Five players from the Pirates
There are actually quite a few players I like from the Pirates. One of my tried and true pitching tactics is to go for good starters on bad teams and the Pirates are a perfect team from which to try this tactic. Starting with:
Paul Maholm Everything in my brain says […]

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Phive key players from the Phightin’ Phils.
Carlos Ruiz Finding those decent end game catchers is the hallmark of a strong fantasy General. Here is one that many touted last year who phlopped (OK I will stop with the “ph”s.) He is no spring chicken at 29, but an 87% CT rate and a 10% […]

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Five players to watch from the Athletics.
Chris Denorfia Injured in 2007 but a relatively hot sleeper in deeper leagues in 2006, he can easily surprise. He will get his first full time job after being cast off from Cincinnati and Baseball HQ projects him to have an 88% CT rate and a 9% walk […]

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Attention Category Managers: Stolen Base Blue Light Specials. This is probably going to be more relevant in July or August, after one or more of the pre-season, predicted speedsters has failed to meet expectations. For fantasy league leaders, there often comes a point in the season when even a slight boost in a […]

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Five players to watch from the Metropolitans, or as I call them here in New York, the minor leagues.
As much as it pains me to say it, in a flawed NL the Mets are still probably the favorites to make the WS and are the only team who could actually be favored against an […]

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A friend asked me what I though of him and here is what I told him–stay away!
One of my friends has his league draft tonight and asked me what he should do with the catcher position. After we chatted about it we came to Geovany Soto and what I thought of him for 2008. […]

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Five players from my beloved Yankees.
Having been a lifelong Yankees fan, I am not one of the new bandwagon jumpers. I was a fan through the sad days of the late 80s and early 90s when Charles Hudson was our best pitcher and Mel Hall was our best hitter. I sat in the Fenway […]

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