Fantasy strategy: Mind the splits

Why more members of fantasy leagues don’t do this is beyond me. It seems startlingly simple, but only a handful of my friends actually utilize it. Simply look at “splits”, or how well a positional player does against righty and lefty pitching. Knowing how your money-maker guys do against both righties and lefties can make [...]

Top 75 Fantasy Outfielders

1. Ryan Braun MIL This guy can do it all. 35 bombs, 20 steals, a .320 average, 115 runs, 115 RBIs, what more can you ask for? He’ll continue to put up monster numbers and is the clear No. 1 choice in outfield because he simply has better power numbers than Crawford. Cherish your time [...]

Players on the Market in 2010

The 2009-10 off-season has been a rather dry market. There have been very few heads popping headlines, other than the expected Roy Halladay trade, the re-signing of Matt Holliday and John Lackey joining Red Sox Nation. So will the 2010-11 off-season give us more stories? There are a few more bigger names becoming free agents, [...]

2009 Fantasy Awards

As summer has turned to fall and leaves have turned to shades of orange and brown, the coming of fall means two things in the baseball world: the beginning of playoffs and the end of the fantasy baseball season. It’s been a trying year for some in both worlds, namely for Cubs fans (I weep [...]

World Series Preview: Phillies vs Yankees

With the World Series set, it’s time to break down all of the positions to see who has the upper hand in the 2009 fall classic. Catcher Phillies: Carlos Ruiz. Carlos Ruiz is your prototypical defensive catcher whom you don’t really care about offensively, as long as he calls a good game for your pitching [...]