Can the Cardinals Make the Playoffs for the 5th Straight Year?
St Louis Cardinals have made the playoffs four times in a row—can they extend this impressive run into a fifth year? There have been some long periods in St Louis Cardinals’ history where they have contrived to miss the playoffs, season-after-season. Eighteen years stood between their World Series from 1946-1964 and the Seventies […]
How does new baseball technology affect real-life scouting?
Photo credits: familymwr It’s out with the old and with the new, as far as baseball technology is concerned. The newest baseball technology is a camera-and-radar based system that tracks the baseball and players. A hit by Justin Turner was recently tracked by the new technology. The batted ball spedd was 88.3 mph, […]
The Justin Upton trade is another example of why No-Trade clauses have to go in MLB
Justin Upton is a 25 year old super star in the making and was recently traded to the Atlanta Braves in what looks to be a landslide transaction in favor of Atlanta. Not to take anything away from Martin Prado (the main player exchanged to Arizona), but Upton’s upside is in another universe than Prado’s […]
Dear Mr. Fantasy: Thinking Outside the Batter’s Box
Boy, I have really taken some flak for my choices of players this fantasy baseball season. That’s okay. I like to think outside the box. When you state an opinion that differs from widely held beliefs, there are those that will react negatively. However, if everything went according to plan, then the so-called “experts” would […]
Fantasy Baseball Players on the Verge of a Monster Season in 2012
Success in fantasy baseball is all about staying ahead of your competitors. As those owners who drafted Curtis Granderson, Jacoby Ellsbury, Matt Kemp or Justin Verlander a year ago will tell you, having a player on your roster who puts up a monster season can be the difference between winning and losing your fantasy league. Sometimes it is not enough to know who […]
Outfield of Dreams: Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Outfielders in 2012
The outfield has become a mining ground for fantasy baseball owners looking for the best players for their rosters. In fact, according to last season’s ESPN player rater, five of the top 10 fantasy players were outfielders. If you aren’t able to grab one of the top 10 fantasy outfielders for 2012, you don’t need […]
Second Half Fantasy Options: Right Field
When looking to fill out your outfield positions in fantasy baseball, your league may require you to use one each of a left fielder, center fielder and right fielder. If your league has these specific position requirements, there is no need to worry. I recently discussed options for left field fantasy baseball players as well as fantasy baseball center field options […]
Baseball News, Tweets & More
Image by mikeleeorg via Flickr Thursday Afternoon Edition @IanMBrowne: Morning Red Sox news. Atchison makes team; Schoeneweis, Nelson fight for final spot. Tazawa to undergo Tommy John. http://bit.ly/cwKmf3 @mlbtraderumors: 2010 NL Rookie Of The Year Predictions http://bit.ly/bsV5t2 #mlb & I agree with Schilling…Phils trading Lee was a really bad move. I don’t think Amaro did […]
