MLB’s “across the board” player for Wednesday, April 21st was Ryan Braun. He pounded out a 3 for 4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB, and 1 Run performance. Meanwhile, you saw “double impact” if you owned Andrew McCutchen, Julio Borbon, and Will Venable – 2 SBs – or Colby Rasmus – 2 HRs! Hooray! Borbon [...]
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14 Apr
Across the Board
For only the second gameday this year, no player went “across the board” on Tuesday. Two players “doubled-down” yesterday, however. Ty Wigginton had two HRs and Pirates phenom Andrew McCutchen had two SBs. In total, though, it was a slow night on the base-paths with only six SBs. Meanwhile, 25 total HRs got blasted out [...]
14 Apr
From the Trading Floor
By Chris Spencer Well, week one is in the books. How ya’ doing? Are you in first place looking down upon the rest of the league? Are you in last; shaking your fist at your underachieving bunch? Or, are you somewhere in-between? The beauty of this time of the year is that we still have [...]
13 Apr
Across the Board
Monday, April 12th, was a pretty productive day, FBTM fans, with 27 total HRs hit and 22 bases stolen. Four players “doubled-down” yesterday as Andruw Jones (is he still playing?) and Scott Rolen (I knew I should’ve started him!) each hit two Home Runs. Meanwhile, Ryan Theriot (now, him, I started) and Denard Span (I [...]
13 Apr
The Hot Corner
By Matt Vandenbrand Alright, folks, it’s time you learned something about me – I’m a deep league player. Well, I prefer to play in deeper leagues. You know, the 14 to 16 team leagues where guys like Carl Pavano are not only own-able, but valuable! Those are my kind of leagues! Last season, I played [...]
10 Apr
In the Money
By Jesse Severe “Know Thyself” — the Oracle of Delphi “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra Some baseball writers decry fantasy baseball because cheering for teams has been replaced by cheering for individual players. Readers of websites like ours know that this has long since stopped [...]
8 Apr
Across the Board
It was a very productive day for power and speed yesterday. In total, there were 31 HRs hit, 26 SBs swiped, and three “across the board” performances: Orlando Cabrera – 2 for 4, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, 1 SB, 1 Run Rajai Davis – 2 for 5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 2 Runs [...]
7 Apr
Across the Board
For Tuesday, April 6th, our “across the board” player is Rickie Weeks, fans. He went 1 for 2, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB, with 2 Runs. Want to know the best part? 2 BBs and no Ks! I like it!
6 Apr
Across the Board
Welcome back to “Across the Board”, FBTM fans! Back a few years ago, to answer the MLB.com Fantasy 411’s call for a name to describe a player who racks up a run, home run, RBI, and stolen base all in the same game, I coined the phrase “across the board”. And, when Fantasy Baseball Trade [...]
5 Apr
Learning Curves
By Chris Spencer “The good thing about Opening Day is, at the end of the day, it counts. It’s on record.” – Jimmy Rollins I couldn’t have said it better. Opening Day is here, my friends. Everything counts, from here on out. Our little hobby is simple. It is your job as the fantasy GM [...]
3 Apr
At the Market
By Richard Schortemeyer III Just about five months after the Yankees finally reclaimed their spot as the kings of baseball, the defense of their crown begins. After an offseason that saw teams swapping aces, a World Series MVP switching coasts, and the always “it feels like it’s way too long of a Spring Training”, its [...]
2 Apr
On the Exchange
Scott asks, “Please let me know if I can compete in my league with this team. A few people already said that I can’t, but I think that I can. It is a 12-team, 5×5 (OBP instead of BA), auction, keeper league. We get to keep up to six players each year. Here is my [...]
