Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - AL

July 12, 2010 @ 14:45:00

By Nicholas Minnix
Edited by Tim Heaney

Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - NL

Fantasy baseball waivers and the acquisition of fantasy baseball free agents can make or break your season. Your fantasy baseball cheat sheets won't help you after spring training. If your team remains the same after opening day, you will have trouble competing in your rotisserie baseball league.

Do you need to replace your fantasy baseball busts? Which fantasy baseball players can you ignore? KFFL.com's Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market gives you fantasy baseball tips and insight to sort through the masses quickly.

Key

Acquire	Add player (in most circumstances)
Watch	Track player, add if trend continues
Pass	Do not add player (in most circumstances)

 

Pitchers

Josh Beckett, SP, Boston Red Sox

Not Joshin': He might be available

Beckett (back) has been slowly working his way back, and yesterday's rehab start - the first of two - was a great sign that he's almost there. The right-hander touched 96, allowed two hits and one run, walked none and struck out four.

Beckett's numbers after eight starts (1-1, 7.29 ERA, 1.66 WHIP) are hideous. He fanned 40 in his 45 2/3 innings, though. Problems this year (until we see otherwise): poor location and, more so, poor mechanics. Reportedly, he was pretty spot on in his rehab start.

Presumably, Beckett has been working on these issues, too. He remains extremely talented, and his low strand rate and high BABIP against have to be products of his 2010 ills. It's highly unlikely that he'll finish the year with such terrible numbers. In a number of leagues, he's still available, however.

Shallow mixed: Acquire

Deep mixed: Acquire

AL-only: Acquire

Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - NL

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Nicholas Minnix

KFFL's baseball editor plays in LABR and Tout Wars and won the FSWA Baseball Industry Insiders League in 2010.

The University of Delaware alum is a regular guest on Sirius/XM Fantasy Sports Radio and Baltimore's WNST AM 1570. Follow him on Twitter.

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