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RB Rock Cartwright, Washington Redskins: 7 receptions is all one needs to see from a 30-year-old RB who was a distance 3rd on the depth chart when the season began. With a couple of weeks left to make the fantasy play-offs, one prays for another 140 yard game with a score. Pleeeeeeeese?TE ...
MLB
Baseball Prospectus | On the Beat: Weekend Update: "The Angels have interest in re-signing both right-hander John Lackey and third baseman Chone Figgins as free agents, but feel they only have the finances to sign one or the other, making Figgins the more likely to return. …"Buh-bye, Brandon Wood.
MLB
Los Angeles Angels
RB Cedric Benson, Cincinnati Bengals: The real question is whether to start Benson despite the hip injury if he is active. The match-up is so favorable one would expect a solid 70 yards and a TD even if he splits time to take it easier on his hip.RB Steve Slaton, Houston Texans: He lost his job ...
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Houston Astros
Stephania Bell- ESPN: "While Benson's injury (hip abductor strain) has not appeared serious, he did not practice this week and the rating of 'doubtful' suggests he will not be facing Oakland in Week 11. Let's face it: This is a good opportunity for Benson to rest his hip and gear up for the ...
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ESPN
Oakland Athletics
Cincinnati Reds
I am trying to throw caution to the wind and make a two- or three- for one deal that rids my teams of depth in exchange for a solid RB1. My current roster of RBs includes Knowshon Moreno, Ahmad Bradshaw, Ladell Betts, Jason Snelling, Jamaal Charles, Ryan Moats, Lawrence Maroney and Donald ...
MLB
Rush RankTeamRYAVsDecision32Oakland176CINStart Cedric Benson_Bernard Scott31Cleveland168.7@DETStart Kevin Smith30Arizona168@STLStart Steven Jackson29Kansas City163.3PITStart Rashard Mendenhall28St. Louis162AZStart Tim Hightower_Beanie Wells27New Orleans161.3@TBStart Cadillac Williams26Tampa ...
MLB
Pass RankTeamPYAVsDecision32Detroit298CLEStart Mohamed Massaquoi31Indianapolis282.3@BALStart Derrick Mason30San Francisco273@GBStart Greg Jennings29Cincinnati263@OAKStart Darius Heyward Bey?28Carolina260MIAStart Devone Bess?27Seattle258.3@MINStart Sydney Rice26Buffalo257.3@JAXStart Mike ...
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Carolina Panther WR Steve Smith injured his ribs on Sunday. Coming off a short week, one must start him against the big play allowing secodnary of the Miami Dolphins - if reports say he will play.From Stephania Bell on Tuesday:"...suffered bruised ribs after taking a hit in the back when he made ...
MLB
Rush RankTeamRYAVsDecision1Pittsburgh59@KCSit Jamaal Charles1Cincinnati59@OAKSit Justin Fargas3Houston76TENSit Chris Johnson4San Diego81.3@DENSit Knowshon Moreno5Green Bay84.3SFSit Frank Gore6San Francisco85.3@GBSit Ryan Grant7Dallas91WASSit Ladell Betts8NY Giants95.3ATLSit Jason ...
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Pass RankTeamPYAVsDecision1NY Jets134.7@NESit Randy Moss_Wes Welker2Baltimore143.7INDSit Reggie Wayne3Chicago145.3PHISit DeSean Jackson4Washington150@DALSit Miles Austin_Roy Williams5Tennessee190@HOUSit Andre Johnson6Jacksonville192.7BUFSit Lee Evans?7Oakland194.3CINSit Chad ...
MLB
Do you over emphasise future production over current production in keeper leagues? Most serious players in that format do.The alpha opportunity is to deal future value for current production A real life example from one of my leagues. A $23 Andre Ethier was dealt for three highly regarded ...
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Andre Ethier
Fantasy Baseball
1. Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans2. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings3. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Jaguars4. Ray Rice, Baltimore RavensOn Wall Street, there is an adage that says no portfolio manager gets fired for buying IBM. (Maybe Google in the 21st century?) In fantasy football, ...
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With the bye weeks finished and just three weeks until the fantasy football play-offs begin, the team you have is as strong as it can be at this point. As a result, adding players via the waiver wire will be more all-or-nothing than looking for 5-10 points of fill-in performance.With that in ...
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St. Louis Cardinals
RB Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia Eagles: If he is active, one cannot be faulted for sitting him. If I had a better option, I'd sit Westbrook anyways.RB Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs: Wow. Worse decision: Jamaal Charles or a Washington Redskins' RB not-named Ladell Betts? Mike Sellers or ...
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Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
Stephani Bell: Getting relief from the bye week - ESPN: "Williams, however, injured his knee (no specifics; coach John Fox referred to it earlier in the week as a 'tweak') last Sunday. After not practicing Wednesday, Stewart returned to limited practice Thursday but then was unable to practice ...
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ESPN
In my 1st 2010 fantasy baseball mock draft, I drafted a team of players whose track record is limited to a season or two of top production - SS Troy Tulowitzki in the 2nd, 2B/OF Ben Zobrist in the 4th and Pablo Sandoval in the 5th. In between I sprinkled in established veterans - 3B Alex ...
MLB
Fantasy Baseball
Brian McCann
Troy Tulowitzki
Alex Rodriguez
Derrek Lee
From Will Carroll's Black & Blue Report at Football Outsiders:"Clinton Portis had a bad concussion. Jim Zorn said he was knocked out and after the game, Portis had no memory of the incident. Right there, at best, Portis is looking at a Grade II concussion, though the time of unconsciousness ...
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Washington Nationals
Will Carroll
Jorge Cantu
Rush RankTeamRYAVsDecision32Buffalo206.7@TENStart Chris Johnson31Tampa Bay181.3@MIAStart Ronnie Brown30Tennessee172.7BUFStart Marshawn Lynch29Chicago171.3@SFStart Frank Gore28Cleveland170.7BALStart Ray Rice27Oakland161KCStart Jamaal Charles26New Orleans160@STLStart Steven Jackson25St. ...
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Riggleman: Guzman a second baseman | nationals.com: News: "'I don't know if Desmond will be the shortstop, but as I stand here right now, I would be happy with it, because I know what kind of effort I'm going to get,' Riggleman said. 'I know the energy that he brings to the team. I know how ...
