Into Summer (July 2, 2018, Week 15)
What a crazy week. Michael Lorenzen bangs three homers? Kevin Pillar makes a ridiculous grab robbing a homer. Vince Velasquez, before going on the DL, has a last hurrah throwing …
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LABR FAAB Report: Week of July 2
Welcome to this week’s LABR FAAB report. The American League only and National League only formats are 12-team contests using standard 5×5 scoring rules. There’s an old-school flavor as players …
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Inside Injuries: MLB Walking Wounded- Week 15
Zach Britton RP, Baltimore Orioles Britton finally returned to the field after more than year on the sidelines with injuries to his elbow and then his Achilles. Although he surpassed …
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Midterm Evaluations
As fantasy owners, we tend to pay so much attention to our own rosters that sometimes we lose track of the big picture. I can recite the stat line of …
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Closing Time
I’ve always liked Wily Peralta. Certainly more than I ever should like someone with a career WHIP of 1.45. The repertoire always included a good mid to high 90’s fastball, …
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Lose the Trade: Win the League
I made a pretty good trade in the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) Sirius/XM League to start last week, with Vlad Sedler and Charlie Wiegert of CDM Sports. In the …
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Danny’s Picks for the RealTime 50/50 Challenge, June 29, 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 …
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It’s Time to Trade Someone Good
Trading can be one of the more frustrating endeavors in fantasy sports. Ridiculous trade offers seem to outnumber the reasonable by about a 10:1 ratio. There are a few explanations …
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Severino Passes Kluber in AL Cy Young Race
Having a National League (and St. Louis Cardinals) orientation as my primary focus, I see far fewer American League games over the course of the season. One respite from viewing …
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A Look at Closers at the Near Half-Way Mark
As we are just about at the half-way point it’s time to look again at closers and the respective strategies that help make, or break, our teams. While there are …
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Closer Craziness (Week 14, June 25, 2018)
Three weeks ago, 32 players earned a save for a major league team during the calendar week, and two weeks ago, the number was the same. However, last week — …
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Welcome to this week’s LABR FAAB report. The American League only and National League only formats are 12-team contests using standard 5×5 scoring rules. There’s an old-school flavor as players …
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