Top 15 catchers – 2009

Mike Napoli? Seriously? Yep.

 
My first positional rankings are out and they are a little bit unusual but the catcher position is rather unusual to start with. One thing I have to say: there is no excuse not to own a good catcher this year. You don’t have to spend an early pick on McCann, Martin, [...]

Top second year hitters

With all the hype around David Price and Matt Wieters it’s easy to forget that amazing crop of offensive rookies we had last year. Forgetting them would be dangerous though as quite a few are poised for a break. Here I’m going to rank the top few second year guys. Some of these guys had [...]

Rangers best outfielder may not be named Josh.

I’m going to pull a Matthew Berry on you. Sorry, I have to.
Player A – .302/.357/.551, 34 HR, 20 SB
Player B – .300/.369/.530, 30 HR, 9 SB
Now you probably guessed by now that your supposed to pick player A, and then I’ll say “But wait, player A is going 5 rounds after player B.” Yeah, [...]

Who would go in my first round?

 
Every year there is a group of 10-15 guys that are considered first round players in mixed 12 team leagues. Some guys are always on that list, for example Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez. Some guys make that list, have a bad year, and drop back down like Jason Bay. Usually the guys you draft [...]

Sleeper profile: Chris Dickerson

Chris Dickerson was drafted in 2003 out of college. He’s 27 years old and has yet to spend more than a month at the big league level. So why might he be drafted in some tradition, mixed 12 team fantasy leagues? Because after making big time improvements in 2008, Dickerson could grab a lineup spot [...]

Don’t hate the player, hate the game

 
Alex Rodriguez took steroids in 2003. He broke Major League Baseball’s drug policy and a couple of US laws. This may shock some people, although I think most are numb to it at this point. What might be more shocking: I don’t care. As far as I’m concerned, it is the culture in baseball, not [...]

Catching up: Lowe, Smoltz, Pettitte

In the past few weeks a few big moves have gone down. A trio of vetrans signed. The Red Sox signed John Smoltz, the Braves signed Derek Lowe, the Yankees signed Andy Pettite, and yes, Manny Ramirez is still a free agent. 
The Smoltz signing if obviously a high risk high reward deal. Smoltz was one [...]