Position Players:
ss Yunel Escobar – Doubleheader
1b Lyle Overbay – Doubleheader
3b Edwin Encarnacion – Doubleheader
of Coco Crisp – Excellent SB potential against Daniel Hudson/A.J. Pierzynski battery.
of Andres Torres
of Drew Stubbs
2b/3b Alberto Callaspo
ss/2b Asdrubal Cabrera – Wade Davis hasn’t been pitching well this year, though the [...]

That was a nice day yesterday, other than picking two Blue Jays and then seeing their game postponed. Both Cubs did some damage, both first basemen (Ike and Gaby) homered, and even Keppy got a couple hits. I think that ss/2b Asdrubal Cabrera should be owned in all leagues, and he’s [...]

News fallout: Despite Ozzie Guillen’s hedging, pick up J.J. Putz if he’s still available for some reason. Wilson Betemit is hot, and once upon a time was considered a mega-prospect. A more recent “mega-prospect”, Alex Gordon, should get to play too, though the KC outfield is very left-handed even without [...]

Position Players:
c Geovany Soto – Still available in 37% of leagues, facing a lefty today.
ss Jason Bartlett – facing Chris Tillman today.
of Andres Torres – the batting average has slumped a bit, but his “past 30″ line is still a very good .247-17-5-13-6, even missing some games with a groin injury. [...]

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Position Players:
2b/of Carlos Guillen – ESPN says of the opposing starter: “Spin:
He threw a perfect game at Double-A Akron in 2009, but Gomez doesn’t appear to be ready for regular MLB duty just [...]

I took my own advice and put Raul Ibanez into the starting lineup against Lilly, and I was right that there were homers, and even lefty homers off of Ted Lilly. But I got into the car after lunch, and the first thing I heard was “Ben Francisco will bat 5th [...]

Hey, did you see that crazy roto advice column, which suggested playing Gordon Beckham and Starlin Castro yesterday? Okay, enough gloating, I’ve certainly had enough bad days too, but it was nice to see them both come through – I hope other people picked them up, as well. And I do [...]

Back from fake baseball, and time to get ready for the next six weeks, which are often decisive in fantasy leagues. With the season more than half over, nobody can say “it’s still early”, and maybe desperate owners will be willing to ship out players to get riskier players with more upside, if they [...]

Much has been made about how bad the shortstop position is this year in fantasy ball. Having Asdrubal Cabrera in just about every league, I’ve certainly felt it this summer. But today’s search for a shortstop in trade in the BDD Fantasy League (14-team Yahoo format) really drove home just how bad [...]

Position Players:

ss Jason Bartlett – having a terrible season, but Aaron Laffey is still Aaron Laffey.
2b/of Sean Rodriguez – More Laffey.
c Kurt Suzuki – Kazmir has been awful this season.
2b Orlando Hudson
of Julio Borbon
1b Chris Davis – had been destroying AAA pitching, worth a play at home against unready righty Chris Tillman.
ss/2b/3b Felipe Lopez
2b Freddy [...]