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  • Sleepers

    By Dalton Del Don I know, I know. There’s no such thing as a sleeper anymore. Still, it’s an easy way of describing undervalued players. Here I won’t be calling Nelson Cruz a sleeper, but rather, I’ll be searching for more of the catatonic variety. Daniel Murphy – He’s never been viewed as an elite…

  • Starting Pitcher Rankings

    1. Tim Lincecum 2. Johan Santana 3. Josh Beckett 4. Dan Haren 5. CC Sabathia 6. Jake Peavy 7. Cole Hamels 8. Roy Halladay 9. Brandon Webb 10. Francisco Liriano 11. Chad Billingsley 12. Ervin Santana 13. Joba Chamberlain 14. Yovani Gallardo 15. Ricky Nolasco 16. Cliff Lee 17. James Shields 18. Edinson Volquez 19.…

  • Outfield Rankings

    1. Grady Sizemore 2. Ryan Braun 3. B.J. Upton 4. Josh Hamilton 5. Carlos Beltran 6. Alfonso Soriano 7. Jacoby Ellsbury 8. Matt Kemp 9. Manny Ramirez 10. Carl Crawford 11. Matt Holliday 12. Nick Markakis 13. Carlos Lee 14. Jason Bay 15. Ichiro Suzuki 16. Vladimir Guerrero 17. Carlos Quentin 18. Shane Victorino 19.…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don I’m a big fan of Elijah Dukes, both as a player and as a person (OK fine, mostly the former). He had a .972 OPS after the All-Star break last season, clubbing 10 homers (with five steals) over his final 124 at-bats. He also walked 50 times over 81 games, so…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don Jayson Werth is one of my favorite targets this year. He’s a lesser known commodity since last year’s 134 games played were his career-high, and he’s also a bit of an injury risk. However, 24 homers and 20 steals is pretty impressive over just 418 at-bats. He strikes out frequently, but…

  • Closer Rankings

    1. Jonathan Papelbon 2. Joe Nathan 3. Mariano Rivera 4. Joakim Soria 5. Francisco Rodriguez 6. Jonathan Broxton 7. Carlos Marmol 8. Brad Lidge 9. Matt Capps 10. Brian Fuentes 11. Jose Valverde 12. B.J. Ryan 13. Trevor Hoffman 14. Francisco Cordero 15. Bobby Jenks 16. Kerry Wood 17. Joey Devine 18. Brian Wilson 19.…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don Miguel Cabrera simply has to be considered in the top-5 picks this year. In fact, I wouldn’t fault someone for taking him first overall. He disappointed in 2008, but that can easily be explained with the league switch, which resulted in a slow start. Over his last 77 games, he clouted…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don Is the economy really this bad, or are baseball GMs finally valuing defense properly? Either way, it’s dumbfounding Adam Dunn and Bobby Abreu can’t find work. It’s not like either is asking for some exorbitant contract like Manny Ramirez (who should still be targeted more heavily than he has been). Dunn…

  • Second Base Rankings

    1. Ian Kinsler 2. Chase Utley 3. Dustin Pedroia 4. Brian Roberts 5. Brandon Phillips 6. Alexei Ramirez 7. Robinson Cano 8. Dan Uggla 9. Howie Kendrick 10. Rickie Weeks 11. Kelly Johnson 12. Felipe Lopez 13. Mark Ellis 14. Jose Lopez 15. Aaron Hill 16. Ian Stewart 17. Placido Polanco 18. Mark DeRosa 19.…

  • Catcher Rankings

    1. Brian McCann 2. Joe Mauer 3. Victor Martinez 4. Russell Martin 5. Geovany Soto 6. Chris Iannetta 7. Matt Wieters 8. Ryan Doumit 9. Mike Napoli 10. Pablo Sandoval 11. Jorge Posada 12. Bengie Molina 13. Ramon Hernandez 14. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 15. A.J. Pierzynski 16. Kelly Shoppach 17. Jeff Clement 18. Chris Snyder 19.…

  • Shortstop Rankings

    1. Hanley Ramirez 2. Jose Reyes 3. Jimmy Rollins 4. Rafael Furcal 5. Stephen Drew 6. Troy Tulowitzki 7. Jhonny Peralta 8. Derek Jeter 9. J.J. Hardy 10. Michael Young 11. Yunel Escobar 12. Jed Lowrie 13. Edgar Renteria 14. Khalil Greene 15. Mike Aviles 16. Miguel Tejada 17. Orlando Cabrera 18. Ryan Theriot 19.…

  • Third Base Rankings

    1. Alex Rodriguez 2. David Wright 3. Evan Longoria 4. Aramis Ramirez 5. Kevin Youkilis 6. Chipper Jones 7. Chris Davis 8. Garrett Atkins 9. Edwin Encarnacion 10. Alex Gordon 11. Ryan Zimmerman 12. Adrian Beltre 13. Chone Figgins 14. Hank Blalock 15. Mike Lowell 16. Carlos Guillen 17. Aubrey Huff 18. Jorge Cantu 19.…

  • First Base Rankings

    1. Albert Pujols 2. Miguel Cabrera 3. Ryan Howard 4. Mark Teixeira 5. Prince Fielder 6. Adrian Gonzalez 7. Lance Berkman 8. Justin Morneau 9. Joey Votto 10. Kevin Youkilis 11. Chris Davis 12. Carlos Pena 13. James Loney 14. Conor Jackson 15. Carlos Delgado 16. Derrek Lee 17. Paul Konerko 18. Billy Butler 19.…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don First base is probably the most loaded position, but Kendry Morales is a fine late round target. He’s failed so far in the majors, but he’s still just 25 years old and hit .341 with 15 homers and 64 RBI in 317 at-bats in Triple-A last season. It came in a…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don The wait is over – time to start cranking out the baseball notes. Just two short months before the start of the season, and I, for one, can’t wait for it to get here. For me, there’s a clear cut top-six this year – Hanley Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Reyes, Albert…

  • The Waiver Wire

    Check it out. Alex has been churning out the posts since he restarted his blog. Got to love the fact baseball season is approaching.

  • 10 Burning Questions

    By Dalton Del Don Who will win the Super Bowl? I’ll go ahead and say it’s the Dallas Cowboys. Marion Barber is hurt, Wade Phillips is clueless, and the combined record of their four remaining opponents is 34-13-1. Moreover, aside from the division leaders, there are two other wild card candidates with records of 9-3…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don Another fantastic Thursday night game, hopefully all of you have NFL Network. The Jets still don’t have an extremely impressive win on their resume, but this team has improved as the season has progressed, which makes sense with all the new additions. Brett Favre is playing better, but this team is…

  • The Scoop

    By Dalton Del Don Last Thursday’s Broncos/Browns tilt was easily one of the best games of the season. I don’t care if purists disagree, offense is just more fun. Jay Cutler has the guts of a burglar. It’s true at times he’s a little too Brett Favre in his risks, but he also makes throws…

  • Baseball Mock Draft

    I recently participated in a ridiculously early mock draft with some other well-known blogging folks. Here are the results. How did I do?