Time to arm yourself for the second half
By Keith Hernandez | Categories: Foul Territory
The 162-game baseball schedule is grueling, especially for those guys that toe the rubber every fifth day. This is why major league clubs need every available arm they can afford to get them through this marathon stretch of ball games. This principle holds true for your fantasy baseball stable of starters as well. It would [...]
What The Top 100 in the NFL Would Look Like If It Was Based on Pay
By TheBigLead.com - Jason Lisk | Categories: NFL
The NFL Network concluded its Top 100. What would a Top 100 look like if it was based on how general managers actually allocated their money? More quarterbacks and less running backs.
Embrace Kyle Farnsworth, ditch your bias
By Tim Heaney | Categories: Rounding the Bases,Snap Judgment
I'm not saying Merlin is wrong to recall the past; it's good to know the history of players because it helps the analysis process. But he might've changed his mind knowing that Farnsworth's cutter has changed his game for the better since '09. His K/9 is down this year, but his diverse arsenal and triple-digit heat was calibrated when he tried to enter the Kansas City Royals' rotation in 2010. It helped teach him how to pitch.
Is Ryan Fitzpatrick a fantasy football stud in the making?
By Cory J. Bonini | Categories: Misanthropic Musings
Could the Buffalo Bills' Ryan Fitzpatrick be the breakout quarterback of 2011? He was on his way in 2010 but needs to tone down his mistakes and improve his accuracy to make the leap to the next level. The Bills' receiving corps because a hodgepodge of nobodies, and even with the emergence of Stevie Johnson, [...]
NASCAR’s new rules causing headaches for fantasy owners
By Brian Polking | Categories: Fantasy NASCAR,NASCAR
Gambles paying off
Prior to the start of the 2011 season, NASCAR introduced a few major changes. The point system was simplified, the Chase format was altered to add a pair of wildcard spots, and drivers were told to police themselves on the track with a boys have at it mentality.
While the mathematical impact of the new point system on fantasy owners has been talked about at length, the impact of the two other changes has been flying under the radar. However, it is these last two changes that have been silent killers in fantasy circles. Click here to read the rest...
2011 fantasy baseball first-half All-Stars
By Tim Heaney | Categories: Rounding the Bases,Snap Judgment
What's more American and Canadian than debating lists? Time to feed our patriotic needs to rank things and stuff.
Let the comment fireworks fly over my omissions from the 2011 fantasy baseball first-half All-Stars.
Charlie Furbush’s crafty move
By Nicholas Minnix | Categories: Finger Nickin' Good
For the second straight week, an MLB team elevated one of its relievers to the rotation, and for the second straight week, the name is of interest.
