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I'm not quite sure how San Francisco Giants left-hander Barry Zito does it, since his stuff seems pretty average -- OK, perhaps below average -- but there he was on center stage Wednesday afternoon mowing down the Philadelphia Phillies at AT&amp...

Blog | May 09, 2013

Eric Karabell recaps the news and notes from Wednesday, including Barry Zito's pitching gem, Dan Uggla's power display and more.

Blog | Conversation | May 09, 2013

Buster takes a look at Game 1 and sees a Tigers team that was impatient both at the plate and on the mound. They were out of sync, and it all started with Justin Verlander.

Blog | Conversation | October 25, 2012

Buster breaks down the 12 matchups that will define the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants.

Blog | Conversation | October 24, 2012

Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospectus ranks the dozen most untradable contracts in baseball, starting with Alex Rodriguez's deal.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2012

It was a year ago when the St. Louis Cardinals sat five games over .500 at 67-62, 10 games behind the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers and 10.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for the NL wild card. The Cardinals ended up going 23...

Blog | August 13, 2012

New York Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes delivered a complete game 5-1 win in Detroit Sunday, outdueling Justin Verlander for his fifth win. Hughes remains an enigma, one owned in only 7.6 percent of ESPN leagues, but his eight strikeouts Sunday put...

Blog | June 04, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the most fantasy-relevant tidbits from Sunday's games, including Phil Hughes outpitching Justin Verlander.

Blog | Conversation | June 04, 2012

Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer had three hits and a stolen base at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, lifting his batting average to .191. Hosmer got some much-needed luck with two infield singles and a bloop double, but with a season BABIP o...

Blog | May 24, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the most fantasy-relevant tidbits from Wednesday's games, including scuffling Eric Hosmer enjoying a three-hit night.

Blog | Conversation | May 24, 2012

In our current run-starved era soft-tossing lefties like Barry Zito are benefitting most.

Story | Conversation | May 18, 2012

A contract never starts off "bad," per se. Obviously, a general manager signs a player to a contract with the intent that the player will help the team win, even if the GM knows the criticism over dollars and years is out there. The contract ofte...

Blog | May 04, 2012

Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospects breaks down Ichiro Suzuki, Zack Greinke, Barry Zito and other players who have changed their approaches in 2012.

Story | Conversation | April 26, 2012

• Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish struggled initially in his first big league start Monday, allowing the light-hitting Seattle Mariners to score five runs over the first two innings. Then the Japan native settled down to throw four scorel...

Blog | April 10, 2012

Eric Karabell has the fantasy highlights from Monday's action, including his thoughts on Yu Darvish's big league debut.

Blog | Conversation | April 10, 2012

Dave Cameron of FanGraphs writes about five players who need good starts to 2012 because they are already on notice this season, beginning with Tampa Bay's Jeff Niemann.

Story | Conversation | April 05, 2012