Things are starting to settle down in the world of closers. With only one fresh face in the Closer Chronicle for Week 8—Andrew Bailey, returning from injury—there wasn’t a whole lot of shaking and moving to be had. But for the second time in three weeks, a new Tier 1 closer has emerged from the [...]
Gausman is a guy that I was drooling over when the 2012 MLB Draft rolled around. The Cubs had the 2nd pick and I really wanted Theo and the boys to select Gausman. As we all know, they didn’t, they picked outfielder Albert Almora, and by all counts, he’s going to be a solid contributor [...]
Jason Kipnis played in 36 games in 2011 after getting called up in late July by the Cleveland Indians and put up impressive numbers in 150 plate appearances: jacking seven homers and swiping nine bases. This obviously led to a pre-draft hype in 2012 and through the first half of the season that hype seemed [...]
We’re about a quarter of the way through the baseball season and it’s time to evaluate where our teams stand in relation to our expected performance. From there we can figure out how to make smart adjustments to improve our teams. For many experienced fantasy players, it’s commonplace to evaluate the team’s actual performance against [...]
With one quarter of the season behind us, the rankings are finally taking shape. With a huge week, Carlos Gonzalez moves up into the third position and one could easily make an argument for him at #1 overall. Owners are still waiting for Ryan Braun, Bryce Harper and Justin Upton to get in gear with [...]
Clayton Kershaw Eleven strikeouts over 8.2 innings against a tough Nationals lineup pops the dominant lefty up to the top spot. No real surprise here, Kershaw has continued to bring his A game to the mound for the Dodgers all season. Felix Hernandez Felix tweaked his back Tuesday night after 6 innings of work against [...]
After a crazy and eventful Week 5, the closer carousel hit the brakes with very little turnover in Week 6. One unofficial change may be in the works in Los Angeles, as Kenley Jansen earned a one-out save on Tuesday to preserve a Clayton Kershaw win. Dodgers’ manager Don Mattingly called on Jansen instead of [...]
When Baseball Prospectus comes out with their Top 10 lists for each team, they also included a Top 10 Under 25 team (subscription required). Jeremy Hellickson topped that list. Ahead of rotation mates Matt Moore and Alex Cobb. When I saw this, I was surprised. Coming into 2012 Matt Moore was ranked in the top 3 [...]
I am all in on Josh Donaldson. He is making his debut on the rankings this week at #85 and is only going to move up if the past is any indication. Donaldson was the 48th overall pick of the 2007 draft by the Chicago Cubs and was one of the pieces used to acquire [...]
Yu Darvish Through seven starts, Darvish is averaging 10.28 strike outs per start. He made 29 starts last season. If he maintains his strike out per start rate over the same amount of starts this season he’s in line for 298 Ks for 2013. He notched 14 Ks in his most recent start against the Red [...]
