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The defending Cy Young award winners faced off Thursday night, each struggling with ERAs on the wrong side of 5 and scaring fantasy owners quite a bit for a variety of reasons. But while neither Toronto Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey nor Tampa Ba...

Blog | May 10, 2013

Eric Karabell looks back at Saturday's and Sunday's games, from a fantasy perspective, and offers his take on struggling Toronto Blue Jays options such as Melky Cabrera, R.A. Dickey and Emilio Bonifacio.

Blog | Conversation | May 06, 2013

The final weekend of April is upon us and while it's still too early for most teams struggling in the standings to panic, that doesn't mean there won't be some panicking anyway. For example, big things were expected from the Toronto Blue Jays and Los...

Struggling starting pitchers will certainly be on display this weekend as teams -- both real and fantasy -- wonder if their aces will deliver. Of course, it's not even Tax Day yet, so in general it's wise to be patient. By the way, don't forget to pa...

The Toronto Blue Jays were able to make major additions to their ball club this winter, getting Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, R.A. Dickey and others, and expectations are high. In fact, seven Blue Jays hitters and four pitchers are owned in more than hal...

Blog | April 03, 2013

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at fantasy sleepers Adam Lind and Rajai Davis, including quotes from a recent interview he had with the two players.

Blog | Conversation | April 03, 2013

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown swatted his fourth home run of his abbreviated big league season (142 at-bats) Monday, a solo blast off R.A. Dickey, and three of them have come in the past eight games. Brown might not reach the lofty h...

Blog | September 18, 2012

Eric Karabell has the fantasy highlights from Monday's games, including continued strong finishes from Domonic Brown and Nate McLouth.

Blog | Conversation | September 18, 2012

If asked to name the biggest story of the 2012 fantasy baseball season, most people would highlight the extraordinary performance of Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout. Not only has he locked up AL Rookie of the Year honors, but regardless of w...

Blog | August 17, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses some of the many lessons he's learned about fantasy baseball based on the returns so far this season.

Blog | Conversation | August 17, 2012

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will pitch in September and October. Let's get that out of the way up front. Entering the weekend the right-hander is the No. 10 pitcher on ESPN's Player Rater and one of the most coveted individua...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks ahead to the final two months of the season and lays out a handful of bold predictions for pitchers, including thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum and R.A. Dickey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 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

With a big trade (finally) and Power Rankings on our plate this was a busy Monday edition of the Baseball Today podcast, and Mark Simon and I had a blast! 1. Kevin Youkilis is changing his Sox from Red to White, which certainly seems like a positi...

We closed another fantastic week on the Baseball Today podcast with Friday's episode, in which SweetSpot blogger Dave Schoenfield and I continued to rave about perfection and Mike Trout, but also quite a bit more. 1. Kudos to the Mets and Orioles...