Fantasy Baseball Infielders

Whether you run a major league franchise or a fantasy baseball team, Prince Fielder represents a risk to your team’s long term success. There has been much ado in the sports media recently about Prince Fielder perhaps joining a new team (or re-signing with his old club) as a free agent for the 2012 season. [...]

If every pitcher had his ability to pitch anywhere, it would be Petco Park in San Diego.  Now, Mat Latos leaves Petco and its friendly confines for Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.  How will Latos fare there? Well, Latos leaves a Padres team that has struggled to score runs to a Cincinnati team that has [...]

The Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox made a trade last week that sent Astros’ closer Mark Melancon to the Red Sox in exchange for infielder Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland. Who Will Nab Red Sox Closer Role? Mark Melancon had 20 saves for Houston this year, going 8-4 with a 2.78 ERA and 1.22 [...]

It has been a very hot Hot Stove League for Fall and Winter 2011 and there are still many key free agent signings remaining. Fantasy Baseball Dugout takes a look at the winners and losers thus far in the 2011 free agent market.  Which players will perform better in their new homes and which players [...]

Albert Pujols did the unimaginable.  Pujols faked all of us out by signing with the Los Angeles Angels–a team that didn’t even enter the Pujols sweepstakes until two days before he actually signed.  The result of the contract is a 10 year commitment from the Angels that will pay Phat Albert $68,493 per day for [...]

Listen as BallparkBob discusses who should be your # 1 pick in the 2012 fantasy baseball draft.  One surprise: that pick is not Albert Pujols this year.  The fantasy sports segment starts with coverage of NFL fantasy football week 14 and we pick up the fantasy baseball report at 3:40 in the dialogue.

In past years, the decision was easy.  Just scratch in Albert Pujols if you had the #1 pick in your fantasy baseball draft and you were locked in.  Sure, some fantasy baseball managers who subscribed to the position scarcity strategy would go with Hanley Ramirez instead, but for the most part, Pujols was your guy. [...]