http://fantasybullpen.com The application of sabermetrics in Major League Baseball and in fantasy sports to WIN! Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:35:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_346" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Tex again?!"][/caption] I hate RBIs. I hate what they stand for. I hate when announcers talk about how great RBIs are. I hate when "Hank Aaron's greatest record is the RBI record." I hate when players are picked in fantasy baseball leagues because they "drive guys in." I hate ... http://fantasybullpen.com/uncategorized/projecting-rbis/   With the Yankees recent signing of Mark Teixeira there has been a lot of criticism from the baseball world as to the wild spending of Hank, Hal, and Cashman over the last month. The problem is obviously not the Yankees, if you have money why not spend it? The problem is Major ... http://fantasybullpen.com/of-interested/mlb-salary-cap/ After months of back and forth rumors on where Mark Teixeira would end up, he is a Yankee. While many feel the Yankees off-season of spending is irresponsible, they just picked up the top 3 free agents by some accounts. They are the favorites to win the division, the AL, and ... http://fantasybullpen.com/free-agency/tex-pinstripes/ So another keeper list has come in. Make sure to send in your keeper list if you would like keeper advice. First lets get to the league settings and roster: Hi, I need some help choosing who to keep in my fantasy baseball league. It is a 12 team head to head league. The ... http://fantasybullpen.com/keepers/keeper-list-2/ Ok, so I said I would write an article about CC but really, who doesn't know that CC is going to be a beast. I still have a few comments to make about the Mets bullpen (Hint: Omar Minaya is an idiot) but I thought I had to get this ... http://fantasybullpen.com/free-agency/burnett-signing-worth-it-for-yankees/ Big news breaking early this morning. CC Sabathia has told GM Brian Cashman he will be a Yankee, and pending final details on a contract and a physical he will. More to come on this and everything else when I'm not so tired. http://fantasybullpen.com/uncategorized/breaking-news-cc-sabathia-yankee/ CC Sabathia may be headed to New York after all. Acording to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, he has a source claiming that Brian Cashman could begin finalizing a contract with CC Sabathia. Cashman flew to Callifornia on Tuesday to meet with free agent starter CC Sabathia. Brian Cashman flew ... http://fantasybullpen.com/free-agency/sabathia-cashman-meet-time-days/ CC Sabathia has completely turned the free agent market on it’s head over the past 24 hours and he and his agent are probably pretty happy about that. While it doesn’t seem as though Sabathia necessarily is getting very many offers at the $140 million he is looking for, the ... http://fantasybullpen.com/free-agency/yanks-lead-cc-dodgers-could-jump-i/ Krod is a Met. Really all I have to say, but I will say more. This deal is un freaking believably stupid. Omar Mania should be fired. I will take his job, I am vaulenterring right now to help the Mets because whenever Krod goes to the National Leauge, well ... http://fantasybullpen.com/uncategorized/krod-mets/ I’m going to take a page out of Baseball Prospectus’ book and play GM for a day with the New York Yankees. Note that this is a very good scenario for the Yankees and a lot of these moves may not happen. I made sure to stay within budget and ... http://fantasybullpen.com/uncategorized/gm-day-yankees/