Need for speed? Get it cheap
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010
With most fantasy drafts already completed, or soon to be underway, many owners will find themselves lacking in a particular category. If that category is speed, the below three players are cheap, highly reliable options to solidify your steals, and can often be found on most waiver wires. Don’t start trading away your pitching and [...]
Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins ink blockbuster deal
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010
Let all the rumors cease. Let all the skeptics be silenced. And let all front offices sigh with disappointment. Joe Mauer is staying in Minnesota—for a long time. In a massive eight-year, $184 million deal, the 27-year old catcher is slotted to spend presumably the rest of his playing career in the Twin Cities—the deal [...]
Guzman considers surgery; decision looms large for Cubs
Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Chicago Cubs reliever Angel Guzman has had his fair share of bad luck with arm troubles, and even with St. Patrick’s Day approaching the luck of the Irish has failed to find him yet again. An MRI revealed a significant tear in a ligament in his throwing shoulder, and will sideline him indefinitely. Guzman plans [...]
2010′s Rebound Team
Posted on Monday, March 1, 2010
“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.” Except in the Nationals case. They can’t get much worse in D.C. With a dismal 59-103 effort in 2009, the Washington Nationals shared the infamy of the Pirates as laughing stock of the league. However, there is reason to consider that their worst days may be [...]
Reyes to No. 3 in Mets lineup
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010
It’s rare that a club is ever blessed with the dynamic abilities and prowess of a Jose Reyes. When healthy, the Mets shortstop is one of the most exciting leadoff men in the game, and provides a spark that is significant to setting the tone for the rest of the lineup. With his speed, Reyes [...]
Cease your cries for a salary cap
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010
With the winning of their 27th World Series title—and a 2009 payroll just over $215M—the New York Yankees have brought the issue of whether or not success can be purchased back to light this offseason. The lack of a salary cap in professional baseball is quintessentially the most significant difference it has between the major [...]
The Kansas City Blues
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Perhaps the signing of 20-year-old pitcher Noel Arguelles, a top prospect from Cuba who towers over his opposition at 6’4/220lbs, is a sign that the Kansas City Royals are finally beginning to turn things around. In making this uncharacteristic signing and essentially gaining a second 1st round pick through the southpaw, they have sent a [...]
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