Why do people use the league email to solicit trades? This is poor strategy in my view and here’s why.
In one league I am in, a keeper dynasty draft league, I am a background adviser with a co-owner. He is my partner in the high stakes league, and since I run that team, he […]

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Here is the link to my latest column.
Fantasy Ethics

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What is it that makes a fantasy league worth returning to?
When the proprietors here announced they were looking for more contributors, I eagerly enlisted, though I should warn you that I’m nowhere near the expertise and experience in stats and tactics required of a Fantasy Baseball General. I’m more like a fantasy baseball lieutenant–or maybe […]

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A reader request on Aaron Harang.
Clearly the newest information to be considered for Harang is the fact that Dusty Baker will be managing the team. There are legions of articles showing that his past pitcher usage was abusive. I won’t repeat that research here, but encourage anyone who is interested to look into it […]

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Here is a link to my latest column.
The Bust of the Year

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A reader request on Carlos Lee.
A reader asked about Carlos Lee and whether he should be kept. Carlos had an excellent season of course:
32 HR 119 RBI .303/.357/.528
Personally I would like to see that OBP a bit higher, but other that that his season is fully supported by his underlying skills:
90% contact rate 30% […]

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Taking a look at some selected players at reader requests.
I have received a few requests from readers on certain players, so I will be addressing them over the next couple of weeks. I wanted to start with is Joe Mauer.
The first issue is the injury picture. Aside from his strained quad he also apparently […]

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Here are the latest Links
Who Should I Keep?
Which $1 Player Do You Prefer?

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Some more discussion on C.C. Sabathia and a key principle of auction strategy that is usually not considered or even discussed elsewhere. Plus, how could I have forgotten about “Z”-ing Bobby Jenks?
Somehow I forgot to include a discussion about Bobby Jenks in my prior post about the “Z” rule. Jenks clearly had a career year. […]

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Of these big three prospects, there is a clear pecking order for 2008.
Of these three, there is a wide gap in their rookie performances, and in what can be expected for 2008. I asked Keith Law to provide his scouting take on the three, and will update my analysis once I get the reports. […]

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Part two of Jeremy’s rebuilding effort.
As promised/threatened, here are the trades I made in my rebuilding effort this year:
Trade 1 – Garret Anderson, Joey Gathright and Luis Vizcaino for Jason Kubel, Daniel Cabrera and Trot Nixon. I saw this as fairly simple – Anderson is getting older and Nixon fills the same role for […]

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Part one of Jeremy’s rebuilding effort in a long-term carryover league.
Howdy friends out there on the Internets! Sorry it is has been a while, but life sometimes gets in the way of baseball. Shocking as that may be to many…
Anyway, I was asked to talk about rebuilding a franchise and this is […]

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And the winner is…..
There were quite a few candidates for the fantasy bust of the year, and depending on criteria you can have quite a few legitimate winners. However, when it comes to value, age, performance and non “bad luck” explanations for a drop off and the entire package, there is one player who […]

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Those in keeper leagues need to decide when to go for it and when to build for next year. The Powell Doctrine can help you make that decision.
In a keeper fantasy league, the annual question that teams face is whether to go for a championship in the current season or trade for the future. That […]

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Who should get a one year contract: Ortiz, Morneau or Sabathia?
Fresh off a wire-to-wire victory in the high stakes league, there is still no time like the present to begin thinking about next year. One rule we have is called the “Z” rule. Essentially it allows you to sign to a one-time, one year […]

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Language is a living thing and words can have different meanings to different generations. The newest of these words is Yaz. To middle-aged men this means baseball player Carl Yastrzemski but to 20-somethings it is now the name of a birth-control pill.
There’s an old joke about the woman who marries a Polish man and […]

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Brian’s initial column takes on Milwaukee’s ban of Bernie Brewer.
If you ask people outside of Wisconsin (and perhaps many Wisconsinites) for an association for Milwaukee, perhaps the most common answer would be beer. After all, Milwaukee is home to many breweries, most famously Miller. That is unless you are a fan of Schlitz, […]

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Here is the latest column. Also, sorry the postings have been a bit sparse but my day job is too damn busy! I will hopefully pick up the pace soon at least until the end of the World Series.

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Coming down the homestretch in my high stakes league, it all came down to Friday’s games.
Though the baseball regular season ends tonight (Monday, and how about those Rockies!) for me in my high stakes league it all came down to Friday night. My closest challenger, who is a good pal a tough owner and […]

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