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By Tim Dierkes [May 30, 2008 at 2:59pm CST]
This week's roundtable asked: Who do you consider your biggest fantasy baseball rival and describe your most gratifying victory and most painful defeat involving them? Our answers can be found here. Do you have any fierce fantasy rivalries?
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By Tim Dierkes [May 30, 2008 at 9:21am CST]
Here are some pitchers you may consider picking up for a short-term boost this weekend. Saturday Jon Lester vs. Orioles. Sunday Paul Byrd vs. Royals. Sidney Ponson vs. A's. Darrell Rasner vs. Twins. Bartolo Colon vs. Orioles. Jon Garland vs....
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By Tim Dierkes [May 30, 2008 at 9:15am CST]
Which players have had the most roto value at each position? I used the player rater at ESPN to find out. C - Brian McCann. He's supplanted Geovany Soto. We may be seeing another '06 from McCann, making him a...
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By Tim Dierkes [May 29, 2008 at 10:30am CST]
A trade was reached last night in the RotoAuthority league. The deal was struck between my team (second place with 85 points) and Ms. Behavin' (third place with 72 points). Volvo Stationwagons is holding steady in first with 92.5 points,...
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By Tim Dierkes [May 28, 2008 at 5:09pm CST]
I have to admit that our little plate appearances per steal attempt stat is flawed, because it doesn't account for changes in a player's OBP or times on first base. Baseball HQ uses a stat they call SBO, or Stolen...
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By Tim Dierkes [May 28, 2008 at 2:45pm CST]
Troy Percival just went down - go grab Dan Wheeler for saves in Tampa Bay. Percival will have an MRI on his hamstring.
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By Tim Dierkes [May 27, 2008 at 3:24pm CST]
I looked at all players who attempted 15 or more steals in 2007. Then I compared their plate appearances per attempt (lower is better) to see who has stopped running in '08. Here are the offenders: NAME PA/Att 08 PA/Att...
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By Tim Dierkes [May 26, 2008 at 4:28pm CST]
According to Baseball Digest Daily, the Reds will promote top prospect Jay Bruce and he'll debut tomorrow. Wouldn't be surprising to see Corey Patterson designated for assignment. Bruce should be owned in all leagues; he's that good. Will he mash...
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By Tim Dierkes [May 26, 2008 at 9:39am CST]
Time for another installment of everyone's favorite BABIP, Anyone? series. Here we look at pitchers with abnormal batting averages on balls in play. I've incorporated ISO into the chart as well. ISO, or Isolated Power, is calculated as SLG-BA. It...
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By Tim Dierkes [May 23, 2008 at 9:19am CST]
Looks like phenom Clayton Kershaw may debut in Chicago on Tuesday. The 20 year-old has these numbers in Double A: 43.3 IP 9 starts 2.28 ERA 1.08 WHIP 9.76 K/9 3.12 BB/9 3.13 K/BB 6.65 H/9 .291 BABIP 0.00 HR/9...
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