Fantasy Baseball Dugout

In the latest chapter of fantasy baseball rookie savior news, Evan Longoria has been called up to join the Tampa Bay Rays from the AAA class Durham Bulls. In the business of the big league, everyone seems to win here: Longoria gets to the bigs early in the season, and the Rays push his free […]

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Making trades and impulsive roster changes in the early weeks of a fantasy baseball season can be damning to your team over the course of the year.
Fantasy baseball is a marathon race, not a sprint. Very often, the hottest hitters and pitchers in fantasy baseball during April and May do not pan out over the […]

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has a strained upper left quadriceps and will miss most of the action during fantasy baseball week two. Jeter could return as early as Friday, but could be out longer. At time of post, he will not land on the disabled list… so you won’t be able to get a free […]

If you need something to look forward to at your desk during those dull spring and summer Mondays , your friends at Fantasy Baseball Dugout hope you consider our weekly blog posts chronicling fantasy baseball’s Players of the Week.
The award criteria are pretty simple. Start with a standard 5×5 league. The top hitter and top […]

Winning a weekly matchup in fantasy baseball often comes down to getting the most quality pitching out of your starting roster. If you have a player on your squad like Pedro Martinez who recently hit the DL, try replacing him with a pitcher that has two-starts this week. Even if you have to add a […]

Do Spring Training stats even matter as an indicator of a player’s fantasy baseball value for the new season?
 Not if you are Micah Hoffpauir or Joe Nelson; that’s for sure.
Hoffpauir, 28, led the National League in spring training batting average at .419 (26-62) and was was second in slugging (.780) sandwiched between Albert Pujols and […]

Pitchers are coming out and throwing hard early on this season. Unfortunately for some of them, their hard throwing has led to stints on the disabled list.
Two star pitchers recently landed on the DL:

Seattle Mariners closer J.J. Putz was placed on the 15-day DL Tuesday with inflamed rib cartilage. This certainly hurts your team’s relief […]

2008 will be a great season to get out of the office and catch a Major League Baseball game. The league certainly doesn’t NEED your patronage, as ticket sales have continued to soar in previous seasons, but there are two special reasons to get to the ballpark in 2008:

Yankees fan needs one last experience in […]