tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215204812007-12-12T15:34:55.251-05:00For those who realize baseball doesn't end in October. Updated bi-weekly, Game Four brings you the links to projections, commentary, and strategies posted around the web on one convenient page. It's your one stop shop for free fantasy baseball knowledge.Howehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04394010990888231400noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520481.post-44980010469656298142007-02-16T09:41:00.000-05:002007-02-16T09:52:09.299-05:00

Wow, it's been a long time. Over a month actually. For those who read this site regularly, or have tried, I apologize. I wonder, who are you? How many are there? Do me a favor and comment just so I have an idea of what you think of the site and how helpful you feel it is or can be. Anyway, in preparation for your upcoming Fantasy draft(s), I've found a few "Expert" Mock drafts that you can look

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The Baseball Analysts has two great pieces on the tenancies of pitchers throughout MLB last season. Rich Lederer takes a look at pitchers based on ground ball percentage and strike out rate, and broke it down for the starters and for the relievers. Tendencies are really helpful in predicting how a pitcher will fair in the coming year, or years. Perhaps a pitcher with a low K-rate and low GB% put

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Fake Teams Some more player values from Cincinnati and the Chicago Cubs, plus Pittsburgh and Arizona RotoAuthority Tim lists his top first basemen going into 2007. Red Sox Closer Situation Here are a few links to blogs that talk about the Joel Pineiro signing by the Red Sox and their whole closer situation. Mixed reaction all around. Boogey Blog Baseball Crank ESPN Red Sox Nation Daily

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Fake Teams The site has been hard at work putting prices on players for the 2007 season. Here's a few based on MLB team, enjoy: Seattle and Texas Anaheim and OaklandCleveland and Kansas City Minnesota and Chicago White Sox Houston and Milwaukee Toronto and Detroit New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Baltimore and Boston Washington and St. Louis Florida and PhiladelphiaAtlanta and New York Mets

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Beyond The Box Score --Weighs in on the Angels signing of Shea Hillenbrand and how he might not be all that much better an option than their previous choice at 1B, Robb Quinlan. --Talks about the move between the Rangers and White Sox that sent Brandon McCarthy to Texas and John Danks to Chicago. Mike feels that, for the Rangers, "this is a lot better than signing Barry Zito," and he explains in

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RotoAuthority --Should the Diamondbacks bat rookie Chris Young in the lead off spot? --NL West closer situation Fake Teams --Has been accepted the the Fantasy Sports Writers Of America --Talks about the Vernon Wells signing.

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Fake Teams --Tries to figure out what to bid on Dice-K in your 2007 draft. I actually feel the ZIPS projection he uses as reference isn't doing this guy justice with the K-rate, but the ERA seems pretty reasonable. Boogey Blog --Talk about future 3B (or possibly 2B, OF) of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Akinori Iwamura. As long as he gets, and keeps, a starting job at 3B, Iwamura could be a nice

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RotoAuthority --Tim projects what Jason Jennings may do as a member of the Astros in 2007. Tim puts a lot of thought into his projections and I like where he's going with Jennings. He has higher hopes than some other projections, but it really doesn't matter because he doesn't add enough to make him a prime target in your 2007 draft. --Tim also breaks down the closer situation for the NL Central

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Rotoauthority --Over at Rotoauthority, Tim continues his look at the closer situations across MLB as he sizes up the closers in the NL East. Solid wrap up, and I agree with Tim that you have to keep an eye on Rafael Soriano. He was a steal for Atlanta and could very well be closing for them by mid-season. However, it could also end up being another Todd Jones-Joel Zumaya situation. The situation

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Fake Teams --Questions the value of Jorge Posada in a mixed league. I completely understand where their confusion comes from. It just seems that each year nobody really values Posada all that much, but each year he produces. Sure it probably has to do with the line up he's in, but in Fantasy Baseball why does that matter? Just enjoy the ride. Minor League Ball --Sickels lists his top 20 Rockies

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Extreme Fantasy Baseball --Aaron Baker let's us know how he feels about Hanley Ramirez in 2007. Could Hanley be on the brink of a 20-40 sophomore season for the Marlins? (Yes) That easily makes him a top 4 SS for next year's drafts along with Jose Reyes, Miguel Tejada, and Derek Jeter. My sleeper SS - Stephen Drew. Boogey Blog --Thoughts on the Freddy Garcia to Philly trade. You know, it looks

