Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers

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 [...]

With Jonathan Papelbon signing with the Phillies, the next big name closer signing is that of Joe Nathan who signed a 2 year, $14 million deal with the Rangers.  With the loss of Nathan, the Minnesota Twins lose their all-time career saves leader. The deal sends Neftali Feliz, who saved 72 games over the past [...]

Rarely in the MLB does a pitcher win Most Valuable Player honors.  the last pitcher to win the MVP award in the National League was Bob Gibson in 1968.  Since then, several American League pitchers have won the MVP award and most recently it was Dennis Eckersley who won it with the A’s in 1992. [...]

September is no time to stop pushing in your fantasy baseball league.  In fact, with a wealth of new players hitting the Big Leagues when rosters expand to 40, there will be some talent available to help you out. Here’s a look at a few that we think will have the biggest impact in the [...]

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 [...]

The MLB All-Star game takes place on Tuesday night in Phoenix and once again, we take a look at the ALL STAR DUDS  and the ALL STAR SNUBS based on fantasy baseball statistics. FANTASY BASEBALL ALL STAR DUDS Aaron Crow, Relief Pitcher, Royals — Crow is having a nice rookie season with a 2-2 record [...]