For the last couple of weeks there has been discussion on the “Fantasy Baseball Roundtable” show on the similarity between Ryan Howard and Adam Dunn.  Our friend Patrick DiCaprio said that he believes that Howard and Dunn are basically the same player and the consensus among the other panelists on the Roundtable was that it […]

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When you get through the top tier starters like Santana, Sabathia, Lincecum, Peavy, and Webb you are left with a group of pitchers that are very similar in most roto league statistical categories. So how are the rest of the draft choice worthy starting pitchers differentiated? What seperates the so called “2nd tier” […]

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Without a doubt, one of the biggest disappointments of the ‘08 season was Eric Byrnes.  After coming off of a monster season in ‘07 Byrnes was depended upon to produce like the third round pick that he was in most fantasy drafts.  Teams took a big hit when Byrnes was slowed by two torn hamstrings […]

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The news came over the airwaves in Chicago at around 1:00 PM CT that the Chicago Cubs had traded for Marlins closer Kevin Gregg.  This looked to signify the end of the Kerry Wood era in Chicago and Cubs GM Jim Hendry later confirmed that was indeed the case. 

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He’s probably the most overrated, most over-hyped player in fantasy baseball in recent years. Yet people draft him in the first half of drafts every year, clinging to some kind of hope that he will turn into the player that everyone thought he would be. Wake up people, it’s not going to happen.

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Everyone is looking for that diamond in the rough every year.  We’re looking for that guy that you can get off the scrap heap for absolutely nothing.   What I’ve got here is couple of pitchers that I think can finally have the breakthrough season that we’ve been waiting for. 

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When I first started playing fantasy baseball, I knew nothing about the inner-workings of the game.  I had no idea how complex and comprehensive it was.  I was clueless as to how much scrutiny was placed on a player’s stats.  Yet somehow I was able to find success early.  The reason I was able to […]

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Following up on the Fantasy Baseball Roundtable Show discussion from a few weeks ago, here is my analysis of Vernon Wells.

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We are pleased to report that Chris Mulligan of Behind The Plate Fantasy is joining us as a contributor. Chris’ debut effort is a book review of Beyond Belief, which chronicles the Josh Hamilton story from Josh himself. Welcome aboard Chris!

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