Fantasy Baseball News

The playoffs are here! No, not the major league playoffs. I'm talking about the ones we care about: fantasy playoffs. For leagues that operate with a playoff format, the next few weeks will determine a champion. Yet September is a funny time to be counting on your fantasy players to shine. For teams in the playoff hunt, it's business as usual. But for the Royals, or the Nationals, September is ...

Losing fantasy owners: Aren't you glad you got A-Rod with the first or second overall pick? It's not your fault. Every fantasy expert said you were a moron if you didn't draft Alex Rodriguez there. He was part of the ``Big 2'' this past March. He and Albert Pujols were the consensus top picks, and it was solid intelligence leading us to that conclusion. How's that going for you, A-Rod ...

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The roster expansion date looms. What are you waiting for? Major league teams will add young talent from their farm systems on Sept. 1, and smart fantasy baseball owners already have future star Delmon Young stashed on their bench. Young isn't the only player who could help fantasy teams. By doing your bidding early, you may be able to land a September gem. Here are some players who may be ...

Jorge Cantu is so last year. Brian Giles is a fantasy monster _ if it's still 2001. Yet those guys are still, in mid-August, cluttering fantasy rosters worldwide. It's time to dump the fantasy studs of the past and embrace the fashionable players of 2006, even if their names aren't quite as recognizable. Three-quarters of the season is long enough to judge a players' present value. That means it no ...

This spring, just about every so-called fantasy baseball expert said major league catchers were a futile group. Punt at the position, they advised. Drafting anyone not named Mauer or Martinez will cause excessive heartache, they declared. It's just another example of how you shouldn't pay attention to anyone who writes a fantasy baseball column. If not for this game, we'd all be working in toll booths. There are a plethora ...