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Minor League Ball --Sickels updates his top 20 prospects from the Diamondbacks system and gives a letter grade for each. Not surprisingly, Justin Upton tops his list with Chris Young right behind. Young should have some fantasy value in 2007, as one of the top contenders for the NL ROTY Award. Upton, though, he has a bigger upside and could potentially have a better overall career barring injury,

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Beyond The Box Score --Last week Cyril Morong took a look at the most improved and declined hitters and this week followed up with the pitchers' side of the equation. It's good to see some young guys on the improved list like Kazmir, Robertson, and Webb. Interesting to see Mark Buehrle and Pedro Martinez on both declined list. RotoWorld --Interesting article about the possibility of Andy

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Here's what you missed over the weekend... RotoAuthority --Tim really likes Cole Hamels and thinks you should too. Hamels has had a lot of injuries over the years, but none of them, besides a broken arm in High School, had to do with his pitching arm. --He takes a look at the closer situation for the AL East. --I don't recommend drafting a guy to be strictly your DH in a higher round, but in

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Don't get him mixed up with the starting pitcher of the same name. Chris Young of the Arizona Diamonbacks is one of the top candidiates for the 2007 NL Rookie of the Year award. Tim over at RotoAuthority is back and couldn't wait to get his projection out on the soon-to-be-star-centerfielder. I'm just wondering, who moves over when Justin Upton finally comes up in a few years?

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Extreme Fantasy Baseball takes a shot at projecting what King Felix will do in his sophomore season with the Mariners. I'll be surprised myself if his WHIP is as low as he's projecting, but his strikeouts and wins looks just about right. That won't be too shabby of a line for a kid who's only 21 years old. If you're in a keeper league and for some strange reason Felix is available, grab him.

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John Sickels lists his top Orioles prospects over at Minor League Ball. I really like Brandon Erbe, though of course he's quite a few steps away from The Show. I've also heard good things about Radhames Liz from different sources. Check out where Sickels has them listed.

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Now that Mark McGwire is going to be on the 2007 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, it's caused all kinds of controversy about whether or not he is a first ballot hall of famer, or a hall of famer at all, due to his purported steroid use. There are compelling arguments both for and against McGwire, and it’s sparked all kinds of unnecessary controversy. Why unnecessary you ask? Because I’

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Over at Beyond The Box Score, a stat head's dream website, Cyril Morong takes a look at those hitters that helped their cause the most and those who took the most away from what they did in 2005. This is just an interesting article to look at based on the fact that you'll always be surprised at some of the names you'll see. Nobody will be stunned to see Justin Morneau's name on the "most improved

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John Sickles over at MinorLeagueBall.com likes to take young players and project how he feels their entire career will shape up. It's a bit of a step up from the normal "one year projections", and of course it's not always going to be 100% acurate, but Sickles is a pretty damn good scout if you ask me and he knows what he's talking about. It's also a great tool for those in keeper leagues. Take a

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The MLB Winter Meetings are around the corner, and Aaron Gleeman of RotoWorld.com hasn't wasted any time trying to figure out what may or may not happen this December in Orlando. You may want to check this out, especially if you're in a keeper league and want to figure out if you should sell high on someone that may get traded to a not-so-friendly ballpark or buy low on a player that may just

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Over at Extreme Fantasy Baseball, Aaron Baker decided to tackle the task of projecting what Derek Lee will do for the Cubs with new teammate Alfonso Soriano in the mix. I'm not sure I would have tackled this one so soon, at least not until it was sure Julio Lugo wasn't going to to join the offense. I'll be interested to see if these numbers change if another bat is added to the Cubs before the

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Tim's back at RotoAuthority and for his first article since getting hitched he's decided to bring out his 2007 projection of Doug Davis as an Arizona Diamondback. It's interesting to see how a guy who could have possibly have been worth at least $5-$10 at one point with his 200-K potential could fall to just $1 based on all his other stats. Enjoy.

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Once again, over at RotoAuthority I've got an article up comparing Andy LaRoche, the probable starting third-baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007, to Eric Chavez in his final two season in the minor leagues. Andy should have the starting job in LA next season, barring any unforseen trade or injury. Note: I'll be posting directly to Game Four soon. Tim Dierkes, editor of RotoAuthority.com,

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Over at RotoAuthority I take a look at some young hitters who excelled in SLG during the second half of 2006. It's a great way to figure out which young hitters have the potential to hit many more home runs next year, and in future years, once they develop their double power into home run power.

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