Category: BASEBALL

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer For all the Ervin Santana home/road splits talk, Wandy Rodriguez actually puts him to shame. On the road this year, Rodriguez has a 7.45 ERA and 1.66 WHIP. At home, he posts a 1.81 ERA and 0.92 WHIP. He’s obviously more valuable in daily leagues. Do you realize…

Cool new site called DailyProjections, especially if you are into “Fantasy Sports Live,” which I have previously written about here. Check it out.

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer The following are 10 fearless predictions for the second half of the major league baseball season: 1) Delmon Young will be a monster – It’s already starting. After a .310 June, Young has posted a line of .391/.408/.500 during July. The K/BB ratio is still ugly, but the…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer I’m not only the RotoWire beat writer for the San Francisco Giants, but I’m also a Giants fan (remember those terrible “I’m not just the president of the Hair Club for Men, I’m also a member” commercials? I digress). When writing articles for this blog, I attempt to…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Let’s take a quick look at how my preseason predictions look halfway through the season. I’ll be patting myself on the back for some, but other mistakes deserve me taking some accountability. My Prediction – NL West 1. San Diego Padres 2. Los Angeles Dodgers 3. Arizona Diamondbacks…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Just when I start to completely write him off, Khalil Greene starts showing legit power. Over his last 19 games, Greene has clouted eight homers with 17 RBI. He strikes out way too often to ever bat much better than .250, but he is quietly on pace to…

By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Some thoughts from last night… A strong, competitive second round barely managed to redeem the festivities. Although I have to admit, Vlad is fun to watch, and a pretty big bad-ass to boot. I’m just glad that I didn’t bring my kayak; good work Kenny Mayne. Watching the lefty…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer 1. Johan Santana 2. Jake Peavy 3. C.C. Sabathia 4. Brandon Webb 5. Carlos Zambrano 6. Daisuke Matsuzaka 7. Justin Verlander 8. Ben Sheets 9. Cole Hamels 10. Dan Haren 11. Erik Bedard 12. Roy Oswalt 13. Roy Halladay 14. Chris Young 15. Josh Beckett 16. John Lackey…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer As a real estate agent might opine location, location, location, a similar motto can be used when analyzing fantasy baseball: format, format, format. Taking callers on the XM radio show (I’m still on every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Ch. 144), it has become abundantly clear how important league…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Daisuke Matsuzaka has quietly turned into one of the best pitchers in baseball. After a mediocre first two months in the states, Dice-K posted a 1.28 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 51:16 K:BB ratio over his last 42 innings. He still has command issues from time to time, but…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Saves is the one category not readily available on your waiver wire. I’ve never been a big fan of spending early draft picks on closers, but looking at the ninth-inning situations around the league, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to lock up a stud with so…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer I understand the absurdity of arguing against who got snubbed for the Major League All-Star game, but what good is having a blog if you can’t complain about the minutiae? First up, the NL squad: Catcher – Russell Martin – An easy call. Martin has been one of…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Catcher – Ivan Rodriguez – Selecting Pudge over Victor Martinez might be the worst decision of all. How about a whopping .190 OPS advantage for V-Mart? I-Rod’s 41:4 K:BB ratio is almost embarrassing. “How can you be so obtuse?” (Again, bonus points for catching that reference – this…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer With the help of ESPN’s “park factor,” which compares the rate of stats at home vs. the rate of stats on the road, let’s take a quick look around the league to see how different ballparks have been playing over the first half of the 2007 season. Fenway…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer It’s time to throw some offers at the owner of Travis Hafner in your league. The window of opportunity to “buy-low” may be closing with two homers over his last four games, but his overall numbers still look quite stunted. His BABIP (.285) is more than .50 points…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer I hesitate to write about this, since RotoScoop readers are a savvy (and good looking) bunch, but I’ve recently discovered the best invention of the 21st century. It’s called Fantasy Sports Live, and in a nutshell, it’s basically a way to gamble on fantasy sports daily. Gambling may…

By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Don’t look now, but the worst team in the bigs to pitch for suddenly has four quality starters.  Pitching in one of the league’s premiere hitter’s parks (Rogers Centre) and facing the Red Sox and Yankees quite frequently, I have long avoided Blue Jays starters.  However, this year is…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Sports Illustrated recently conducted a poll among MLB execs asking them to name the first five players they would draft in starting a new major league baseball team. One of them picked Yadier Molina. Yadier! He of the .638 career OPS. RotoScoop’s prediction for this guy’s No. 6…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer 1. Francisco Rodriguez 2. J.J. Putz 3. Jonathan Papelbon 4. Billy Wagner 5. Joe Nathan 6. Mariano Rivera 7. Takashi Saito 8. Francisco Cordero 9. Trevor Hoffman 10. Jose Valverde 11. Jason Isringhausen 12. Brian Fuentes 13. Bobby Jenks 14. Al Reyes 15. Chris Ray 16. Ryan Dempster…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Strand rate is the percentage of batters that reach base but do not score. A typical number is .75. If a pitcher has a STR this season that is extremely different from his career norm, then it’s safe to assume a correction in ERA from here on out.…