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• Fantasy Halfway -- Stars, Sucks, and Sleepers
• By Matt Snyder 7/14/2008 10:30 AM ET
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• Obviously the fantasy season is past the halfway point, but you gotta work with me here. There aren't any games that count for the next few days, so it's the perfect time to formulate these teams. ... More »
• Value Machine: Week of the Injured and Not-Anymore-Injured
• By Matt Snyder 6/13/2008 1:42 PM ET
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• Just this week there were two enormous injuries in the world of fantasy baseball: Alfonso Soriano and Albert Pujols. There were also significant returns in Jake Peavy and Matt Holliday. Those are four ... More »
• Value Meter -- Week of the Rookie
• By Will Brinson 6/02/2008 11:00 PM ET
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• It's an odd time when the biggest newsmakers of the week are rookies -- generally that happens in the second half, or they at least wait until late June. But not this week. A pair of rooks massacred ... More »
• Value Machine: Lackeying a Pitcher?
• By Will Brinson 5/16/2008 12:00 AM ET
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• John Lackey, SP, LAA -- The would-be Cy Young candidate returned for the first time this season on Wednesday, throwing 99 pitches over seven innings, while allowing six hits, one earned run and one ... More »
• Upton Down -- Not Just Oxymoronic
• By Will Brinson 5/02/2008 12:30 AM ET
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• Curtis Granderson -- Warm-up time, apparently, is for suckers. So are allergies. Granderson got plugged right into a Tigers lineup that is heating up and picked up the pace himself. Over the last ... More »
• That Cliff Lee Is So Hot Right Now (And Other Fluctuating Player Values)
• By Will Brinson 4/25/2008 10:30 AM ET
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• Cliff Lee -- Suite jebus. Another CGSO makes Lee the most popular player in fantasy right now. His BABIP is low and his strand rate is high though. He also hasn't allowed a homer despite 45% of his ... More »
• Fantasy Quick Hit: Tejada Rejuvenated?
• By Matt Snyder 4/23/2008 11:12 AM ET
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• Miguel Tejada went from a fantasy fave to a pariah in one season. No one wanted him where he really should have been drafted. His ADP (average draft position to the fantasy novices out there) proves ... More »
• Fantasy QP: So, About That Sabathia Fella
• By Will Brinson 4/23/2008 2:30 AM ET
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• Originally, I had planned to use C.C. Sabathia as the subject of Fantasy Felony today. He was a ridiculously obvious buy low, and I would venture to say that upwards of 40% of his owners were ...
• Value Machine: Longoria, Lee and BJ
• By Will Brinson 4/18/2008 2:30 AM ET
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• We're two weeks deep in baseball and there's been a lot of shifting in value already. In order to make the proper roster moves and know what to look for when you begin trade negotiations, it helps to ... More »