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A week ago, Josh Rutledge of the Colorado Rockies was among the top 10 second basemen on ESPN's Player Rater. Now he's on his way to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Talk about a swift fall from grace! Rutledge, a 23rd-rounder, on average, in ESPN live ...

Blog | May 23, 2013

Two Tampa Bay Rays hitters are featured among the top 10 hitters on ESPN's most added list, but only one of them is intriguing. That's second baseman/outfielder Kelly Johnson, who has fit in well in the team's No. 2 lineup slot while playing mainly l...

Blog | May 13, 2013

Entering Thursday, the No. 3 most-added player and No. 4 option on the ESPN Player Rater for standard mixed leagues was, believe it or not, New York Mets catcher John Buck. While it's simplistic to note that he is not likely to continue his torr...

Blog | April 11, 2013

Eric Karabell offers his thoughts on John Buck's fantasy value, including an interview with the surging slugger, and weighs in on other Mets hitters as well.

Blog | Conversation | April 11, 2013

The weekend announcement from New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera that this would be his final big league season doesn't change anything from a fantasy baseball perspective. The beloved Rivera remains a trusted fantasy option, and is appropri...

Blog | March 11, 2013

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at the Yankees' bullpen situation and then lays out his top fantasy options among relievers not expected to get 10-plus saves.

Blog | Conversation | March 11, 2013

It's hardly practical to expect first-year players to perform as well as Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper did in 2012. For starters, no rookie had ever done quite what Trout did, while Har...

Blog | January 30, 2013

Eric Karabell lays out his 2013 expectations for Jurickson Profar, Shelby Miller and the remainder of his top 10 fantasy prospects for this season.

Blog | Conversation | January 30, 2013

Nobody had ever accomplished quite what Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout did statistically during the 2012 season. So it's not merely reasonable, but expected, that some regression is coming in 2013. I mean, let's get real. Trout wa...

Blog | January 11, 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

Eric Karabell lays out his top 10 fantasy MVP candidates for 2012, ranking studs such as Adrian Peterson, Alfred Morris, Peyton Manning and Brandon Marshall.

Blog | Conversation | December 18, 2012

Eric Karabell posts his top 100 flex (running back/wide receiver/tight end) rankings for Week 11.

Blog | Conversation | November 15, 2012

Eric Karabell updates his 2012 year-to-end fantasy rankings, by position and overall, moving resurgent veterans Chris Johnson and Steven Jackson up in the running back rankings, as well as sneaky-good Bills RB C.J. Spiller.

Blog | Conversation | November 13, 2012

Eric Karabell posts his top 100 flex (running back/wide receiver/tight end) rankings for Week 10.

Blog | Conversation | November 08, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the most fantasy-noteworthy events from Sunday's games, including his thoughts on hot rookies Doug Martin and Andrew Luck.

Blog | Conversation | November 04, 2012

Eric Karabell ponders what to do with Chris Johnson's big game, Maurice Jones-Drew's injury, the Buccaneer's offensive explosion and the season-ending injury to one of fantasy's top-10 draft-day tight ends.

Blog | Conversation | October 21, 2012