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&#8226 Texas Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis struggled much of April, but he's rolling now after shutting out the Chicago White Sox Monday on five hits. Lewis fanned seven and lowered his ERA to 3.81 and his WHIP to 1.14. Remember, Lewis wa...

Blog | May 17, 2011

Eric Karabell reviews Monday's fantasy-relevant performances, highlighted by another positive start from Colby Lewis and a resurgent Ryan Ludwick.

Blog | Conversation | May 17, 2011

Howard Megdal makes his ESPN Insider debut by proclaiming that Mike Pelfrey has, indeed, become the rock of the New York Mets' pitching staff.

Story | Conversation | February 18, 2011

It has been a while since Chris Young -- the 6-foot-10 pitcher from Princeton, not the rejuvenated Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder -- mattered for those in fantasy leagues, but make no mistake, he certainly did matter. Young's problem was rarely...

Blog | January 18, 2011

Eric Karabell looks at the potential fantasy value of the Mets' starting pitchers, including newest arrival Chris Young.

Blog | Conversation | January 18, 2011

With the fantasy baseball season over, it's time to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly for each team. I'll go division by division, and I start with the National League East. Philadelphia Phillies What happened: Roy Halladay was ...

Blog | October 12, 2010

Eric Karabell looks at what happened, what will happen and who to watch from each National League East team, discussing such players as Roy Oswalt, Freddie Freeman and Mike Morse.

Blog | Conversation | October 12, 2010

With all the discussion this week about Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez and his Cy Young Award candidacy -- I would vote for him -- look at some of the pitchers who have won more than the 13 games King Felix has, and you might be surprised. Were...

Blog | September 30, 2010

Eric Karabell examines a handful of surprise 14-game winners and offers his expectations of these pitchers next season.

Blog | Conversation | September 30, 2010

San Francisco Giants left-hander Jonathan Sanchez struck out 12 Los Angeles Dodgers over seven strong innings Thursday, winning his 11th game. Sanchez continues to aid fantasy owners, and this is a career high in wins, but maybe one of these years th...

Blog | September 17, 2010

Eric Karabell looks back at Wednesday's action, including another big strikeout game from Jonathan Sanchez.

Blog | Conversation | September 17, 2010

Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg came off the disabled list Tuesday and struggled in his worst outing in the big leagues. The Florida Marlins hit five doubles and a home run off him in 4 1/3 innings, scoring six runs. Strasburg had...

Blog | August 11, 2010

Eric Karabell recaps Tuesday night in the majors, highlighted by Stephen Strasburg's worst outing and Jeremy Hellickson's strong start.

Blog | Conversation | August 11, 2010

It might be too late to sell high on Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez, after he allowed six runs (four earned) in 5 1/3 innings against the Florida Marlins on Monday, giving him a 6.39 ERA in his past five starts. There's no indication a bad ...

Blog | July 20, 2010

Eric Karabell recaps Monday in the big leagues, highlighted by more struggles by Ubaldo Jimenez and Mike Pelfrey.

Blog | Conversation | July 20, 2010

Box Score Bits Get your brief daily look at the previous day's box scores first thing every Monday through Friday. • Erratic Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka followed up his near no-hitter in Philadelphia by walking eight K...

Blog | May 28, 2010