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DRAFT PREP: The 10 Commandments for your fantasy draft
- By Bill Barker
- March 14th, 2010
It’s almost baseball season again. How do I know? Perhaps it’s the fact that every other SportsCenter story is about the Yankees (Derek Jeter has a hangnail!), or that I’m hearing Tim Kurkjian’s funny little voice in my sleep, or that MLB Radio can actually fill an hour-long show with interesting news again.
Whatever the reason, with the start of Spring Training comes the lead up to your fantasy draft, and we here at FanHuddle.com wish to provide you with a set of rules to help lead you out of the wilderness and into the promised land – your Fantasy Draft 10 Commandments.
I.
Thou shalt develop tiers
This is perhaps the best advice I could offer to anyone playing fantasy baseball. It’s one thing to develop your own rankings for each position, but...
FANTASY PREVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
- By Joe Pisapia
- March 14th, 2010
Number of potential 1st Round Picks: (1) Tim Lincecum
Impact rookies: Madison Bumgarner, Buster Posey (if he finds a spot)
Boom: Matt Cain, Pablo Sandoval, Brian Wilson, Jonathan Sanchez
Bust: Aubrey Huff, Barry Zito
Sleeper: Jonathan Sanchez
OFFENSIVE GRADE: C+
King Fu Panda is 300lbs of awesome.
Pablo Sandoval might not look pretty doing it, but this guy can flat out rake.
He hits for power, average and drives in runs (which is no small feat on this offense last year).
Many owners jumped ship on Pablo when he was slow out of the gate, but I stuck with him and was pleased that I did.
He loses catcher eligibility in most leagues, but he can play 1st or 3rd in most formats.
Mark DeRosa is always overlooked, but his super utility status makes him...
FANTASY PREVIEW: OAKLAND A’S
- By Joe Pisapia
- March 14th, 2010
Number of potential 1st Round Picks: None
Impact rookies: Chris Carter
Boom: Kurt Suzuki, Andrew Bailey
Bust: Justin Duchscherer
Sleeper: Christ Carter, Daric Barton
OFFENSIVE GRADE: D-
In mixed roto leagues, Kurt Suzuki was a pleasant surprise last year showing a decent average and some pop.
Eight steals is pretty good from the catcher spot in nowadays.
Speaking of steals, Rajai Davis swiped 41 bags in just 125 games in ’09.
He doesn’t bring much else to the table but could be a lesser version of Michael Bourn.
Kevin Kouzmanoff might actually benefit from his move to northern California.
Again not great, but he may prove serviceable in deep leagues.
Ryan Sweeney is just a stopgap waiver wire pickup, while Jack Cust is your classic all or nothing empty power hitter.
Jake Fox is unlikely to repeat...
Wagner Returns to Closer Role
- By Joe Pisapia
- March 14th, 2010
Hill”Billy” Wagner ended up down south where I predicted, as a closer for a team looking to save money. I said it would be the Astros, but the Braves beat them to the punch. Atlanta takes on Wagner on a year $7 million deal with a vesting option, a surprisingly high number considering his recent injury history and penchant for blowing up in big spots. You would think that the Braves could have retained Rafael Soriano for much less than that, but as always their cagy management probably sees him as an even bigger injury risk. You can bet that this being Bobby Cox’s swan song they will give the old skip his last chance at a winner and Wagner will provide stability to Atlanta’s 9th inning. In Cox’s prolific...
Fair Weather Fan
- By Joe Pisapia
- March 14th, 2010
By: Joe Pisapia There is no denying there are simply no positive effects from the WBC. None. Zero. How do I know this? Well, do you remember who won? Who was the MVP? Can you recall the great talent we discovered? I watched the thing and I really don’t recall any of these things. It means nothing and puts the best players in the game in precarious situations, pushing themselves earlier than they should and playing in games that mean nothing. I do remember Oliver Perez, Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes all seemed to play more WBC games than MLB games, which was more annoying than listening to Chip Caray pretend he knew who Jason Kubel was during the playoffs. The WBC is not the Olympics. It is a...
THE YANKEE REVOLVING DOOR
- By Joe Pisapia
- March 14th, 2010
In a very interesting turn of events, the cold hearted evil empire closed the door on its 2009 World Series MVP and their unsung World Series MVP within a week’s time. The Yankees acquired Curtis Granderson thirteen days ago which for all intents and purposes sent Johnny Damon his first class ticket out of the Bronx. They also allowed Hideki Matsui to leave for the west coast with barely an offer and replaced him with former pinstripe castaway and perennial disabled list member Nick Johnson. I recently compared Damon and Granderson’s skills and while they were eerily similar, there is no denying it is smart for the Yankees to get younger. However, Granderson is not as good of a number two hitter as Damon and part of the Yankees' success was...
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