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Sometimes the end of the line comes a bit early for not only fantasy owners, but real teams. I was reminded of this when the Seattle Mariners sent Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees on Monday night, getting shockingly little for a once-great playe...

Blog | July 24, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the struggles of the Rangers' Michael Young, who is offering very little for fantasy owners this season.

Blog | Conversation | July 24, 2012

Whenever one of the worst offensive teams in the big leagues breaks out with consecutive eight-run innings and ends up scoring the equivalent of three touchdowns, and does so against arguably the top team in baseball, it's newsworthy for fantasy...

Blog | May 31, 2012

Eric Karabell has the fantasy breakdown of Wednesday's 21-8 Mariners win over the Rangers, including notes on Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak and Derek Holland.

Blog | Conversation | May 31, 2012

SweetSpot blogger Dave Schoenfield and I gathered for Monday's Baseball Today podcast with our big top-10 lists of best teams and much more! 1. Seattle Mariners announcer Dave Sims talked about the Mariners, whether Ichiro will be in a Mariners un...

Eric Karabell discusses the value of drafting a safer option early in drafts, as opposed to a high-upside player with durability concerns.

Blog | Conversation | February 28, 2011

It's a shame that Michael Young is demanding a trade because it really is in his best statistical interest to remain a member of the Texas Rangers. It doesn't take long to realize that Young has pretty extreme home/road splits, not only in ...

Blog | February 08, 2011

Eric Karabell offers his take on trade candidate Michael Young of the Texas Rangers and looks at a few other key options in the AL West.

Blog | Conversation | February 08, 2011