Here are some real longshot speculations on possible league leaders and awards.
I always thought it was interesting when the Freddy Sanchez’ of the world blossom out of nowhere. I always wonder whether anyone thought, even as a real longshot, that he could win a batting title. So, as a “just in case” here are […]

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Draft time is now over, so I had one final wrap-up on drafts.
Here are some final thoughts and theoretical principles that pertain to drafts. I am certain that my point about gaining fractional/marginal points in certain drafts has never been written about before, but it is true and is a key reason why certain strategies […]

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John Sickels posed a series of “True or False” questions that I thought were interesting and decided to take a shot at answering them. The first one is: “True or False, Torii Hunter will have a disappointing offensive season for the Angels, hitting something like .256/.325/.475″
Answering a question like this must start with some […]

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Given the size of the post (and the lateness of their reply….), I have included Brian Joura’s and Kevin Orris’ picks, for your viewing “pleasure.”
Kevin OrrisNL East: Braves. What scares me is that what seems like 80% of ESPN is now picking them out of the blue.NL Central: Brewers. Have a younger, better upside […]

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Feel free to keep track and see who does the best. Here are our preseason selections. Yes, Brandon Heikoop went out on a limb with virtually every pick!
Patrick DiCaprioAL East-Yankees. I had picked the Red Sox in a prior exercise on another website, but then saw the preseason PECOTA standings which had the […]

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