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Every fantasy baseball owner who fails to win his or her league can point to a player or two they feel doomed their chances. We've all done it. What's interesting is the disparity of those players. To some owners, choosing Matt Kemp third o...

Blog | September 13, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the players who disappointed fantasy owners the most in 2012, including Ricky Romero and Justin Upton, and then lays out his 2013 expectation for each of them.

Blog | Conversation | September 13, 2012

It was one of the busiest July 31 non-waiver trade deadlines in recent memory, but what about a handful of trades that did not happen but should have? These were deals that made a lot of sense, even perhaps got discussed between teams, yet never mate...

Blog | August 03, 2012

Dan Szymborski ranks the dozen trade deadline deals that increased teams' playoff odds the most. Hint: It involves a Los Angeles team.

Story | Conversation | August 01, 2012

Just because the non-waiver trade deadline has passed doesn't mean the deals are done. Buster Olney lists 10 players who could factor into trade packages in August.

Blog | Conversation | August 01, 2012

It was a busy day as the trade deadline brought a lot of change for a few teams looking to make a playoff push. Here is a look at the major-league impact of Tuesday's trades. All stats are entering Tuesday. RYAN DEMPSTER The Texas Rangers acquir...

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will pitch in September and October. Let's get that out of the way up front. Entering the weekend the right-hander is the No. 10 pitcher on ESPN's Player Rater and one of the most coveted individua...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks ahead to the final two months of the season and lays out a handful of bold predictions for pitchers, including thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum and R.A. Dickey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks back at Wednesday's action, including a big game from Chipper Jones, Cliff Lee's first win and Chris Tillman's debut.

Blog | Conversation | July 05, 2012

Chicago Cubs right-hander Jeff Samardzija fanned a career-best 11 Atlanta Braves on Monday, allowing one run over seven innings. Samardzija hadn't won since May, and it wasn't Cliff Lee-type bad luck, either. Samardzija's June ERA was ...

Blog | July 03, 2012

Eric Karabell recaps some of the fantasy highlights from Monday's games, including Jeff Samardzija's 11 strikeouts.

Blog | Conversation | July 03, 2012

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the reasons a handful of top-10 starting pitchers have struggled badly this season.

AJ Mass updates his Top 100 points league rankings, including notes on players trending up or down, and sets his line for "must-start" starting pitchers.

Dave Cameron says pitchers James Shields, Cliff Lee and Jason Hammel are finding immediate success by increasing their ground ball rate.

Story | Conversation | June 01, 2012

By passing up the chance to sign an extension with the Phillies, Cole Hamels essentially doubled down on himself. As Buster Olney writes, that bet is about to pay off in a big, big way.

Blog | Conversation | May 24, 2012

Our experts discuss the return of Cliff Lee, the rough start to the season for Ervin Santana and the Brewers' decision to extend the contracts of their manager and general manager.