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Even though the offseason has only just commenced for the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers, general managers of 28 other teams already have been pondering their futures for some time. For five GMs in particular, their jobs for the next thr...

Blog | October 30, 2012

If you had said a year ago that Matt Kemp and Jacoby Ellsbury would be fantasy's top two players, a pitcher would win MVP and Cy Young honors and Adam Dunn would hit .159 -- I still can't get over that -- I would have used a word to describ...

Blog | April 02, 2012

Eric Karabell reveals his bold projections for such players as Carlos Pena, Mike Napoli and Hanley Ramirez.

Blog | Conversation | April 02, 2012

If Jacoby Ellsbury hits leadoff for the Red Sox on Opening Day against Justin Verlander, a little bit of MVP history and trivia will be made, writes Buster Olney.

Blog | Conversation | March 26, 2012

ESPN Insider Keith Law answers questions that could have an impact in your fantasy baseball drafts this spring. Keith talks about Pedro Alvarez's ceiling, Matt Moore's projection, how concerned you should be about Michael Pineda, and more.

Blog | Conversation | March 20, 2012

Dan Szymborski of Baseball Think Factory looks at players who outperformed their 2011 projections and are thus set up to regress in 2012. But it's all relative, as a Matt Kemp "regression" from last season would still be very good.

Story | Conversation | February 07, 2012

Surely the most critical adjustment to the top of the fantasy baseball rankings in the past few months had nothing to do with trades or free agent signings. It's about a top player allegedly testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. Li...

Blog | January 12, 2012

Eric Karabell lays out his top 10 fantasy baseball rankings for 2012, explaining why Troy Tulowitzki and Evan Longoria make it in but Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Verlander don't.

Blog | Conversation | January 12, 2012

Buster Olney writes that the AL MVP vote proved voters consider playing for a winning team to be a big part of the "most valuable" argument. Matt Kemp may not be able to overcome this in the NL MVP voting. Plus, the latest MLB hot stove news.

Blog | Conversation | November 22, 2011

Buster Olney writes that the AL MVP is a tough call, and it's possible Justin Verlander gets the most first-place votes and still loses the award to Jacoby Ellsbury, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Bautista, or others. Plus notes on the latest hot stove buzz.

Blog | Conversation | November 21, 2011

Keith Law dishes on his hypothetical awards ballot for the 2011 MLB season.

Blog | Conversation | September 27, 2011

Buster Olney examines who has a case for the American League MVP, and who doesn't. The tricky thing is you could make a strong case for a number of guys. And a case against them.

Blog | Conversation | August 29, 2011

Keith Law takes a look at the AL MVP race and shows that while there are a lot of traditional arguments that may get in the way, one player is clearly deserving.

Blog | Conversation | August 19, 2011

Trusted colleague Tristan H. Cockcroft and I had an interesting debate on Friday's Fantasy Focus 06010 podcast, as an emailer wanted to know whether Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury had impressed us enough to warrant top-10 overall stat...

Blog | July 22, 2011

Eric Karabell lays out his rest-of-2011 expectations -- and 2012 rank -- for Jacoby Ellsbury, and posts his preliminary top 10 for 2012.

Blog | Conversation | July 22, 2011