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By the second inning of Thursday night's game between the San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies, the concerned, panicked and, let's face it, angry tweets about right-hander Matt Cain started flowing in consistently. Cain allowed three home runs e...

Blog | May 17, 2013

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez continues to be dropped by many of his fantasy owners, to the point that he's owned in barely half of ESPN standard leagues. But after he mashed his third home run of the season Monday night -- and ...

Blog | April 23, 2013

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at the Pirates lineup, including his 2013 expectations for third baseman Pedro Alvarez.

Blog | Conversation | April 23, 2013

At first glance, fantasy owners probably aren't too interested in the 10-player trade announced Friday between the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros. After all, of those 10 players, seven received by the worst team in baseball (the Astros), o...

Blog | July 20, 2012

Eric Karabell examines from a fantasy perspective the 10-player trade the Astros and Blue Jays pulled off Friday.

Blog | Conversation | July 20, 2012

Injuries are the great equalizer in fantasy sports. You're cruising along in your head-to-head baseball keeper league with Matt Kemp, Troy Tulowitzki, Roy Halladay, Dustin Pedroia and Nick Markakis -- OK, so that would be a really good team! -- ...

Blog | June 01, 2012

Eric Karabell lists a number of players available in more than half of ESPN's standard leagues who could be good fill-ins after injuries to major stars.

Blog | Conversation | June 01, 2012

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright threw six innings of one-run ball Tuesday, allowing six hits and striking out seven. Wainwright, who began the day with a 3.08 career ERA, was scaring his owners with a 9.88 ERA entering Tuesday, but s...

Blog | April 25, 2012

Eric Karabell recaps the highlights from Tuesday, including a positive outing from Adam Wainwright in his comeback from Tommy John surgery.

Blog | Conversation | April 25, 2012

Back in 2010, a young, lefty-hitting National League center fielder with pop and enough speed to matter slugged .498 over 144 games. He hit 23 home runs, knocked in 66, stole 12 bases and drew 63 walks, and, although he struck out a bit too much, fan...

Blog | February 10, 2012

Eric Karabell takes a closer look at the Blue Jays' outfield, specifically talented youngsters Colby Rasmus and Eric Thames, from a fantasy perspective.

Blog | Conversation | February 09, 2012

I often look at ESPN's most added/dropped lists to see what fantasy owners are thinking and doing, and on this fine Wednesday, I found quite a few names of interest on both sides. So without further ado, let's discuss: Most Added Ivan Nova...

Blog | August 10, 2011

Eric Karabell passes along his thoughts on a few players currently on ESPN's most-added list (including Ivan Nova and Stephen Strasburg) and a few players currently on the most-dropped list (Jemile Weeks, Danny Espinosa).

Blog | Conversation | August 10, 2011

&#8226 Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Travis Snider was hitless in five at-bats Thursday, dropping his batting average to .225. After the game, he was demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for interesting third base prospect Brett Lawrie, who ...

Blog | August 05, 2011

Eric Karabell looks back at Thursday's fantasy-relevant news, including the promotion of Brett Lawrie at the expense of Travis Snider.

Blog | Conversation | August 05, 2011

I thought it was odd that the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals were discussing a trade this past weekend that would have presumably sent outfielder Denard Span to the National League, with the Nationals parting with closer Drew Storen. Ultima...

Blog | August 03, 2011