An all-decade, all-value lineup card

Erik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Offseason Notebook: Braves' new 'pen

Tristan H. Cockcroft mines recent offseason baseball activities for the fantasy implications of each move.

Heyward already living up to hype at AFL

...18 players who played in the AFL have gone on to win rookie of the year awards. Fantasy players who want to get a jump on their competition and find some potential bargains for next...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Rivera, Nathan lead '10 relief rankings

Eric Karabell reviews each team's bullpen situation this year and previews the closer situations for 2010.

Plenty of division battles on tap

Adam Madison previews Monday's MLB action, including a bunch of division battles to start the final week of the regular season.

Any drama left for season's final week?

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the final week of the baseball season and says there's a lot of uncertainty with many top teams close to clinching playoff berths.

King Felix leads list of road warriors

AJ Mass previews Thursday's MLB action, and says that all the top pitching options are starting on the road.

Cain, Harden lead thin starter crop

Adam Madison previews Wednesday's MLB action, including a number of Quadruple-A pitchers taking the mound.

Dice-K finally makes return

Adam Madison previews Tuesday's MLB action, including the return of Daisuke Matsuzaka from a long stint on the disabled list.

For a night, Penny is prime currency

Mike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francis...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009

Why Greinke should win the Cy Young

By the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009

Fantasy Baseball: 8/24

Keith Lipscomb joins Nate to talk about some interesting hurlers like Fausto Carmona, Scott Feldman and John Smoltz.

Cincinnati Reds' Drew Stubbs watches his fly ball to left field in his first major league at bat against San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito in th...

Young hitting at Triple-A

Kevin Goldstein checks in on recently demoted Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Young, who is getting his act together in the minor leagues.

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2009

Stubbs ready for majors

Kevin Goldstein notes that Drew Stubbs is already a better ballplayer than Willy Taveras, so what is he doing still in Triple-A?

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009