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Eric Karabell ranks his top 200 players in fantasy football for the 2013 season.

The Toronto Blue Jays are turning their disappointing season around, and certainly the starting pitching has been a key factor in their seven-game winning streak. On Monday, right-hander Josh Johnson, unreliable for health and performance in 2013 aft...

Blog | June 19, 2013

Wow, Tuesday was a big day for the New York Mets. After all, how else can one describe the emotion that comes with trading for outfielder Eric Young Jr.? [+] Enlarge Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings against t...

Blog | June 19, 2013

Ken Daube, Eric Karabell, Christopher Harris and Matthew Berry know a thing or three about fantasy football. Fantasy Points Per Game WR Harvin Thomas 2013 11.1* 11.3* 2012 11.0 11.9 2011 10.3 6.7 ...

How well do you know baseball's rules? Be sure to take Jayson Stark's 10-question quiz; you may be surprised what you don't know. While Jayson's quiz focuses on the confusing stuff that can happen between the lines, Eric Karabell and I discuss som...

Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz fell to the 13th round, on average, in ESPN live drafts prior to this season, which seemed a bit strange, but it made him a nice bargain. Sure, there's outfield depth this season and Cruz has had trouble staying o...

Blog | June 18, 2013

Before Sunday, the last time once-productive Detroit Tigers outfielders Austin Jackson and Torii Hunter each had multiple hits in the same game was back on May 4. Perhaps that's a bit misleading and unfair, since Jackson came off his month-long disab...

Blog | June 17, 2013

Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, Eric Karabell will drop by to take your questions and analyze all the latest sports news from a fantasy perspective. Send your questions now and join Karabell Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET!Need an in-depth answer to y...

Both pitchers in Sunday's 2-0 Cleveland Indians win over the Washington Nationals are being judged unfairly these days. The relatively unknown Tribe right-hander, Corey Kluber, spoiled the return of Stephen Strasburg from his disabled list stint by h...

Blog | June 17, 2013

Well, the Tampa Bay Rays finally made the big move on Sunday night that many have been waiting months for: Infielder Ryan Roberts was sent to Triple-A Durham. Oh, and slugging outfielder Wil Myers, the generally acknowledged top prospect in baseball...

Blog | June 16, 2013

The seemingly brittle NL West teams just can't seem to catch a break when it comes to key injuries. The Los Angeles Dodgers haven't had their optimal lineup all year, and two outfielders are still out. The San Diego Padres got center fielder Cameron ...

Blog | June 14, 2013

The first Oakland Athletics pitcher chosen in ESPN average live drafts prior to this season was not one of the current members of the stellar rotation or closer Grant Balfour. It was brittle left-hander Brett Anderson, who is trying to recover from h...

Blog | June 13, 2013

It would be a waste of time to look for faults in Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole's big league debut. He took a four-hit, no-walk shutout into the seventh inning at PNC Park against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night, with a larger...

Blog | June 12, 2013

Tuesday was not a good day for the San Francisco Giants. Before having to face hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates rookie phenom Gerrit Cole in his debut, the Giants placed third baseman Pablo Sandoval on the disabled list because of a strained left foo...

Blog | June 12, 2013

Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, Eric Karabell will drop by to take your questions and analyze all the latest sports news from a fantasy perspective. Send your questions now and join Karabell Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET!Need an in-depth answer to y...

All the games count equally, so let's not shortchange Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo for Monday's excellent performance as he tossed eight innings of four-hit, shutout ball against the lowly Miami Marlins. After all, Miami's lineup di...

Blog | June 11, 2013