Fantasy Baseball Busts

Your #1 Bust

By Tim Dierkes [January 5, 2009 at 11:53am CST]

We received 129 comments on the sleeper post, probably a record for this site. Tons of great sleepers were named, and we'll look more closely at many of them. Today the question to the readers: who is your #1 bust... Continue Reading

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Scott Kazmir In The Sixth Round?

By Tim Dierkes [December 30, 2008 at 10:37am CST]

Scott Kazmir is being drafted 12th among starters, in the sixth round on average. I have Kazmir posting a 3.70 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, and 185 Ks in 170 or so innings. There are definitely more than eleven starters I would... Continue Reading

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Carlos Quentin: Overrated?

By Tim Dierkes [December 29, 2008 at 10:47pm CST]

Carlos Quentin is being drafted in the late third/early fourth round (position 37.76). He's being picked 14th among outfielders. Is this he a good pick at that point in the draft? I'd say that if Quentin is able to muster... Continue Reading

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A Look At C.C. Sabathia's Poor Start

By Tim Dierkes [April 18, 2008 at 10:25am CST]

Josh Kalk has been doing great work studying PITCHf/x data. Check out his blog here and Hardball Times contributions here. This guy's going to get hired by a team! Josh kindly agreed to examine C.C. Sabathia's poor start in a... Continue Reading

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Dissecting Oswalt's Struggles

By Tim Dierkes [April 15, 2008 at 7:45pm CST]

Awesome post by David Golebiewski of The Transaction Guy. He uses Pitch F/X data to figure out why Roy Oswalt has been struggling so far. Golebiewski notes that Oswalt lost a little over one mile per hour off his fastball... Continue Reading

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Fallen Aces: Oswalt, Sabathia

By Tim Dierkes [April 13, 2008 at 9:30am CST]

We're three starts in. Roy Oswalt and C.C. Sabathia, typically 4th-7th round ace starters, have been brutalizing their teams' ratios (especially Friday night). What's the deal? The "Avoid Oswalt" bandwagon was already full in the preseason, but I thought he... Continue Reading

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Time To Worry About Rich Hill

By Tim Dierkes [April 11, 2008 at 9:14am CST]

After just two starts, one of which was solid? Yes. Because that's the Cubs. Hill, whose problems often seem mental, always seems at risk of being pulled from the Cubs' rotation. Given the presence of Jon Lieber, it's a very... Continue Reading

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Weeks' Stock Dropping

By Tim Dierkes [March 17, 2008 at 3:47pm CST]

Rickie Weeks' hand is hurting, and he's had a terrible spring. This is a breakout pick that's gotten a bit too trendy. He's going in the tenth round, but I've seen people reach for him much earlier. Los Genius snagged... Continue Reading

Loney Nights At First Base

By Tim Dierkes [April 5, 2006 at 4:07pm CST]

I'm noticed various outlets recommending Dodgers rookie James Loney as a good NL-only pickup while Nomar Garciaparra is out. I'm not so sure. It's true that Loney, a left-handed first baseman, will get most of the ABs against righthanders in... Continue Reading

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