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Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Starling Marte homered on the first big league pitch he saw Thursday night in Houston, then later singled and was caught attempting to steal home. Fantasy owners will likely flock to the 23-year-old, who had 12 home runs...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy-noteworthy performances from Thursday, including fine debuts from Starling Marte and Matt Harvey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell highlights the top fantasy news from Wednesday, including Allen Craig hitting two homers against the Pirates.

Blog | Conversation | August 18, 2011

Only two major league baseball teams have received a lower OPS from their first basemen than the Pittsburgh Pirates, so it's understandable why the surprise NL Central contenders were interested in upgrading from Lyle Overbay, Brandon Wood, Stev...

Blog | July 31, 2011

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy implications of the trades for veterans Derrek Lee and Orlando Cabrera

Blog | Conversation | July 30, 2011

Eric Karabell offers his thoughts on Pittsburgh Pirates starter Charlie Morton, who is having a breakout season despite a mediocre strikeout/walk ratio.

Blog | Conversation | May 19, 2011

Eric Karabell recaps Monday in the major leagues, headlined by another win by Brian Matusz.

Blog | Conversation | September 28, 2010

Eric Karabell recaps Thursday in the big leagues, highlighted by Daisuke Matsuzaka's strong effort against the Indians.

Blog | Conversation | August 06, 2010

Eric Karabell looks at the bullpen implications of the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates trading away their closers.

Blog | Conversation | July 31, 2010

Eric Karabell discusses the events from Wednesday's games, including the debut of a pair of Pirates prospects.

Blog | Conversation | June 10, 2010

&#8226 Game 1 of the Stephen Strasburg era was successful, as the young right-hander fanned 14 Pittsburgh Pirates in seven innings Tuesday, walking nobody and earning his first win. Strasburg needed only 94 pitches to get 21 outs, also pretty imp...

Blog | June 09, 2010

Eric Karabell discusses the events from Tuesday's baseball games, including Stephen Strasburg's dazzling debut.

Blog | Conversation | June 09, 2010

&#8226 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, striking out eight and issuing no walks. Cueto, owned in 9.3 percent of ESPN.com standard mixed leagues, has pitched well ...

Blog | May 12, 2010

Eric Karabell discusses the events from Tuesday's baseball games.

Blog | Conversation | May 12, 2010

Good for Eric Gagne, I say, in convincing a major league baseball team that he's worth $10 million for a season, but I'm not going to fall for this in fantasy. I don't care how well Gagne throws in March, I'm not buying. He can't stay healthy and eff...

Blog | Conversation | December 12, 2007