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Do you remember Steve Slaton?
Remember me?
To jog your memory, he is a talented running back for the Houston Texans.
Oh, you’re starting to remember now? Really? Good, because it seems like everyone has forgotten about him in fantasy football drafts this year. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired Kansas City Royals OF Scott Podsednik in exchange for C Lucas May and P Elisaul Pimentel, reports FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Terrell Owens took the focus off Brett Favre for one day, but now that TO has signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, how should fantasy owners value him? Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Last night Alex Rodriguez‘s pursuit of 600 home runs was upstaged by an unknown Cleveland Indians hurler. Making his major league debut, Josh Tomlin pitched seven masterful innings, holding the mighty New York Yankees to only one run on three hits and no walks en route to a 4-1 victory.
The 25-year-old was efficient, throwing 60 of his 93 pitches for strikes. On the downside, the rookie struck out only two, and 12 of his 19 outs in play were air-outs.
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Will Domonic dominate?
Philadelphia Phillies fans are on cloud nine today after hearing blue chip prospect Domonic Brown was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Brown will take the roster spot of Shane Victorino, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to an abdominal strain.
In 343 at-bats between Double-A Reading and Leigh Valley, Brown hit .327 with 20 home runs, 68 RBIs, 17 stolen bases and a .980 OPS. Promoted to Triple-A about a month ago, the 22-year-old made a seamless transition to the new level, batting a robust .346 with five homers and five steals in 28 International League games.
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The Philadelphia Phillies placed OF Shane Victorino (abdominal) on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, July 28, with an abdominal strain, according to ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick. In a related move, the team recalled OF Domonic Brown from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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If the 2010 Fantasy Golf season were an 18-hole course, we’d be standing on the 15th tee right now (week 30 of 37). Four holes left is plenty of time to save a bad golf round, and its more than enough time to ruin a good one.
In this analogy, the Greenbrier Classic is a straight, 400-yard Par-4 with some water on the right. It looks easy enough, but one bad shot will lead to a double bogey or worse. Fantasy managers who take a conservative approach this week should be able take home a par performance. Take a few risks, and you might be able to birdie this one. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Last week I brought you up to speed on the first half of my draft in the NFL.com Experts league, and I have to admit I have seen nothing but negative comments. I’ve become accustomed to that, because I focus on finding undervalued players and sleepers at the wide receiver position. It’s my style, and historically I’ve done well enough to continue the strategy with adjustments.
I’ve hit on studs going all the way back to Laveranues Coles, Chad Ochocinco and Donald Driver, to more recent ones such as Vincent Jackson, Santonio Holmes, Robert Meachem, Miles Austin and Sidney Rice. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve missed on players as well, but that’s why you draft more than a few options! Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Arencibia's stock looking up
Bouncing back from a disappointing 2009 season, J.P. Arencibia is tearing the cover off the ball at Triple-A Las Vegas this year. He is tied for the professional baseball lead with 29 home runs. With the trade deadline fast approaching, Arencibia might be the Toronto Blue Jays‘ starting catcher by the end of the week.
Current Jays catcher John Buck is slated to be a free agent after this season, and there’s uncertainty whether he has met performance standards for Toronto to receive Type B draft pick compensation if he signs elsewhere in the winter.
With no guarantee of compensation, there is a b chance the 30-year-old Buck will be dealt with the Jays 13 games out of first place in the American League East.
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Larger than life: Jansen
It’s not often that a rookie reliever gets thrust into a high-pressure situation in a pennant race, but Kenley Jansen is not an ordinary rookie. Although Jansen had never pitched in a big league game before Saturday, he overwhelmed the New York Mets in the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ weekend series.
Making two appearances, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound right-hander struck out four while pitching two perfect innings. In Sunday’s 1-0 Dodgers win, Jansen recorded a save with Jonathan Broxton unavailable and looked extremely confident and poised in doing so.
