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A look at Shin-Soo Choo's strong second half
and if it will translate into 2009 success
I know I could throw in the Russell Branyan signing with the Mariners, but does anyone really think that has a fantasy impact?
The San Francisco Giants continued to strengthen their bullpen, signing former Cub Bob Howry after adding Jeremy Affeldt earlier in the offseason, according to ...
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Over on Fantasy Baseball Generals , I posted an article this evening looking at Average Draft Position and how much you should focus on it on draft day. Here’s a quick excerpt:
“The best example I can give is with Rich Harden in the three mock drafts I’ve participated in thus far ...
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Rich Harden
Ryan Lester of Lester’s Legends and I have decided to mix it up. Instead of debating the Hall of Fame worthiness of a past player we are going to focus on a current player. The player we chose is Ryan Dempster. He was in the news recently after signing a four-year $52 million deal ...
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Ryan Dempster
Drafting high-level rookie prospects is one of the toughest decisions to make because there generally is so much uncertainty surrounding them. Unless you are drafting deep into Spring Training, you never know for sure if they will break camp with the big league club, and if they don’t ...
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Evan Longoria
All the details are not in yet, so I can’t fully give my opinion, but according to Ken Rosenthal of foxsports.com (click here for the article) the Atlanta Braves have acquired Javier Vazquez from the Chicago White Sox, “contingent on the players involved passing physicals; Vazquez ...
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The Indians Jhonny Peralta finished the season as one of the top SS in baseball, thanks in part to injuries to Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner necessitating Peralta to get 340 AB in the clean-up spot. He certainly made the most of that opportunity, as you can see by his overall numbers:
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Jhonny Peralta
When you’re looking at players and trying to determine their value for 2009, Melvin Mora is an extremely interesting case study. Here you have a player who was just mediocre, at best, in the first half of the season. He hit just .232, which certainly isn’t very good, but did have ...
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Melvin Mora
Update at 4:45 PM: Ken Rosenthal of foxsports.com (click here for the article) is reporting that the deal is “a one-year, $2 million contract with the chance to earn another $2 million in appearance-based incentives”. Seems like a good, low-risk signing for the Astros.
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Coming off a year in which he set career highs in HR (21) and RBI (102), a lot of people were expecting Carlos Guillen to post another tremendous season in 2008. It wasn’t meant to be, however, in part thanks to injuries and in part due to poor play, plain and simple. Let’s take a ...
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Carlos Guillen
Ozzie Guillen
In the slow mock draft I’ve been doing I was recently pressed into making a decision, Torii Hunter or Vernon Wells. It’s an interesting debate because when you make your decision it’s partly based on Vernon Wells and which player you think you are going to get. Since signing ...
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Torii Hunter
The San Francisco Giants Randy Winn is a very interesting player to look at. In the past he’s shown the potential for power (20 HR in ‘05) and the potential for speed (five seasons of over 20 SB). Last year, it was significantly more speed then power, as you can see from the ...
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Randy Johnson
Randy Winn
To be one of the most highly touted prospects is certainly high praise for a player to try to live up to. Just ask the Royals’ Alex Gordon who entered 2007 considered the next hot item of major league baseball only to fall far short of expectations during his first two seasons. Before ...
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Alex Gordon
A few teams made some minor moves to help their bullpens, though neither of these moves should make any fantasy waves:
David Murphy of The Philadelphia Daily News (click here for the article) is reporting that the Phillies have signed Mike Koplove, inviting him to spring training. ...
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It’s always tough to judge a prospect by his performance in the Pacific Coast League (Triple A), especially offensive players. It is such a high-powered league that 26 HR’s can almost be considered an afterthought, considering Dallas McPherson led the way with 42 and since that ...
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Before we get into today’s article I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone and their families a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all enjoy your day, however you celebrate it.
A fourth round draft pick of the Marlins in 2002, Josh Johnson returned from Tommy John Surgery this season to ...
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Josh Johnson
Florida Marlins
My newest article is up for Gotham Baseball Magazine, looking at whether the Mets should use Bobby Parnell as a starter or reliever in 2009 (ah, the Aaron Heilman debate all over again for Mets fans). To check it out, click here .
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There was a time that Adam Jones was considered one of the top prospects in baseball. In 2007 he hit 25 HR in just 420 AB at Triple A, while also hitting .314. We all know that his first stints in the majors didn’t quite go as planned with the Mariners, but once he was dealt to the ...
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Adam Jones
I haven’t done this in a while and as we are closing in on draft season, I wanted to see what our loyal readers wanted to see from this site. What improvements can I make? What do you like? Dislike?
I have a few things planned over the next few weeks, including a few reader mock ...
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Heading into 2008, Paul Konerko was a player that many targeted as a potential low-end first base option, and why not? Despite his 31 HR in 2007, owners were frustrated by his .259 average and just 71 runs. Unfortunately for owners, the come back was nothing but a further regression, hitting ...
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Will Shin-Soo Choo breakout in 2009?