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I guess I'm a sucker for middle infielders. Who knew? As I peered over the ESPN Fantasy second-half rankings, I was struck with just how differently I ranked the second basemen and shortstops (better) and the closers (worse) compared with the re...

Blog | July 12, 2011

Eric Karabell offers his thoughts on the recently released ESPN Fantasy second-half baseball rankings, with thoughts on Hanley Ramirez, Chase Utley and others.

Blog | Conversation | July 12, 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

Since I apparently have some kind of odd fascination with New York Mets second basemen, it's no surprise I've been keeping an eye on what Daniel Murphy had been doing throughout the failed Brad Emaus experiment. Murphy can hit a little, and...

Blog | April 26, 2011

Eric Karabell lays out the fantasy options who have added eligibility at new positions since the start of the 2011 season and looks at a handful of others who could add a new position soon.

Blog | Conversation | April 26, 2011

&#8226 Tampa Bay Rays right-hander James Shields went the distance to beat the Chicago White Sox Tuesday, allowing four hits and a run while striking out nine. Shields boasts a 3.07 ERA and 1.06 WHIP, which would be career bests, and after his fi...

Blog | April 20, 2011

Eric Karabell looks back at Tuesday's action, including another great outing from James Shields and the return of Ubaldo Jimenez from the DL.

Blog | Conversation | April 20, 2011

You know it's early in the season when the top fantasy option, according to the ESPN Player Rater, is Arizona Diamondbacks journeyman Willie Bloomquist. While filling in for top-10 shortstop Stephen Drew over the past week, Bloomquist has hit .3...

Blog | April 07, 2011

Eric Karabell evaluates Willie Bloomquist from a fantasy perspective and determines what the journeyman's hot start means to such Diamondbacks options as Stephen Drew and Ryan Roberts.

Blog | Conversation | April 07, 2011