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Not long after the Texans drafted Ben Tate, he became the most popular fantasy football commodity at running back in Houston. Whether he’s the most desirable is another matter; Steve Slaton (a big sleeper in KFFL’s eyes) and Arian Foster will have a say in the matter, and they’re better values.
Despite the presence of competition, Tate landed in a fairly good situation. Still, his successor at Auburn may have a brighter future. Mario Fannin enters his senior season as the Tigers’ lead ball carrier for the first time. He’ll exit it as one of the top-rated running backs in the 2011 NFL Draft.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks proved this past weekend that sabermetrics and other fantasy baseball nerdifications haven’t penetrated every front office in Major League Baseball.
Joe Saunders? Really? That‘s the headliner you get in exchange for Dan Haren, he of perpetually top-notch dominance and eliteitude?
Sorry, kids, the Haren won this race. The Snakes are now the tortoise, hoping for a slow and steady growth.
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have acquired starting pitcher Dan Haren from the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitchers Joe Saunders, Patrick Corbin and Rafael Rodriguez as well as a player to be named later, report USAToday.com’s Mike Dodd and Gabe Lacques.
Haren (7-8, 4.60 ERA, 1.35 WHIP) has been a thorough disappointment this fantasy baseball season, but he’s still considered one of the top arms in baseball. He figured to be one of hardest commodities to obtain on the trade market, but at first glance, that doesn’t appear to be the case.
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I’ve come away from a fantasy football draft twice, maybe thrice, as an owner of Ronnie Brown – and I’ve done a lot of these things. I’ve never been big on him. Good guy, I’m sure, but he has this tendency not to put a full season together.
V-Jax: a mistake ... in a way
I’m a big fan of Ricky Williams. In the dynasty league where I cut my fantasy sports teeth, I drafted Ricky after his freshman season at Texas. He was good to me. I like the kind of person he is. Did you see ESPN’s “30 for 30″ on him? Loved it.
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It happens every year! The first draft of the season always rattles me a little bit! Why? It’s not the fear of the other owners – more so because I’m rusty in how quickly online drafts move.
Compound this with the perfectionist in me and at times it’s not pretty, because when you draft before training camps open, there are many drawbacks. Some players have yet to suit up due to injury, training camp battles have yet to begin, key players may not be signed yet … you get the picture.
Ironically, I believe many of us feel that way. I’m just probably one of the few who’ll admit it. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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For the second consecutive year, fantasy football will consume Las Vegas when SUPERDRAFT takes over the Palms Casino Resort Friday, August 27.
Last year, more than 2,700 fantasy football players took part in the inaugural SUPERDRAFT blow out.
This year, according to event organizer Eric Simon, A-list celebs and eye popping hotties will be mingling with some of the best minds in fantasy football. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Neftali Feliz and I have a checkered trade history this season. With a first-place standing in saves for our KFFL Internal League (where I’ve hovered between seventh and ninth place overall for the last few months), I traded him to KFFL’s Keith Hernandez for Ryan Ludwick (pre-injury). Hernandez was in an optimal spot for me to send saves (keeping Nicholas Minnix out of moving up in the category).
With Ludwick’s injury, I’m a little sad, though. “Triste,” if you will.
(Still, this allowed me to swap Corey Hart to William Del Pilar for Dan Haren yesterday – I had another outfielder capable of producing a suitable second half once he comes back from the DL. My shaky SP made this move necessary.)
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Frieri: long-term successor to Bell (pictured)?
The San Diego Padres are proving how deep their pitching is. They lost key setup man Mike M. Adams (oblique) last week to the 15-day disabled list and were able to replace him with Ernesto Frieri, one of the top relievers in Triple-A this season.
Since joining the Padres on July 15, Frieri has been flawless, not allowing a batter to reach base in 2 1/3 innings, while striking out four. At Triple-A Portland this year, Frieri was 3-1 with a 1.43 ERA and 17 saves. In 37 2/3 innings, the Columbian right-hander recorded 49 strikeouts and walked 18.
