Waiver Wire: April 4th
Catchers and closers, catchers and closers…
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Small Sample Size Musings: Venters & Kimbrel
A few weeks ago in Spring Training, new Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said that he planned to use lefty Jonny Venters and righty Craig Kimbrel as co-closers at the start of the year, basing their usage on matchups. It’s a great plan; a manager deserves to be applauded for not marrying himself to one set ninth inning guy and instead optimizing his bullpen, even if it creates headaches for us fantasy players. Yet when the time came yesterday, here’s how Fredi played his cards with two-run lead…
Ranking The Closers By Job Security
A few weeks ago we ranked relievers based on their projected fantasy value, and built into that is a look at each closer’s job security. Let’s be a bit more straight forward on the job security front, since knowing which closers are at risk of losing their job is half the battle.
Waiver Wire: March 28th
Spring Training position battles are starting to be settled and injuries are starting to have more of an impact on the regular season. Let’s look at a temporary closer and new everyday outfielder…
2011 Player Rankings: Holds
Earlier this month we ranked relievers with a heavy emphasis on saves, since that’s their primary role on a fantasy team. Lots of leagues use holds as well, so here’s a ranking of the top fantasy options for holds going into 2011…
First Base Update: Morales, Morneau, Lee
Some quick injury updates at fantasy’s most productive position…
Closer Updates: Thornton, Wilson, Francisco, Kimbrel
We’re eight days away from the start of the season, so let’s check in on some ninth inning situations around the league…
My Ottoneu League Team: Chone of the Dead
As Carson mentioned over the weekend, myself and eight of my fellow FanGraphers huddled up in the boardroom at Phoenix’s Highland Hotel at Biltmore for six-plus hours for our ottoneu league auction about two weeks ago (three others drafted from home). I selected 27 players that night then chose the final 13 when we wrapped things up this past Saturday. Eno presented his club yesterday, and here’s my roster…
Waiver Wire: March 21st
The regular season has yet to begin, but let’s take a look at two players that are owned in less than 50% of Yahoo! leagues…
AL SP Rookies: Hellboy, Drabek & Pineda
Identifying and acquiring the top rookie pitchers are one of fantasy’s great challenges, so let’s take a look at some the youngsters set to cut their teeth in the Junior Circuit this summer…