Fantasy Baseball Catchers

From the February 18 Spadora on  Sports radio show, Fantasy Baseball Dugout editors review rankings for starting pitchers and catchers for the 2012 season.  Plus, BallparkBob continues his series on sleepers–this time discussing the outfield position.  Kate Upton and MLB2K12.  Plus, a tribute to Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter.

Ask and ye shall receive. Last night we completed, published, and released to the Twitterverse our first official 2012 ranking of fantasy baseball catchers. Check them out by clicking the link below. Top 25 catcher rankings for 2012 To quickly summarize them… There’s a new no. 1 in town for 2012 – Indians backstop Carlos [...]

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 [...]

Bob Bentz of Fantasy Baseball Dugout discusses the 2012 fantasy baseball sleepers at the catcher position on the Spadora on Sports radio show. Click this link to check out our Top 25 catcher rankings for 2012.  

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. Click this [...]

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. [...]