Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

BallparkBob analyzes starting pitchers sleepers for the 2012 season on the weekly Spadora on Sports radio show.

Pitching is 80% of the game, give or take a little depending on whom you speak with.  But, in fantasy baseball, there’s no doubt about it: pitching is 50% of the game. Many fantasy baseball managers enter a draft thinking that pitching is an after-thought.  Rarely, does a manager spend more than 50% of his [...]

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 [...]

Our guest writer today is Chris McBrien.  Chris McBrien is a baseball writer for numerous baseball websites and may be found at Dear Mr. Fantasy and can be followed on Twitter @cmcbrien In any fantasy baseball keeper league, there are always the obvious choices in regard to which baseball players you will hold onto heading [...]

A fantasy baseball sleeper can be defined in a number of different ways. What it really comes down to is the ability to draft a player at a lower position than they should be positioned. In other words, a fantasy baseball sleeper is any player who will perform significantly better than other players drafted in [...]

His Dad was Flash Gordon, but the nickname “Flash” is far more appropriate for Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon. Dee Gordon’s rookie season in the MLB has been a tale of two mini-seasons. Dee Gordon got the call when Rafael Furcal went on the DL and his initial debut in the Majors was less than spectacular.  [...]

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