Jonathan Lucroy for MVP and Other 2018 Baseball Thoughts
Just two days left in the what was the 2018 MLB season — it always cracks me up how long the marathon of a full year of play seems in …
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Document Potential Rule Changes for 2019 Now!
Here in my final column of the 2018 baseball season, I am coming back around to our base, which is fantasy league rules. I will begin with the same general …
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Underdogs Drive Memphis to Triple-A Title
(photo: Memphis Redbirds) Tuesday was a bit depressing for me. With the conclusion of the Triple-A National Championship Game, the 2018 Minor League Baseball schedule officially ended. For me, what …
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Buster’s Picks for the RealTime 50/50 Challenge, September 18, 2018
Want to take on the Creativesports 2.0 staff, braino-y-braino, at DFS? Well, you can indeed at RealTime Sports, matching up against my Creativesports 2.0 mates and me, and get some bragging rights …
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Mistakes Were Made
The summer-long grind offers a lot of opportunity to repair our fantasy baseball rosters on the go — making trades, working the waiver wire, stashing injured players who might help …
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Roster Redo for 2019
While I’ve always appreciated the marathon nature of the fantasy baseball season, I do tend to get a little antsy in September, particularly when none of my teams are in …
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MLB Expanded Rosters Complicate Fantasy Management
Just as football season arrives and a new set of drafts strongly divert our attention away from baseball, the MLB gods mess with us further through September roster expansion. Though …
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That’s Not Football!
“So tonight is football: Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur,” noted my cousin’s mate, Jim McClean, as we finished up dinner last Monday evening. Jim finished with, “Remember, you are watching …
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Inside Injuries: MLB Week 22
Sean Manaea, SP, A’s: shoulder impingement The A’s are forced to shut Manaea down indefinitely after an MRI showed rotator cuff inflammation in his pitching shoulder. With a month left …
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Kluber Benefits from Cy Young Contenders’ Misfortune
If I was superstitious, I would be worried. Two weeks ago in this space, I noted the tight three-way race for the American League Cy Young Award with the eventual …
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Buster’s Picks for the RealTime 50/50 Challenge, August 28, 2018
Want to take on the Creativesports 2.0 staff, braino-y-braino, at DFS? Well, you can indeed at RealTime Sports, matching up against my Creativesports 2.0 mates and me, and get some bragging rights …
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Inside Injuries: MLB Week 21
Aroldis Chapman, RP, Yankees: knee tendinitis Chapman has landed on the DL with tendinitis in his left knee. He was clearly bothered by the injury during his last appearance, showing …
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