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• 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

San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval left Tuesday's game early with a strained left hamstring suffered while playing first base, and an MRI is pending. Sandoval, who doubled in a run in his only at-bat, missed time earlier this seas...

Blog | July 25, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy-noteworthy performances from Tuesday, including Pablo Sandoval leaving early with a hamstring injury.

Blog | Conversation | July 25, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Fantasy baseball owners certainly didn't need to see contributions from outfielder Melky Cabrera, third baseman Pablo Sandoval, catcher Buster Posey and right-hander Matt Cain in Tuesday night's All-Star Game at Kauffman...

Blog | July 11, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses Melky Cabrera's prospects for the remainder of the season after a dynamic first half, topped off by an All-Star Game MVP.

Blog | Conversation | July 11, 2012

A month ago the third-base position looked strong for fantasy baseball, perhaps to the level of the vaunted first-base spot, but injuries are clearly ruining the party. Evan Longoria and Kevin Youkilis joined Ryan Zimmerman on the disabled list this ...

Blog | May 03, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses Pablo Sandoval's injury and how it will be even tougher to replace him, given all the injuries at third base.

Blog | Conversation | May 03, 2012

There was nary a cat sound on Friday's Baseball Today podcast with Mark Simon and myself, but there was some new, fun music introduced to the show. Here are some of the topics discussed: 1. Score Game 1 for the Rays against the Red Sox, but lookin...

Good for the San Francisco Giants! Yes, they're the defending World Series champs and currently in first place in the NL West, but on Monday the right side of their infield featured Aubrey Huff at first base and Mike Fontenot at second base. Not...

Blog | July 20, 2011

Eric Karabell discusses the impact the trade for Jeff Keppinger and recall of Brandon Belt will have in fantasy.

Blog | Conversation | July 20, 2011

Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila has never played a big league game over at third base, but according to manager Jim Leyland, this bit of information is hardly a deterrent. There's a first time for everything, right? Avila did play some at the ...

Blog | June 17, 2011

Eric Karabell forecasts the next couple weeks, and beyond, for players such as Alex Avila, Joe Mauer and Pablo Sandoval.

Blog | Conversation | June 17, 2011

I'm not going to insult your intelligence when it comes to Tuesday's pending disabled list activations for prominent third basemen Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants panda Pablo Sandoval. Both are going to h...

Blog | June 14, 2011

Eric Karabell discusses third basemen who are potential candidates to cut, with Ryan Zimmerman and Pablo Sandoval set to return

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2011

One should never expect any member of the current San Francisco Giants, a team just a few runs from the bottom spot in the major leagues, to hit three home runs in a game. However, with the recent developments surrounding hot prospect Brandon Belt be...

Blog | June 03, 2011