Fantasy Baseball Dugout

Wednesday night, Nate McLouth was traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for three prospects – right-hander Charlie Morton, centerfielder Gorkys Hernandez and lefty Jeff Locke. McLouth hasn’t been quite as awesome in the first two months of 2009 as he was in 2008. His current 5×5 numbers on the year are .256/9/34/27/7 [...]

In the last seven days, 32 different relief pitchers have logged a save for their respective team. Do you have the right relievers getting saves for your team to maximize your save opportunities each week? One fantasy baseball tip we highly recommend is carrying one more closer than your league minimum (get 3 if your [...]

With a lack of two-start pitcher “must-starts” this week, there are tons of fantasy baseball starters that are sleepers to pick through as you pitcher stream in fantasy baseball week 3. Two guys who are widely owned that you should keep your eye on this week are Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (83% owned) and [...]

The 2009 baseball season is only 10 days old. Already, 34 different relief pitchers have logged a save for their team. Do you own the right guys to maximize your save totals? A lot of websites and fantasy baseball experts recommend not “paying for saves” during your fantasy draft because many closers are given a [...]

Jeff Francouer has a propensity for the dramatic. Jeff Francouer proposed to his wife, Catie McCoy, on one knee at the historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta during a presentation of Beauty and the Beast.  This was the place where Francouer pledged his love to Catie a few years earlier.  Francouer got on one knee in the [...]

It’s Opening Day – one of our favorite days of the year at Fantasy Baseball Dugout! Because every team has a chance today – even the Orioles and Pirates! We figured now is the best time to throw out those 2009 regular season predictions and knock a bunch of those teams back down to earth. [...]

Citizen’s Bank Park, Philadelphia –Fantasy Baseball Dugout is live in Philadelphia for the Major League Baseball home opener. BallparkBob, seated in section 117, will be reporting results from the game via his cell phone text messaging. FIRST INNING Brian McCann went deep in the first inning off of Brett Myers. We said McCann was going [...]

In the final segment of our fantasy baseball sleepers reports, Fantasy Baseball Dugout brings you its analysis of the catcher position. Catcher is a position that many fantasy baseball managers neglect, but there’s a few sleepers that you can pick up in later rounds that could really have big seasons.  Here’s a look at our [...]