Fantasy Baseball Dugout

Phillies Spring Training 2011 Jayson Werth may wish that he was Ruben Amaro Jr., but he isn’t.  And, the Phillies decided to not sign Werth for 2011 despite his contributions the past several seasons.  Rather, the Phillies used that money to sign Cliff Lee whom they should not have let go to begin with. Why [...]

Last season, some well meaning senators, Jonny Isakson (R-Ga) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), decided to honor Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox on his 50th year of service to baseball.  Isakson’s staffers even put together a nice reception for the legendary Braves manager.  Unfortunately, as often  happens in Washington, things don’t quite go as expected.

Jose Lopez had been hearing for a while that he was going to become the Colorado Rockies new second baseman.  But, it never happened during the 2010 season and Lopez remained with the Mariners past the trading deadline. In the off-season, however, the two clubs made the deal and Lopez became the eighth Venezuelan on [...]

Pitching coach Rich Dubee pinned the Phillies Phab Phour starting rotation to the bulletin board in Clearwater yesterday.  No surprise, but Roy Halladay will be the opening day starter on April 1 when the Phillies host the Astros.  Halladay will be followed by Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels, and Joe Blanton. Fantasy baseball logic [...]

Miguel Cabrera is hitting shots again. Unfortunately, it’s not the kind of shots that the Detroit Tigers would like him to be hitting. Late Wednesday, Miguel Cabrera was arrested on a drunken driving charge just 110 miles south of Lakeland where the Tigers are conducting Spring Training.  Inside the vehicle, Cabrera smelled of alcohol, had [...]

As the fantasy baseball draft season begins ramping up, there’s a lot of debate among players in your league – and among fantasy baseball experts – over which draft style is best to implement for your league. Some people in your league will no doubt have a strong preference… while others won’t really care (that [...]