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By Dalton Del Don After an 0-for-5 game Wednesday, Hanley Ramirez’s average is down to .197 on the year, and he’s yet to homer and has been caught stealing as often as he’s been successful (three). As someone who was drafted as a top-three pick in almost every fantasy league, I’d be stating the obvious…

By Dalton Del Don It’s easy to say Jose Tabata is playing over his head and unlikely to finish with his current .303/.410/.500 line, but fantasy owners have to be excited in what they have nevertheless. Maybe the spring training stories about him bulking up over winter should have been taken more seriously, as he’s…

By Dalton Del Don WESTERN CONFERENCE SPURS over Grizzlies 4-1. NUGGETS over Thunder 4-2. MAVERICKS over Trail Blazers 4-3. LAKERS over Hornets 4-1. EASTERN CONFERENCE BULLS over Pacers 4-0. MAGIC over Hawks 4-0. CELTICS over Knicks 4-1. HEAT over 76ers 4-0. ROUND TWO SPURS over Nuggets 4-3. LAKERS over Mavericks 4-1. BULLS over Magic 4-3.…

By Dalton Del Don It sure was nice to see Tommy Hanson deliver seven scoreless innings Tuesday, because his start to the season was becoming a bit worrisome. Not so much the 6.00 ERA but the continued downward trend with his strikeout rate. After posting a 9.2 K/9 through July last year, Hanson fanned just…

By Dalton Del Don As someone who owns Ubaldo Jimenez in WCOF, watching his first start of the season was a brutal experience. It’s never fun getting burned in ERA right out of the gate (don’t panic Cole Hamels owners), but that was far from the biggest issue here. After his fastball averaged 96.1 mph…

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Before we get started, make sure you didn’t miss my latest “Scoop” (I say this because I’m making a rare two posts in one day). N.L. West 1. San Francisco Giants 2. Los Angeles Dodgers (wild card) 3. Colorado Rockies 4. San Diego Padres 5. Arizona Diamondbacks N.L. Central 1. Cincinnati Reds 2. Milwaukee Brewers…

By Dalton Del Don Alex Gordon has a line of .244/.328/.405 over nearly 1,500 career at-bats in the major leagues, but thanks to a white hot spring (1.188 OPS) he’s back on the fantasy radar. The former No. 2 overall pick isn’t really a sleeper and don’t expect him to be available super late in…

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By Dalton Del Don Over the past three seasons, Alex Rodriguez has averaged 31.6 homers, 109.3 RBI and 12 steals while batting .286, which looks even better when you consider he’s also missed an average of 29 games per year over that span. He’s in the decline phase at age 35, but he also benefits…

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By Dalton Del Don Hanley Ramirez versus Troy Tulowitzki is a pretty good debate entering the year. Ramirez is coming off arguably the worst season of his career, yet he still ranked as the 17th most valuable hitter according to Baseball Monster, and that’s without adjusting for position scarcity. He saw his batting average drop…

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By Dalton Del Don I bought Rickie Weeks for $20 in LABR over the weekend, which is something I had absolutely no preconceived notion of doing so. In fact, I’d argue this is the wrong time to buy Weeks, who is coming off a career-year in which he played 130 games for the first time…

Looks like I’m going to start writing for the New York Times. This can’t last long.

By Dalton Del Don Batting average is such a fluky stat. Everyone talks about how unpredictable pitching can be, but make no mistake, hitters fluctuate year-to-year an awful lot as well. Take Aaron Hill, who saw his average drop from .286 in 2009 all the way down to .205 last year. His K rate jumped…

By Dalton Del Don Over the last two seasons while on the road, Adrian Gonzalez has hit .311 with 48 homers, 105 runs scored and 122 RBI over 161 games. It’s not exactly a secret him moving from the best pitcher’s park in Petco to one of the better hitter’s parks in Fenway should absolutely…

By Dalton Del Don Jay Bruce is hardly a sleeper, but his allure as baseball’s best prospect is definitely in the rearview mirror, as injuries have been a problem throughout his young career, and he’s (rightfully) perceived as a batting average risk thanks to a high strikeout rate. However, his upside remains immense. Bruce clubbed…

By Dalton Del Don I’d happily draft Adrian Beltre this year. Many are skeptical about him coming off a contract year, which keeps his price tag down despite just producing a season in which Baseball Monster pegged him as the 14th most valuable hitter in fantasy baseball. In fact, I was able to grab him…