Fantasy Baseball Outfielders

If you pull up the first-half player rankings of all batters in Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball today, you’ll see that the current no. 1 overall player heading into the All-Star break is none other than Pittsburgh Pirates OFer Andrew McCutchen. Cutch hit two home runs on Sunday and went 3-for-5 at the plate against the Giants. [...]

Most fantasy baseball experts will tell you to go with veteran players over newcomers as top rookies are often more hype than players that will lead you to a fantasy baseball league championship. Moreover, picking up a 19-year-old player, no matter how good he appears to be, has historically not been a great decision.  Justin [...]

Here’s some bargain basements pickups for National League teams.  These are guys that are likely available in deep NL-only leagues that show some promise (well at least a little) and might be worthy of a flyer on a free agent pickup.   Eric Young, Jr., OF, Colorado Rockies  — All Eric Young Jr. will do [...]

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 [...]

Jose Bautista has the skills to go first overall in fantasy drafts; call me a homer if you want (you would be right). You might ask me if I have ever heard of Miguel Cabrera or Matt Kemp and the answer would be I have, but… Bautista MIGHT be better (a BIG might). In Yahoo! [...]

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.

Learn how to join the Spadora on Sports fantasy baseball league where you can win prizes for beating the experts at Fantasy Baseball Dugout. Also, Jonathan Bentz talks about Evan Longoria, David Price, Carlos Gonzalez, and Adam Jones who are players who are all turning 27-years-old this season and are at their peak of productivity.

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 [...]