Three Trade Mistakes To Avoid, Continued…

Greener On The Other Side also contributed to yesterdays roundtable with some great advice. I made a mistake by not including their response in yesterdays article. Without further ado… Making trades is an intricate part of fantasy baseball.  While we all draft teams we love, injuries and down seasons always prompt us to look around the league towards acquiring players we [read more...]

3 Mistakes To Avoid While Attempting Fantasy Baseball Trades

Having trouble pulling off that blockbuster trade? Need some tips on how to approach other owners about a player you're interested in? If so — you'll love this weeks fantasy roundtable. Adam Ronis - Newsday.com 1. Don't insult the intelligence of another owner. Obviously, some owners are more savvy and experienced than others, but if you try to belittle their knowledge, it [read more...]

Ben Sheets leaves game with triceps strain

MILWAUKEE -- Ben Sheets left Friday night's gem with a triceps strain. At present, the Brew Crew have not released any further information about the timetable for his return. Reportedly, Sheets felt the pain after the third inning and gutted it out for two more innings (of shutout ball, obviously) before Ned Yost insisted he be removed from the game. [read more...]

When Small Sample Isn’t Too Small Anymore

I'm sure you're tired of hearing about exercising patience with your players. You want to know when their performance starts to mean something. Pizza Cutter @ Statistically Speaking, wanted to the know the same thing. He crunched the numbers, and here's what he found: These are the PA levels–at which, the players' performance–can tell us about their skill going forward: 50 PA [read more...]

Huston Street: Blown Save Cause for Concern?

Street is in any discussion with the games best relievers. But his fly ball percentage has increased each of the last three seasons: 2005 2006 2007 39% 42% 45% Which is responsible for the increase in his HR/9 allowed: 2005 2006 2007 0.34 0.51 0.90 According to fan graphs, he's lost some velocity as well; averaging 90.4 MPH on his fastball in 2007, down from his career 91.1 average. MPH data, and the conclusions that [read more...]

Questions and Answers with Tom Tango of Inside The Book

Tom Tango, (aka Tangotiger) runs the Tango on Baseball website, where you'll find a large number of research devoted to sabermetrics. He works as a consultant for major league teams in hockey, and has worked as a consultant in major league baseball. Born and raised in Canada, he now resides in New Jersey with his family.  Q. Can you tell us about [read more...]

FSR Daily

-The Twins' Francisco Liriano is having problems with his visa and expects to be late for the team's Spring Training. Add to that the Tommy John surgery that forced him to miss all of last year, and Liriano's fantasy value is plummeting. -Rumors of a serious Albert Pujols injury are floating around. -Kobe's finger injury is worse than was initially expected, and [read more...]

FSR Daily

-Less than a week after owner Mark Cuban said Jason Kidd would not be coming to Dallas, it looks like Jason Kidd is coming to Dallas. This trade should mean more playing time for Devin Harris, Jason Terry and Erik Dampier among others. We'll have more analysis of the trade once it's official. -Shaq hopes to be ready for the Suns [read more...]

FSR Daily

-Most knew this by now, but something's up with Manu Ginobli. Either he's taken his game to an entirely new level or Greg Popovich is more comfortable running the offense through him (I would guess the later). But last night he was simply incredible, scoring 34 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing out 6 assists. -Shaq said he was a little [read more...]

Getting ready for fantasy baseball - Third Baseman

We are in the golden age of the third baseman. This year there are quality offensive players at the hot corner of all types: vets (Chipper Jones), prospects (Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Braun and Alex Gordon), base stealers (Chone Figgins) and of course, power guys (Alex Rodriguez). Four guys (A-Rod, David Wright, Braun, Miguel Cabrera) look like they will go in the [read more...]

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