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While the big leaguers were mainly finishing up the first series of their new season Thursday, the minor leaguers started things up at the same time, and there are quite a few players whose progress fantasy owners should be following. While I continu...

Blog | April 05, 2013

Eric Karabell discusses five top prospects who made their 2013 minor league debuts and when they may make they reach the big leagues.

Blog | Conversation | April 05, 2013

NEW YORK -- The 2013 Red Sox media guide is 588 pages long, and takes an entire offseason -- and more -- to write and assemble, especially when teams are acquiring new players (Mike Carp, hello) as late as March. There was one Sunday night early t...

Memo to aspiring major-league broadcasters: Do whatever you can to land a job in Pawtucket along the way. We challenge you to find a better launching board to the big leagues than working PawSox games. On Thursday, the PawSox announced that play-b...

Despite my being a veteran of countless winter meetings, baseball's annual gathering still manages to surprise me. Whether it's a blockbuster trade or an out-of-the-blue free-agent signing, the winter meetings always provide a handful of happenings. ...

Blog | November 30, 2012

The World Series is over, a little prematurely for some and with a surprise result, and it's officially the offseason. Free agents look for new homes, trades are discussed and perhaps completed, and fantasy owners count down the days until pitch...

Blog | November 08, 2012

Eric Karabell offers up a bold prediction for hitters on all 30 teams for the 2013 fantasy baseball season, discussing many key fantasy options.

Blog | Conversation | November 08, 2012

The Red Sox are expected to make a decision on their new pitching coach by Tuesday, and new manager John Farrell is "all in" on longtime pitching coach Rick Peterson as his choice, according to a baseball source.

After the New York Mets picked up David Wright's $16 million club option for 2013 earlier this week, the club is officially on the clock. The Mets have exactly one year of control left to lock down the face of their franchise. In essence, Wright is t...

Blog | November 01, 2012

BOSTON -- Notes, quotes and gloats (as one of my idols in the business, Bob Verdi, used to call them) as the Sox head into their last dozen games, assured of their first losing record since 1997: * Part of the Red Sox "reset" this winter will invo...

BOSTON -- Bobby Valentine, who was managing the New York Mets on Sept. 11, 11 years ago, gave a thoughtful response when asked how that tragedy continues to impact him. "For people who are still healing, who were personally grieved by this tragic ...

AJ Mass updates his Top 100 points league rankings and discusses how best to project the value of hitters and pitchers going forward.

Alex Gordon's early-season slump is over, Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain are back from injuries, Wil Myers is preparing for his debut, and it's easy to imagine a time, within the next two or three years, when the Kansas City Royals might h...

Blog | July 19, 2012

Ryan Dempster, Zack Greinke and Cole Hamels have dominated the discussions of starting pitching options on the trade market, but they are all headed for free agency this winter. Buster Olney lists some of the best multi-year pitching trade targets.

Blog | Conversation | July 19, 2012

Eric Karabell examines the fantasy value -- and perception -- of Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera, as well as two of his former teammates, the Royals' Jeff Francoeur and Alex Gordon.

Blog | Conversation | May 16, 2012

As Opening Week of the MLB season concludes, Buster Olney provides some notes on the Dodgers' Dee Gordon, the Tigers' Rick Porcello, and other things happening around baseball.

Blog | Conversation | April 11, 2012