Archive for March, 2009

D-Train and Zito

I have always enjoyed watching Barry Zito and Dontrelle Willis pitch since they emerged as two of the elite young lefties in the game in the dawn of this century. However, while no one can stay on top forever, there was no event that can portend the swift and hard decline of these two eccentric [...]

Gary Sheffield Released

Wow, how bad must he be if the Tigers are willing to pay all of his guaranteed salary to get him off of the roster? Sheffield has long been of one of the best hitters in fantasy baseball, bringing patience and slugging that few hitters can match. But I guess all of his baggage that [...]

Stat King’s Keeper Team Preview - 3rd Edition

The third and final edition folks. That’s right, it’s go time!
So here’s how I look:

Greene Monster

Active Batters

Navarro, Dioner C TB

Atkins, Garrett 3B COL

Ramirez, Alexei 2B CHW

Fields, Josh D. 3B CHW

Peralta, Jhonny SS CLE

Francoeur, Jeff RF ATL

Ibanez, Raul LF PHI

Young, Chris B. CF ARI

Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET

Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD

Active [...]

Offseason Draft Recap Round 2

Here’s how the 2nd Round shook out:
Khalil Greene
Fausto Carmona
Kevin Slowey
Chad Qualls
Mark DeRosa

Offseason Draft Recap - Round 1

My keeper baseball draft was this past Sunday (3/15/09). I had the 12th pick as the Defending Champion. So I had to wait and react, instead of targeting one specific player and being thoroughly disheartened. Here is how the first round went and I will provide analysis for the first couple of rounds. I won’t [...]

Three Days

Until our draft in the keeper baseball league. Very, very exciting time indeed. The buzz is flowing. Everyone has a clean slate. We all have the same record, so this is before reality sets in for the dregs of the league LOL All joking aside, picking in every round, I must react to the ebbs [...]

Clayton Kershaw

I am very excited at the prospect of Clayton Kershaw anchoring my fantasy team’s pitching staff for the next decade or so. He seems so can’t miss.

Fantasy Baseball Trade

I finally completed the long-awaited trade with SirHeadro in the keeper baseball league.
I traded Francisco Rodriguez and Derek Lowe
I received Roy Oswalt, Ricky Nolasco, and Ryan Dempster