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May 2008 Archives


Weekly Fantasy Planner: Arroyo a solid bet on the road

9:37 AM Sat, May 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rob Steingall These recommendations are only for the fantasy week June 2-8 unless otherwise suggested. AMERICAN LEAGUE Put'em in Mike Lamb, 3B, Twins: After......

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A.L. Stock Watch: A "buy" on Dan Wheeler

9:33 AM Sat, May 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris We’ve passed Memorial Day, which means you should know where your team is at – contender or pretender. Either way you need......

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N.L. Stock Watch: Bronson Arroyo is a quality play

8:30 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris Did you miss out on wonder kids Jay Bruce and Clayton Kershaw? No worries, we can still get some help to your......

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Baseball by the Numbers: How fielding really affects pitching effectiveness

9:08 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Michael Salfino There are a number of very important statistics that rarely get mentioned when you're watching a baseball game. How many times have......

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Updated pitcher rankings

8:43 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, ratio). * = check status Last Update: 5/27 Next Update: 6/3 Starting Pitchers......

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Updated hitter rankings

8:42 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (average, runs, homers, RBIs, stolen bases). * = check status Last Update: 5/27 Next Update: 6/3 First......

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A.L. Stock Watch: Lowell is one to buy, Lester is one to sell

2:03 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris Starting pitching is the siren song of fantasy baseball, the most fickle element of the game. With that in mind, let's open......

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Weekly planner: Rasner's a good risk

1:53 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rob Steingall These recommendations are only for the fantasy week May 26-June 1 unless otherwise suggested. AMERICAN LEAGUE Put 'em in Jose Guillen, OF......

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N.L. Stock Watch: With Gagne on the shelf, consider Torres

12:43 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris We're almost into wedding season, so let's take that theme and run with it in this week's edition of the NL Stock......

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Baseball by the Numbers: Taking hints about future home-run production

9:56 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Michael Salfino While baseball purists love advancing runners with "productive outs," do we underestimate the importance of home runs to winning games? There are......

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Position-by-position hitter rankings

9:11 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (average, runs, homers, RBIs, stolen bases). * = check status Last Update: 5/20 Next Update: 5/27 First......

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Starting and relief pitcher rankings

9:10 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, ratio). * = check status Last Update: 5/20 Next Update: 5/27 Starting Pitchers......

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Weekly fantasy baseball planner: Byrnes hasn't recovered from losing his lucky bat

7:42 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rob Steingall These recommendations are only for the fantasy week May 19-25 unless otherwise suggested. AMERICAN LEAGUE Put 'em in Dioner Navarro, C, Rays:......

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AL Stock Watch: Don't expect the Moose to stay hot

4:03 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris Back in the day, an E.R.A. check was like kicking the tires on a used car, but pitcher evaluation is far more......

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NL Stock Watch: From injury springs opportunity

4:08 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris One man's injury is another man's fantasy opportunity, as we'll explore in this week's version of the NL movers and shakers. Hitters......

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Baseball by the numbers: What is it that's killing our first basemen?

11:48 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Michael Salfino Some succubus is sapping the strength of the league's first basemen, once upon a time the game's most feared sluggers. The list......

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Updated starting and relief pitcher rankings

11:47 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, ratio). * = check status Last Update: 5/13 Next Update: 5/20 Starting Pitchers......

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Updated position-by-position hitter rankings

11:45 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (average, runs, homers, RBIs, stolen bases). * = check status Last Update: 5/13 Next Update: 5/20 First......

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A.L. Stock Watch: Helping you sell high (Carlos Gomez) and buy low (Jose Guillen)

5:00 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris Sell a player who just hit for the cycle? Buy a slumping outfielder who's south of the Mendoza Line? It's all about......

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Weekly fantasy baseball planner: Put in Youk (if you haven't already)

3:24 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rob Steingall These recommendations are only for the fantasy week May 12-18, unless otherwise suggested. AMERICAN LEAGUE Put 'em in Kevin Youkilis, 1B/3B, Red......

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NL Stock Watch: Iannetta among the hot stocks this week

4:08 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris The most exciting parts of a baseball game come when the ball is in play, but fantasy detectives grab many of their......

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Baseball by the numbers: Speed guys who can hit, too

10:38 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Michael Salfino Runs are harder to come by in baseball this year. That means teams are trying harder to manufacture them. Steals are up.......

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Complete pitcher rankings

10:36 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, ratio). * = check status Last Update: 5/6 Next Update: 5/13 Starting Pitchers......

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Position-by-position hitter rankings

10:31 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris All rankings assume 5x5 format (average, runs, homers, RBIs, stolen bases). * = check status Last Update: 5/6 Next Update: 5/13 First......

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Weekly Planner: Ervin Santana could be 7-0 at week's end

8:46 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rob Steingall These recommendations are only for the fantasy week May 5-11 unless otherwise suggested. AMERICAN LEAGUE Put 'em in Ervin Santana, SP, Angels:......

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AL Stock Watch: Look for a breakthrough year from Alex Rios

8:41 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris The season doesn't officially start until I launch into promotion mode on Alex Rios. Switch your odometer to kilometers and let's take......

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NL Stock Watch: Two young pitchers to get on your squad

3:57 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ferris As we head into May, you should have a pretty good idea if your team is in the chase or not, but......

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