Fantasy baseball starting pitchers: the Frugal 15
Moore won't be cheap ...
The Freshman 15 often bloats college students. The Frugal 15, however, gives fantasy baseball players some tasty treats without expanding their budget's waistline.
Last year I shared some of my favorite bargain starting pitchers. Not a bad gathering; I'll humble-brag that I hit on five of the nine listed.
On this year's initial cost-effective docket, I'm excluding hyped arms like Matt Moore and Yu Darvish. Time to aim higher but also deeper, complete with tiers. This is only the beginning of your SP value hunting, but it's a noteworthy jumping-off point.
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Even more on why I took Starlin Castro in Round 3
All Starlin, all the time
Can't say I'm upset that people are still talking about my Starlin Castro pick in Round 3 of last Monday's 13-team, 29-round Fantasy Sports Trade Association MLB experts draft from Las Vegas. (No such thing as bad press, right?)
Some found it surprising. Some reminded us of the risk.
Castro, this year, is worth the chance. The capable skills he has shown heading into his age-22 season already place him well ahead of most shortstops out there. The raw dollar valuation - his five-category contribution - puts him at an advantage on its own. Tap your mouse here for more »
FSTA fantasy baseball draft results: Guess not everything stays in Vegas
Seeing Starlin?
This is my first true work day of the week, at least in terms of KFFL day-to-day stuff. From Monday to Wednesday, I joined GM Ryan Bonini at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association's annual conference at Las Vegas.
Strangely enough, I didn't make my usual trip to the blackjack tables. The only gambles I took in Sin City came at the mic during karaoke (inquire within for more) and at the draft table Monday for the gathering's MLB experts selections, which was broadcasted by the ever-talented Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio team.
(Shamefulless plug: KFFL is lucky enough to run things on Sirius 210/XM 87 Wednesday nights from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET).
This 13-team, 29-round face-off (including defending champ and FSWA award winner Ray Flowers from Sirius) is one of the earliest single-year, for-realsies pick 'em parties in the industry. There are no trades in this weekly-lineup, standard 5x5 mixed rotisserie format, which alters draft strategies for many. Tap your mouse here for more »
Who’s your No. 1 fantasy baseball pick?
Kemp, or the field?
Congrats to KFFL Baseball buddy Scott Gilroy for his correct guess of Justin Smoak in our final Guess The Sleeper contest. (Follow Scott. He knows his stuff.)
But ... enough with the games. Let's do this.
I've procured the No. 2 selection in the Fantasy Sports Trade Association's MLB experts draft, my first real deal of 2012, next Monday night at The Mirage in Las Vegas at the annual FSTA conference! Tap your mouse here for more »
Time for the next round of Guess the Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Last time, it was Fowler
Congrats to master Tweeter @cmattmetric for correctly tabbing Dexter Fowler as the last correct answer to Guess the Fantasy Baseball Sleeper! Come on, is someone gonna outdo him this time? He's in the lead with a perfect two correct answers out of two queries!
Let's do another one. Our first entry of this contest in 2012, though, has a conditional tag on him. Tap your mouse here for more »
