Archive for the ‘Fantasy Baseball’ Category

Make what you want out of my opinions. Here they are….
Papelbon, Jonathan No rotation v. closer talk this spring. He’s the man in Boston and the best in the game at his role.
Putz, [...]

Oakland’s Justin Duchscherer has been pitching well this spring, yesterday he threw 3 innings of 1 hit ball. So far this spring he’s only allowed 4 hits, 1 [...]

Jose Contreras is throwing well with new arm angle. His fastball was clocked between 91 and 93 MPH on Tuesday. We’re now expecting a comeback season for Jose.

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Justin Upton to include SB in his repertoire
As the Arizona Republic reports, “Outfielder Justin Upton, who has swiped two bags in his first four exhibition games, [...]

Tom Gordon
If Lidge is not ready to go by opening day, Tom Gordon will step in to the Phillies’ closer role. Gordon does have experience closing, 34 saves in 2006, but is now 40 years old and his skills declined last year
Barry Zito
Zito was pounded by his ex-team. The A’s blasted him for 8 runs [...]

Tony Gwynn is worth a grab late in the draft. Remember, Cameron is suspended and will be gone through most of april. Gwynn can offer an occasional SB and a pretty good batting average. He should score some runs. Worth a look in the late rounds.
Troy Percival will probably save 30 games this year. Many [...]

Here are some press notes from the team beat writers recently:
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Brian Barton- The Rule 5 draft rules so Brian barton may get a chance to play everyday or so for the Cardinals.BB never got many chances for his former team the Indians. Remember, he never posted less than a .400 OBP for them. That kind of production in the mostly anemic hitting Cardinals will be [...]

Here are some press notes from the team beat writers this morning:
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Some random thoughts.
Kosuke Fukudome- New Import/Less Hype
The early returns out of spring training for Kosuke Fukudome had been pretty muted until Monday’s batting practice round when Fukudome unleashed some towering blasts over [...]