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Not Dunn with long-term fantasy value
Behind their key veterans in their bullpen, the Atlanta Braves are developing a young corps of relievers, which includes the likes of Jonny Venters, Craig Kimbrel and now Mike Dunn. Dunn was recalled on July 15 when the Braves placed southpaw reliever Eric O’Flaherty (illness) on the 15-day disabled list.
Dunn went 2-0 with a 1.05 ERA and seven saves for Triple-A Gwinnett this season. In 42 2/3 innings pitched for the International League club, the lefty allowed no home runs and struck out 56 batters.
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Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said the team’s options at closer are open and no longer exclusively RP Bobby Jenks, the Chicago Tribune’s Mark Gonzales reports. “His velocity is not there, they feel very comfortable against him,” Guillen said. “I keep saying, closing is not an easy job. But in the meanwhile, even yesterday when he got people out we made a couple plays on the field.” Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Master golf course architect Stanley Thompson designed one of his finest gems near his hometown of Toronto. Opened in 1929 as Royal York Golf Club, the course was renamed in 1946. The last major redesign to the venue came in 2002. The course is considered among top three in Canada and one of top 100 in the world. The busy location presents logistical issues, likely the only reason the course has not held the Canadian Open since 1968. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Take Maurice Jones-Drew first overall in your fantasy draft.
Consensus says Adrian Peterson or Chris Johnson should go in the top two picks. Not all subscribe to this belief, but for the most part, it’s been the standard to take those two.
So why Mojo? It’s the safe pick. Wait, don’t go running off. Hear me out. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Rauch (pictured) has company in Slama
It’s amazing that Anthony Slama stayed in the minors as long as he did for the Minnesota Twins, considering that he has recorded an impressive 1.83 ERA in his four-year professional career. Slama was called up from Triple-A Rochester yesterday, adding another quality arm to a bullpen that leads the American League and ranks second in the bigs in reliever ERA (3.11).
The 26-year-old compiled a 1.71 ERA and notched 17 saves with Rochester this season. His efforts earned him an invitation to both the All-Star Futures Game and the Triple-A All-Star Game.
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One quarterback (let’s call him QB No. 1) completed 66.2 percent of his passes last season (51-for-77). He is a former first-round pick who spent three years grooming behind a borderline Hall of Famer.
Another quarterback (let’s call him QB No. 2) completed 64.6 percent of his passes last year (62-for-96). He is a former second-round pick who also spent three seasons grooming behind a future candidate for Canton.
There isn’t a ton of difference in the careers of Arizona Cardinals QB Matt Leinart (QB No. 1) and Philadelphia Eagles QB Kevin Kolb (QB No. 2). Yet Leinart enters the 2010 season near the bottom of fantasy quarterback cheat sheets. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Tim McCarver, always a bastion of intelligent discussion, let loose another gem last week that won’t be repeated in this space. However, a response – and another opportunity to bash McCarver – is necessary.
Sticking with relevant analogies and facts, New York Yankees management isn’t writing Joe Torre out of their history books. They’re moving on, especially since he’s managing elsewhere in the bigs, on a team that they almost met in the World Series last year. Heck, they just played him a few weeks ago, and the YES Network certainly didn’t dismiss the past. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Bowden no threat to Papelbon (pictured)
The Boston Red Sox‘s bullpen ranks 13th in the American League in reliever ERA (4.48). The club has looked into acquiring a reliever via trade, but before doing so they want to get a closer look at their in-house options.
As a result, right-handed pitcher Michael Bowden was brought up from Triple-A Pawtucket on July 18 with the intention of utilizing him in high-pressure situations. After throwing two scoreless innings in his first appearance, Bowden allowed the game-winning hit in last night’s 5-4, 10th-inning loss to the Oakland Athletics.
