinforcements in the outfield, an all-time great closer, a potential save vulture, and a pitcher who recently was re-inserted into his team’s rotation.

The minor leagues are full of hopes and dreams, which are dashed far too often.

They’re not so different.

What are we costing ourselves by holding on to our fringe assets?