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By Todd Lammi, on December 28th, 2010 With the calendar about to roll over to 2011, we are another month closer to the start of spring training. With most of the major free agent signings in place, it is time to start taking a look at some of the 2011 fantasy baseball position battles that will be shaping up in each of [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 23rd, 2010 Here is the second article in the series for 2011 fantasy baseball rankings looking at the position of first base. This is a loaded position at the top of the draft with not many players with upside later on. If you are looking for players late in the draft, you are going to looking at [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 22nd, 2010 In this day and age when major league baseball teams tend to hoard minor league prospects, the Milwaukee Brewers have gone the opposite direction in their second straight trade, acquiring starting pitcher Zack Greinke and shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar, pitcher Jeremy Jeffress and minor [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 20th, 2010 After several seasons of one year contracts, Orlando Hudson signed a two-year contract with the San Diego Padres for $11.5 million. Not much change in fantasy baseball value for Hudson as is he at the bottom of rankings for mixed fantasy leagues. The only league where he becomes relevant is NL only keepers leagues were [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 14th, 2010 The Philadelphia Phillies shocked the baseball world on Tuesday, plucking free agent pitcher Cliff Lee away from the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers with a five-year $120 million contract. The return to the National League should give Lee a boost in value in fantasy baseball leagues in 2011. The team is now trying [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 11th, 2010 The Boston Red Sox continue to bolster their offense this offseason, signing Carl Crawford for seven years and $142 million. The Jayson Werth deal with the Washington Nationals is forcing teams to come up with seven year deals for the top free agents in this years class. No real impact in terms of fantasy baseball [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 9th, 2010 Here is the first article in the series for 2011 fantasy baseball rankings looking at the position of catcher. It will be interesting to see how fantasy baseball drafts unfold in March with Buster Posey, Carlos Santana and Matt Wieters likely having the biggest variances in average draft position of the top catchers, simply because [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 8th, 2010 There were more free agent signings on Wednesday but still none of the splashy ones in the form of Cliff Lee or Carl Crawford. From a fantasy baseball perspective, the most interesting singing to me was Carlos Pena going to the Chicago Cubs on a one year deal for $10 million. With Derrek Lee and [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 8th, 2010 With a day full of rumors and mystery teams, it was nice to see another good old fashioned trade break out. The Tampa Bay Rays continue to shed payroll by moving shortstop Jason Bartlett to the San Diego Padres for pitchers Adam Russell and Cesar Ramos.
Russell and Ramos will both get a shot to [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 6th, 2010 Several teams got a jump on the baseball winter meetings finalizing deals that had been talked about over the weekend. Here is a look at the trades and potential fantasy baseball ramifications from each of them.
Boston Red Sox trade pitcher Casey Kelly, first basemen Anthony Rizzo and outfielder Reymond Fuentes to the San Diego [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 5th, 2010 The Washington Nationals stole some headlines from the National Football League on Sunday with word they had signed outfielder Jayson Werth to a seven-year, $126 million contract. Not a good start for the offseason for general manager Mike Rizzo. The contract surpasses the 7 year, $120 million deal the St. Louis Cardinals gave Matt Holliday [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 3rd, 2010 The MLB transaction wire is starting to heat up just in time for the holidays as a few players have signed in the last few days and one trade went down. Here is a look at some of the more important ones from a fantasy baseball perspective.
Adam Dunn – 4 years, $56 million with [...]
By Todd Lammi, on December 1st, 2010 One of the top showcases for scouting minor league talent in the off season is at the Arizona Fall League. Some of the top prospects for each team appear and can sometime get a head start on winning a job when spring training rolls around. Here is a look at some of the interesting numbers [...]
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