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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

Eric Karabell looks at each American League team to find the top offensive player on the Player Rater as well as potential guys to pick up down the stretch.

Blog | Conversation | September 20, 2012

Let's be politically correct here: Everyone digs the home run. Sure, fantasy owners also like the .333 hitters and top stolen base guys, and overrate the relief pitchers who end up with the saves, but when it comes to the home run, it's uni...

Blog | July 06, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses players who are bound to finish the season with at least 35 homers.

Blog | Conversation | July 06, 2012

The Texas Rangers were well represented in my preseason top 100 rankings earlier this week, with four infielders, arguably the best catcher and two slugging outfielders making the list. According to ESPN's future power rankings, which finished u...

Blog | February 16, 2012

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at fantasy expectations for Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli and Elvis Andrus.

Blog | Conversation | February 16, 2012

&#8226 Oakland Athletics left-hander Josh Outman hurled seven innings of one-run ball in his season debut Monday, allowing five hits. Outman was struggling at Triple-A Sacramento, with 27 walks in 37 2/3 innings and a 4.78 ERA, but thrived agains...

Blog | May 24, 2011

Eric Karabell takes a look back at Monday's notable fantasy performances, including Josh Outman's return to the bigs and Corey Hart's first homers of the season.

Blog | Conversation | May 24, 2011

With five division wraps in the books already, we reach our final division, the American League West. As in the other division-wrap blogs, I examine each team's 2010 season and then look ahead to 2011. And hey, "2011" is not that far away, as pi...

Blog | November 30, 2010

Eric Karabell looks at what happened, what will happen and who to watch from each American League West team, discussing such players as Josh Hamilton, Elvis Andrus, Justin Smoak and Brett Anderson.

Blog | Conversation | November 30, 2010