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Rumors that Los Angeles Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly could be out of work soon make little sense, since he's not the one who built his flawed yet expensive team, rife with injuries, poor play and a lack of depth. On Monday night in Milwaukee, the Do...

Blog | May 21, 2013

Eric Karabell lays out his top 10 fantasy baseball rankings for 2013, explaining why Matt Kemp and Troy Tulowitzki make it in but Prince Fielder and Buster Posey don't.

Blog | Conversation | January 11, 2013

• New York Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte made a triumphant return to the mound Wednesday with five scoreless innings, allowing four singles and striking out five. Pettitte hadn't pitched since June after suffering a broken ankle on a line dr...

Blog | September 20, 2012

Eric Karabell has the fantasy highlights and lowlights from Wednesday's games, including good performances from old-timers Andy Pettitte and Ichiro Suzuki and one last hurrah for 2012 from Matt Harvey.

Blog | Conversation | September 20, 2012

Every fantasy baseball owner who fails to win his or her league can point to a player or two they feel doomed their chances. We've all done it. What's interesting is the disparity of those players. To some owners, choosing Matt Kemp third o...

Blog | September 13, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the players who disappointed fantasy owners the most in 2012, including Ricky Romero and Justin Upton, and then lays out his 2013 expectation for each of them.

Blog | Conversation | September 13, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at each National 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 06, 2012

This is the final weekend before the non-waiver trade deadline, meaning that it's a pretty important couple of days for a number of teams that might not have figured out whether they are buyers, sellers or somewhere in between. Arizona, Cleveland, Ph...

Like Matt Kemp of the Dodgers, you expect big things from us on the Baseball Today podcast, and hopefully Keith Law and I provided just that on Thursday's show: 1. Kemp's extra-inning heroics saved the Dodgers Wednesday, but does this team have en...

The first weekend after the All-Star break each season is generally notable for important players coming off the disabled list, and certainly fantasy owners had much to think about the past few days, with numerous key hitters reappearing in lineups. ...

Blog | July 16, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at what the return of Jacoby Ellsbury, Matt Kemp, Emilio Bonifacio, Lance Berkman and others means in fantasy, and what to expect from them in the second half.

Blog | Conversation | July 16, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It certainly seems like fantasy owners view the annual Home Run Derby with scared skepticism, as they assume the players in the competition drop off heavily in the power department for the second half. Or is it only for the player...

Blog | July 10, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses why he isn't concerned about the second-half power numbers of any Derby participants after a fine show in Kansas City.

Blog | Conversation | July 10, 2012

Keith Law and I returned from a brief Independence Day hiatus to discuss many pertinent matters on Thursday's Baseball Today podcast, including ... 1. Carlos Lee is now a Miami Marlin, but will he really make much of an impact on his new team? And...

Last week was a tough one for the NL-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, as they again lost superstar outfielder Matt Kemp to the disabled list with a recurring hamstring injury, along with solid left-hander Ted Lilly to a sore shoulder. Then they got spank...

Blog | June 04, 2012

Eric Karabell examines this new Dodgers version of Bobby Abreu (compared with the Angels or Phillies versions) to determine what fantasy leagues he has value in.

Blog | Conversation | June 04, 2012