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Fantasy Baseball 2012: Who’s Hot

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Jeter continuing his hot start against the Royals

It has been a little over a month of baseball and there has been some major developments with players and teams all over the MLB. If you haven’t already adjusted your fantasy baseball roster, now is the time to do it. There are players that are producing some impressive numbers early in the season and its time to get your lineup ready for upcoming fantasy sports games.

 

AL Batting

Derek Jeter- In all of 2011 Jeter had six home runs. So far in 2012 he has five. Jeter is on fire and is in 3rd in the majors in batting average with a .397. Jeter is 4th in the AL in Runs (20), 9th in AL in Slugging (.605) and 4th in AL in OPS (1.044) Bottom line Jeter is going to get on base and is batting .474 in May. His upcoming series with the Rays shouldn’t hamper his stats and is a must start.

Josh Hamilton- On Tuesday Josh Hamilton joined a select few MLB players to hit four home runs in a single game. Hamilton is hitting anything he sees with power and the numbers back it up. Hamilton is leading the American League in three major categories, Batting Average (.406), Home Runs (14) and RBI’s (36). If there is an early favorite for the Triple Crown there is no doubt that its Josh Hamilton. (more…)

Fantasy Baseball Rewind – Week 1

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Duane BelowThe first week of the 2012 season over and we learned a lot from a fantasy baseball perspective.

Five teams failed to record a win in the first week of the season and two of them are the Yankees and the Red Sox. Minnesota, Atlanta and San Francisco are the other winless teams but the perennial AL East powerhouses have managed to stay winless in stunning fashion.

 

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2012 Fantasy Baseball: Which Red Sox Closer is Worth Owning?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
2012 Fantasy Baseball: Which Red Sox Closer is Worth Owning?

Bailey is out until the All-Star Break in a best-case scenario.

The Boston Red Sox thought they had their closer position all nailed down when they had Johnathan Papelbon finishing out games. Papelbon bolted for Philadelphia after six seasons in Boston and Andrew Bailey was brought in from Oakland to fill the role.

That was until Bailey tore his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right thumb during spring training. Bailey is going to have surgery Wednesday and will be out for at least the first half of the season. When the UCL is damaged in the elbow, it results in Tommy John surgery. The recovery time here is shorter since it’s a smaller ligament in the thumb compared to the elbow.

Who will fill in for Bailey and are they worth owning from a fantasy baseball standpoint?

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2012 Fantasy Baseball – Sleepers to Watch For

Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Justin Morneau, 2012 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper

Justin Morneau looks to bounce back from an injury-plagued 2011 season.

Despite what some may think, fantasy baseball drafts are not won in the first round, when guys like Albert Pujols, Matt Kemp, and Ryan Braun are taken.  Ask the guy at your office, who won his league last year, how he was able to pull it off; “Asdrubal Cabrera, that’s how!” Did you sense a little pride in their voice? That’s because there’s no greater feeling in fantasy sports than finding a player who’s undervalued on draft day, but delivers like a superstar during the season,just like Cabrera did last year.  A late round pick, Cabrera played like anything but that as he hit 25 home runs (18 hr. in the previous four seasons combined), alongside 92 rbi’s. It’s not the studs on your team that will win you your 2012 fantasy baseball league, it’s the Asdrubal Cabrera’s you find, the diamonds in the rough….the sleepers.

Picking out which players to target as fantasy baseball sleepers is sometimes hard to do.  Do you go with the young guy who raked in the few major league games he played in last season?  (more…)