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 stats and a ranking from 1 to 10 (1 being the least and 10 being [...]

We’re a month into the 2012 season and a lot has happened. There have been walk-offs, injuries, surprises and even some high profile call-ups from the minors. Now that May has arrived it’s time to take a look back at my pre-season rankings, look ahead at what to expect and analyze some of the surprise [...]

The early-season injury bug has come out in full force to affect some major fantasy players so far. Let’s take a look at some of major hitters and who you can pick up as replacements. The player I rated the highest to land on the DL is Jacoby Ellsbury. He was struggling to start the [...]

A few weeks ago I ranked my top 10 fantasy closers. You can read about them here and here. A lot has changed since I wrote those columns though. This season has been a year full of injuries for closers and it’s time to look at who may be creeping onto the list. Drew Storen [...]

Well everyone, baseball is officially underway. Of course the start of baseball season means the start of overreactions. Powerhouse teams like the Red Sox, Yankees and Braves are off to slow starts while teams like the Royals and Mets began 2012 with series wins. Before anyone rushes to the waiver wire or dumps a star [...]

Well, everyone, my rankings are done and spring training is over. The regular season even started a week ago but not many people saw. This entry is going to be about what we learned, what changed and some predictions for 2012. Since I started my rankings with first base I think it’s fair that I [...]

Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers 2012 So the 2012 MLB season has officially started even though most people missed it. Dustin Ackley had an incredible opening game and Yoenis Cespedes hit his first career MLB home run. My prediction about Felix Hernandez not getting wins looks good and Bartolo Colon was effective but pitched against one [...]

Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers 2012 No time to waste. Let’s jump into the top 10: 10. David Price – Tampa Bay Rays ESPN has an interesting note about Price. In 2010 he was 19-6 and in 2011 he was 12-13 although he pitched better than his previous season. That’s a really weird stat but it [...]

Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers 2012 Building a great rotation is a major part of fantasy baseball. I began these rankings with hitters because so many positions need to be filled but in most standard leagues pitching is equally important. Since the season is rapidly approaching I’m going to jump right into the important part of [...]

Fantasy Baseball Closers 2012 Before I get into the top 5 closers I wanted to mention an injury to an All Star closer. Joakim Soria has elected to undergo Tommy John surgery and will likely miss 2012. This is bad news for the Royals who will be without Salvador Perez for about three months. Let’s [...]