Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers

With 42-year-old Mariano Rivera on the DL for the first time since 2003, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that David Robertson and Rafael Soriano will close games the remainder of the season. From what we’ve seen, read, and heard, however, Robertson is the guy to bet on as your fantasy baseball closer for now. The [...]

Fantasy baseball closers are coming and going quickly in the early weeks of the 2012 baseball season.  Here’s a rundown of the closer situations with many franchises and how you can benefit by picking up closers in waiting. When it comes to fantasy baseball, you don’t necessarily need the best closers, you just need the [...]

Value picks.  Fantasy baseball is all about buying low and getting value.  Getting players that exceed the typical expectations for that player. Here’s our list of players that we’ll be targeting in our 2012 fantasy baseball draft. HITTERS Pedro Alvarez, Third Base, Pittsburgh Pirates — After a great rookie season when Pedro Alvarez hit 25 [...]

With the news that Grant Balfour has been officially named the A’s closer to start the season, we decided to take a look at our top 30 fantasy baseball relievers for 2012 and make sure he is included. Balfour breaks our top 30 at no. 28, which means you can probably still get him on [...]

Ballpark Bob Bentz gives his top sleeper picks at every position for the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Be sure to visit our Pinterest page on fantasy baseball sleepers and be sure to add your own favorite sleepers to our page.

We all love value picks.  We all love sleepers.  Who will be this season’s Lance Berkman, Joel Hanrahan, or Ian Kennedy? BallparkBob reviews his top sleepers at each position for the 2012 season.   Catcher — Wilson Ramos, Washington Nationals Wilson Ramos is best known as the guy who got kidnapped in Venezuela this off-season [...]

Fantasy Baseball Dugout reader Keri Bush tipped us off to a hot baseball wife that deserves to be considered for our 5th Annual Baseball’s Hottest Wives contest in 2012. If you haven’t heard of Trey McNutt before, you had better start to take notice.  McNutt is currently the #2 pitching prospect in the Cubs organization.  [...]

This post was written and contributed by Kellen Hunter. Picks for 2012 During the fantasy baseball draft, nothing quite beats the thrill of getting the most in-demand players on your roster. If you’re serious about your team, you spend hours poring over predictions and stats, making your picks and setting your lineups. But sometimes, a [...]