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The term “expert” is applied to those that work in the industry, but most fans despise the term. To me this is all ego-driven, because at the end of the day, everyone has a fantasy track record. I’ve always felt championships mark the true measure of someone’s knowledge. Sure, you can argue that point, too, but I’m talking in a general sense. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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The Milwaukee Brewers promoted Lorenzo Cain on July 16 when they placed pitcher Doug Davis (elbow) on the 15-day disabled list. Since his call-up, Cain has appeared in two games off the bench, going 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and a run scored.
The Brewers are expected to option Cain to Triple-A Nashville when pitcher Yovani Gallardo (rib) is activated from the disabled list this Thursday.
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Craig has the bat, needs a spot
Called up for his third 2010 stint with the St. Louis Cardinals on July 15, Allen Craig is finally making an impact, playing a big part in the Redbirds’ last two victories. The former California Golden Bear drove in three runs Sunday and followed up that performance with his first big league homer yesterday.
Craig took the spot on the 25-man roster of reserve outfielder Nick Stavinoha, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain.
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I find legitimate sleeper value in Carolina Panthers quarterback Matt Moore. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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The Cleveland Indians have placed CL Kerry Wood (finger) on the 15-day disabled list with a blister on his right index finger, according to Anthony Castrovince, of MLB.com. The Indians have recalled RP Jensen Lewis from Triple-A Columbus to replace Wood on the roster. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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You’ve seen the First-Half All-Starts. Now, behold the second annual Rounding the Bases All-Scrubs team, gauging the duds based on profit loss on draft or pickup value, not necessarily overall performance. Players who suffered long-term injuries not included unless performance otherwise warrants scubbery. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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Following my blog from earlier this week, let’s stick with fantasy football questions being asked and answered by various experts within the industry. You could say Part 1 – from earlier this week – was “Which player who changed teams this offseason will suffer most from a new address?”
Now I believe I made my points in choosing my player, but let’s look at it from the opposite perspective: “Which veteran who changed teams will benefit most this season?”
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Could Ogando succeed Feliz (pictured)?
Since joining the Texas Rangers‘ relief corps in mid-June, Alexi Ogando has been brilliant, registering a microscopic 0.57 ERA and 0.83 WHIP in 12 big league appearances. The rookie also became the third pitcher since 1900 to earn relief wins in each of his first three big league appearances.
Ogando’s overnight success has been amazing when one considers that the Dominican didn’t pitch in affiliated ball from 2005 to 2009. In 2006, the U.S. State Department revoked his visa for his alleged involvement in a human trafficking ring operated by organized crime members in the Dominican Republic.
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Can McDonald be a Big fantasy Mac soon?
The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ second-half pennant hopes will likely hinge on the improvement of their starting pitching, which currently ranks 12th in the National League with a 4.30 ERA. This upcoming Monday, when they host the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers might give James McDonald a crack at a starting rotation spot, hoping he can help change the team’s pitching misfortunes.
McDonald would replace John Ely as the fifth starter at least temporarily. Earlier in the week, Ely was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque after surrendering 12 runs (11 earned) in his last two starts.
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“My gut is telling me no … but my gut is also very hungry.”
- George Oscar Bluth II
KFFL’s staff predictions kicked off this week. The first report: our expected 2010 NFL standings for your perusal.
For the most part, a lot of us are on the same page. One area I differ? A surprise AFC West team sneaking into the playoffs – the Oakland Raiders. They’ve been the butt of plenty of jokes over the last few years with the Lane Kiffin fiasco, No. 1 overall bust
JaMarcus Russell and owner Al Davis’ continued fascination with speed (say hey Darrius Heyward-Bey), among the headlining issues. It’s for good reason that people have taken shots.
In 2010, though, that is going to change. Oakland will be a playoff team. They’ll sneak in as a wild card. And as the New York Jets showed last year, once you’re in, anything is possible. Tap your mouse here for more >>
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