Be careful not to overrate K-Rod
Eric Karabell...seventh and eighth innings and someone with a track record is the main set-up guy (Brian Fuentes, maybe?). As for the Angels, it was presumed all along K-Rod was history, which is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008Hochevar, Reyes, finding the next Gavin Floyd
Eric KarabellI didn't really believe in Gavin Floyd, a fact I readily admit. It's not because I was angry with him for failing with my hometown Phillies after bein...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2008
Ortiz, Chipper, Liriano, weekend watch
Eric KarabellToo many fantasy baseball owners figure they can pay attention to what's going on from Monday through Friday afternoon and be all caught up. It's the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2008
Euphoric about Eugenio; closers, Bush, mail
Eric KarabellI'm catching up from a crazy week spent at the All-Star festivities and then in Los Angeles at the ESPYs, and let's just say I was in no position to r...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2008
Harden, Drew, most untradable fantasy players
Eric KarabellRich Harden was downright filthy on Thursday. The Phillies had no chance. Even if Harden was facing a team that wasn't slumping, it wouldn't have matt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008
Bad teams hurt fantasy players
Eric KarabellI can't figure out the Tigers. I know I've said and written this before, but Jim Leyland's reaction to a floundering two months of the season has been...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 02, 2008
The rankings I stood alone on
Eric KarabellAre you all ranked out yet? This was rankings week at ESPN.com fantasy, and we hope you enjoyed it. In Thursday's column I wrote about my mindset in r...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 09, 2008
Tigers infield, Pujols at second, eligibility talk
Eric KarabellEarlier this week Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced he was going to switch the positions of corner infielders Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen, wh...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 25, 2008
Checking out Gagne, 2008 closers
Eric KarabellGood for Eric Gagne, I say, in convincing a major league baseball team that he's worth $10 million for a season, but I'm not going to fall for this in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2007
Baseball's final four, fantasy thoughts
Eric Karabell...gets strikeouts, his team scores runs, and he'll be the closer all season. Forget about Brian Fuentes, Corpas will be a great bargain after the top-15 closers are taken. Offensively, it's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2007
One more game ... for some of you
Eric KarabellFor those in fantasy baseball roto leagues who think you won, hold off another day. For those in head-to-head leagues who think they still have a shot...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2007
TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "brian fuentes" make the list?