Yearly Archives: 2012



Second Half Predictions: Outfielders

I’m going to wrap up the second half predictions with outfielders. Instead of breaking down the outfield by each position I’m going to choose my top three overall stars and busts. Let’s start with the favorites. Stars Mike Trout – [...]

Second Half Predictions: Pitchers & Catchers

Last week I made my predictions for infielders. This week will be the top catcher, starter and closer. Let’s start with catchers. Catchers Star – Yadier Molina This was a difficult choice between Molina & Ruiz. Ruiz has a far [...]

Second Half Predictions: Infield

The second half of the MLB season has started and every real fan knows this is the most fun part of the year. Prospects will be called up, the trade deadline is approaching and the playoff race heats up. The [...]

Deadline Deals

Jim Bowden wrote an article for ESPN.com about the 10 players that will most likely be traded before the July 31st trade deadline. All ten of the players he wrote about have fantasy value so I thought it would be [...]

Pitcher Pickups

It has been a really bad week for pitchers, especially the Yankees. I wrote in my last column that I was bad luck for pitchers this season but the injuries to CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte can’t be blamed on [...]

Surprising Starters

I haven’t written much about pitching this season and one of the biggest reasons for that is that I seem to be the kiss of death for pitchers this year. If anyone has a pitcher on the DL I probably [...]

May Wrap Up

Well May is over and a lot has changed since my last monthly wrap up.Before I get into May, two interesting things have happened in June and the first pitch of the month hasn’t been thrown yet. Yoenis Cespedes and [...]

Young Impact Players

Every year there are a few players that are called up to the majors that make a huge impact. Two of the players on this list are well-known but inexperienced and the other is a player that has surprised many [...]

Five Rules for Fantasy Trading

My last few posts have been about which players should be picked up and which ones have been underperforming. Recently I was offered a trade that I didn’t like at all and realized that I never addressed fantasy trades on [...]

Players I Should Have Ranked

In my last post I mentioned some of this season’s biggest surprises. Today I’m going to list some of the this season’s top performers that didn’t make any of my original lists. Each player will be accompanied by his season [...]