Fantasy Baseball Catchers

Jonathan Bentz of Fantasy Baseball Dugout discusses the Michael Pineda for Jesus Montero trade and its impact on fantasy baseball 2012. Michael Pineda to the Yankees: Fantasy Analysis In getting traded to the New York Yankees, Miguel Pineda immediately gets thrown into a spotlight/pressure cooker situation. He’s projecting right now as no. 2 in the [...]

Bob Bentz of Fantasy Baseball Dugout discusses the 2012 fantasy baseball sleepers at the catcher position on the Spadora on Sports radio show.

by BallparkBob Finding a sleeper at catcher is probably the toughest position to acquire a hidden gem.  That’s because catchers are more injury prone, take more time off, and, quite frankly, they usually don’t hit all that well in the first place. Here are our 2012 fantasy baseball sleepers at the catcher position. 2012 Fantasy [...]

The Pittsburgh Pirates were in tremendous need of a catcher for the 2012 season and they got their man in veteran backstop Rod Barajas. With Ryan Doumit and Chris Snyder both opting for free agency, getting a veteran catcher who could handle the young Pirates pitching staff was critical and in Rod Barajas, the Bucs [...]

As you may know, at Fantasy Baseball Scholars we’re all about the trends and numbers.   It seems like several times a week while analyzing players we run across stats that don’t seem possible.  So we thought that we would come up with 21 stats that stood out to us.  1. Jay Bruce was the NL [...]

Players to watch as we head into the final full week before the All-Star game. Mike Napoli, Catcher, Rangers — Napoli has been on the shelf with a strained oblique since June 11.  He’ll be eased back into the lineup this week beginning on Monday against the Orioles after a rehab assignment at Round Rock. [...]

by BallparkBob If you have Buster Posey on your fantasy baseball team, you made a wise choice at the beginning of the season during your draft.  You chose a rising star who proved that he was one of the premiere backstops in the Majors last year at a position that is devoid of a tremendous [...]