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Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters celebrated his 27th birthday Tuesday with another hitless performance in four at-bats, dropping his season batting average to .223, but it's hard to tell if fantasy owners have noticed. Wieters was supposed to b...

Blog | May 22, 2013

Only 13 starting pitchers are going earlier in ESPN average live drafts than New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia, and it's certainly possible that after Monday's somewhat erratic performance, that figure will, like his waistline (and m...

Blog | April 02, 2013

Eric Karabell looks back at Monday's games, offering his thoughts on CC Sabathia, the Tigers' closer situation and more.

Blog | Conversation | April 01, 2013

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is the consensus top guy at his position this season, a point I have no intention of arguing. Posey has proven himself to be a terrific, accomplished hitter -- and healer of injury -- and his performance in t...

Blog | March 15, 2013

Eric Karabell lists several players he probably won't be ending up with in fantasy drafts this spring, including Buster Posey, Michael Bourn and Craig Kimbrel, and explains why he doesn't like them as much as other owners.

Blog | Conversation | March 15, 2013

In the fantasy baseball world, everyone wants to know if Mike Trout can repeat his amazing 2012 performance. It's not likely, certainly not to that level, in part because there's basically no precedent for what he did at his age. But when it comes to...

Wise fantasy baseball owners know that spring training statistics usually don't tell us a whole lot, as those surprising Jake Fox performances usually don't lead to much regular-season success. But there's still plenty to watch. It&#03...

Blog | February 11, 2013

Eric Karabell lays out the aspects of spring training he'll be watching closely, on a team-by-team basis, such as the health of Roy Halladay and Jose Bautista and the emergence of youngsters Shelby Miller and Adam Eaton.

Blog | Conversation | February 11, 2013

Eric Karabell recaps the year in fantasy at the tight end position and presents his initial 2013 TE rankings.

Blog | Conversation | January 28, 2013

Eric Karabell puts the Week 17 fantasy performances from such players as Drew Brees, DeAngelo Williams, Michael Crabtree and Terrelle Pryor in perspective.

Blog | Conversation | December 30, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the fantasy highlights (Dez Bryant, Reggie Bush, Jamaal Charles) and lowlights (Arian Foster ... Adrian Peterson?) from Sunday's games.

Blog | Conversation | December 23, 2012

Eric Karabell offers his take on the tough Week 16 rankings decisions, including where to rank players who struggled (Stevan Ridley, Doug Martin) or sat because of injury (LeSean McCoy, Robert Griffin III) in Week 15.

Blog | Conversation | December 19, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the fantasy highlights (Julio Jones, James Jones, Russell Wilson) and lowlights (Doug Martin, Josh Freeman, Eli Manning) from Sunday's games.

Blog | Conversation | December 16, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the fantasy highlights (David Wilson, Mike Wallace) and lowlights (Bryce Brown, Larry Fitzgerald) from Sunday's games.

Blog | Conversation | December 09, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the most fantasy-noteworthy events from Sunday's games, including Russell Wilson's big game in Chicago and Adrian Peterson's 210-yard game at Green Bay.

Blog | Conversation | December 02, 2012

Eric Karabell updates his 2012 year-to-end fantasy rankings, by position and overall, highlighting Week 12 performances from Beanie Wells, Knowshon Moreno and Mohamed Sanu.

Blog | Conversation | November 27, 2012