Fantasy Baseball Dugout

There is little argument that saves are the most important statistic in fantasy baseball. In a 4 x 4 or 5 x 5 league, you can win an entire category just for having a consistent duo or trio of closers. But, the statistic of saves is a relatively new one and star closers of yesterdays long gone by like Lindy McDaniel, Jim Konstanty, and ElRoy Face sure wish that The Sporting News would have come up with the statistic while they were still active.

Francisco Rodriguez tied former White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen’s 18-year old record for saves in a season in Thursday night’s 7-4 Angels victory over the Seattle Mariners. With K-Rod now one save shy of the all-time record, the question arises… how should fantasy owners handle K-Rod in 2009? Closers are some of the toughest players [...]

It’s playoff time in most fantasy baseball leagues. It’s do or die. The league title is on the line and the bottle of Yoo-Hoo could be dumped over your head! Unlike in the real thing, in fantasy baseball, September is the time to start dealing your starting pitchers. Moving pitchers in and out, as much [...]

It’s the event of the generation like the John F. Kennedy assassination was of our mothers and fathers. Everybody remembers where they were when the horrors of September 11 struck seven years ago. In addition, we all have our special memories of the time. For BallparkBob, it was attending the Diamondbacks vs. Yankees World Series [...]

Heidi Miller DeRosa, fashion model, and wife of Cubs’ second baseman Mark DeRosa, is the leading vote getter after one month in Fantasy Baseball Dugout’s First Annual “Hottest Wife in Baseball” contest. The fantasy baseball advice blog has been posting photos of some of the most beautiful wives of professional baseball players all year. Then, [...]

Similar to having quality starting pitching, understanding hitter trends and setting your lineup with the best hitters is essential to winning in fantasy baseball. Fantasy Baseball Dugout’s Week 24 Cheat Sheet is designed to give you a full view of the top hitters, by position, in fantasy baseball (just in time for the playoffs). Nate [...]

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Quality starting pitching is essential to winning in fantasy baseball, especially in playoff time. The time has come to consider adding a starting pitcher who will make two starts in Week 24. Pitchers who make two starts generally keep a lower ERA and bring in more strikeouts over the course of a weekly head-to-head matchup. [...]